Finnish Development Minister Heidi Hautala is accused of putting pressure on business. According to the newspaper Iltalehti, cited by yle.fi, in 2012. The minister allegedly prevented the state-owned shipping company Arctia Shipping from filing a police report against Greenpeace activists after they illegally boarded the company's icebreakers. In March and May 2012 environmentalists protested against Arctia Shipping Oy's participation in Shell's oil production in the Arctic.

The debt of OJSC Rostelecom is 250 billion rubles. formed as a result of ineffective management. This was announced today in Moscow at a meeting of trade unions of Russian communications workers by Rostelecom President Sergei Kalugin, who was quoted by Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications Nikolai Nikiforov on his Twitter microblog. Photo: RBC “We analyzed - not a single investment project of Rostelecom was completed on time and for the established budget,” said S. Kalugin.

During the inspection of the Arctic Sunrise, the crew of which tried to land on the Prirazlomnaya platform, drugs were discovered. The Investigative Committee of Russia reports this. Photo: Greenpeace “During the inspection of the vessel, narcotic substances (presumably poppy straw and morphine) were seized. The origin of these substances and their purpose are also being established,” the department said in a statement.

Stockholm is preparing to announce the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Among the contenders for the prestigious award is Russian scientist Valery Fokin. The Russian chemist and two other co-authors of the discovery in the field of click chemistry are called the favorites in this nomination. Photo: nobelprize.org Thomson Reuters published a forecast of the likely winners at the end of September. The agency relies on citations of research papers.

The issue of complete liberalization of gas exports “may someday be discussed,” but for now we are talking only about liquefied gas (LNG), Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said during a press conference. According to him, in addition to Gazprom, Yamal LNG and Rosneft will be subject to the law being prepared for adoption on the liberalization of the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) . Photo: ITAR-TASS Speaking about the prospects for liberalizing gas exports, A.

Red Wings denied information about the suspension of flights. “The information disseminated in a number of publications about the cancellation of Red Wings flights is not true,” the air carrier said on its official Twitter. Photo: RIA Novosti The company also noted that tickets for regular flights were sold in accordance with the schedule until October 26, 2013, while for November and December 2013.

In St. Petersburg, two teenagers suspected of beating a 14-year-old schoolboy and filming the bullying on camera were charged under Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, motivated by national hatred and enmity). This was reported by the press service of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the city.

In St. Petersburg, a criminal case regarding a hit-and-run on a traffic police officer, involving the founder and co-owners of the social network VKontakte Pavel Durov, was closed. RBC was informed about this by the office of the Investigative Committee of Russia for St. Petersburg.

A flash mob is taking place on Facebook against the decision of Rospotrebnadzor to ban the import of dairy products from Lithuania into the Russian Federation. Users, mainly from the Kaliningrad region, change their avatars to images of Lithuanian dairy products: milk, cottage cheese and cheese. Photo: facebook.com A flash mob is taking place on Facebook against the decision of Rospotrebnadzor to ban the import of dairy products from Lithuania into the Russian Federation.

In St. Petersburg, two teenagers suspected of beating a 14-year-old schoolboy and filming the abuse on camera have been charged. According to the press service of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the city, the young men are being held under Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, motivated by national hatred and enmity).

In the presidential elections taking place today in Azerbaijan, the current head of state, Ilham Aliyev, is winning a landslide victory. These are the preliminary results of exit polls released by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Cooperation Alliance. According to these data, I. Aliyev is gaining 83.89% of the votes. Photo: ITAR-TASS Ten candidates are vying for the post of head of state. However, it was the incumbent president who was predicted to win by analysts.

The trading session on the Russian stock market ended with a slight decline in the main indices. The MICEX fell by 0.27% to 1,501.01 points. index The RTS dropped by 0.72% by the end of the trading session to 1,461 points. The trading volume at the end of the day amounted to 455.5 billion rubles. Photo: RBC The lack of progress on the US budget and national debt is slowing down the growth of the Russian stock market, notes FG BCS expert Ivan Kopeikin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that the 2018 FIFA World Cup. will be held in Kaliningrad, inviting the Governor of the Kaliningrad Region Nikolai Tsukanov, together with the federal government, to decide on the location for the construction of the stadium. This was reported by the press service of the regional administration. At a meeting with the head of state, N.

Andrei Isaev, who left the post of First Deputy Secretary of the Presidium of the General Council of United Russia, more than once found himself in scandalous situations. However, until recently this did not interfere with his career advancement. Photo: ITAR-TASS Born in Moscow in the late 1980s. was far from power and was even considered one of the organizers of the Conference of Anarcho-Syndicalists.

Estonia's leadership in 2014 will begin the reconstruction of checkpoints on the border with Russia. This was announced by Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip during a visit to Narva, Narvskaya Gazeta reports. “As a result of the reconstruction, six rows of entry in each direction for cars and four rows in each direction for pedestrians will appear at the checkpoint. That is, already in 2015 there will be no current queues at the border,” he noted. According to A.