Photo: RBC The new privatization plan, designed for the next three years, is considered too ambitious. According to forecasts by the Ministry of Economic Development (MED), the sale of state property will bring about 1.7 trillion rubles, part of which is planned to be used for the development and additional capitalization of the companies themselves. The head of the Federal Property Management Agency, Olga Dergunova, proposed going down a similar path back in the fall.

A US citizen was killed during clashes in Alexandria between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, Reuters reports, citing security officials. Photo: AP It is reported that the young man died from a stab wound to the chest. He was attacked near the Muslim Brotherhood office while he was filming the incident on his mobile phone. The wounded man was urgently taken to a military hospital, but he could not be saved. The name and age of the deceased have not been released.

The Ministry of Economic Development (MED) does not expect significant fluctuations in the ruble exchange rate in the short term, said deputy head of the department Andrei Klepach. Photo: ITAR-TASS Today's depreciation of the ruble is speculative in nature and is associated with the perception of certain statements affecting the foreign exchange market, the deputy head noted. “At this level of oil prices, there are no conditions for further weakening of the ruble,” said A. Klepach.

Photo: EPA On Thursday night, European finance ministers finally agreed on general rules for the participation of bondholders and depositors in rescuing troubled banks. In the future, writing off part of the deposits, tested during the Cyprus crisis, will become commonplace throughout the European Union.

Photo: RBC With his arrival at the Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu began to demand openness from the traditionally closed ministry and his subordinates. Yesterday’s board can be called historic, since it discussed not the usual “develop”, “increase”, “improve” for such events, but very specific measures for the development of the armed forces until 2020. A few hours before the meeting, the military distributed a document that spelled out in detail what and when should happen in the army.

On the night of June 22-23, people around the world were able to observe the Supermoon. Due to the fact that during the full moon the night star came as close as possible to the Earth, the planet’s natural satellite looked incredibly large and bright. Observers from the port of Chicago saw such a moon. Photo AR On the night of June 22-23, people around the world were able to observe the Supermoon.

The start of a major overhaul of the Pushkinskaya station in St. Petersburg is postponed to September 2013. This was reported by the press service of the State Unitary Enterprise "Petersburg Metro". Photo: RBC The start of a major overhaul of the Pushkinskaya station in St. Petersburg is postponed to September 2013. This was reported by the press service of the State Unitary Enterprise "Petersburg Metro".

In addition to the current head Sergei Stepashin, former Minister of Health Tatyana Golikova and head of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Andrei Makarov are vying for the post of chairman of the Accounts Chamber. The list of candidates will be submitted to the Kremlin for consideration on July 1, Izvestia writes, citing a source in the presidential administration. Photo: ITAR-TASS Previously, the media have repeatedly reported on the possible nomination of T.

The social network “VKontakte” blocked one of the largest communities “MDK”, the main topic of which for several years was pictures and demotivators on current topics. At the time of blocking, the group had more than 2 million subscribers, reports Piter.tv. Photo: RBC The social network “VKontakte” blocked one of the largest communities “MDK”, the main topic of which for several years was pictures and demotivators on current topics.

A trailer for the new Hollywood film "Escape Plan" has appeared on the Internet. The main roles are played by the cult heroes of American action films of the 90s: Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Photo: Still from video The plot is based on the story of a prison security specialist who, by the will of fate, ends up behind bars, and the only way to get out of prison is friendship and cooperation with a local crime boss. The alarm developer is played by S.

The famous Russian athlete Alina Kabaeva gave an interview to Bolshoy Sport magazine, in which she commented on her personal life, talked about her hobbies and farewell to big-time sports. Photo: ITAR-TASS The famous gymnast refused to talk about her secrets: “Life experience has taught me not to let anyone into my personal life.

At six stations of the Moscow metro, in order to combat the heat and its consequences, passengers will be given free drinking water, the acting head said. Deputy Mayor of the capital for transport Maxim Liksutov at an operational meeting in the Moscow government.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who celebrated the anniversary of coming to power the day before, gave the army police powers ahead of the weekend. The politician fears that a series of mass protests will sweep across the country this coming weekend, Egyptian media report. Photo: ITAR-TASS The military has stepped up security measures near government buildings and strategic sites, including the Suez Canal. Tanks were brought into the streets.

Photo: ITAR-TASS The advertising agency Ingate decided to test the effectiveness of Russian bloggers from its own experience. His director of marketing communications, Yulia Antonova, agreed to place posts in LiveJournal with Artemy Lebedev, Sergey Dolya, Anton Nosik, Ilya Varlamov and Igor Bigdan. During the year, expenses for bloggers amounted to almost 3.7 million rubles, but they helped the agency conclude contracts with manufacturers of cars, perfumes and online games.

VTB Bank assesses the risk of lending to Lenfilm as zero. This was announced by the chairman of the bank's board Andrey Kostin at the annual general meeting of shareholders. “I don’t know whether this is right or wrong, but today the Ministry of Finance issued us a 100% guarantee for the return of funds. Therefore, the risk for the bank is zero.