The Supervisory Board of Vnesheconombank approved the purchase of bonds of the Federal Grid Company of the Unified Energy System (FSK UES) for 40 billion rubles. This was announced by the head of VEB Vladimir Dmitriev, reports TASS . “We decided to purchase these bonds of the company for the purpose of investment activities of this company for a period of 30 years,” he commented. A representative of FSK confirmed to RBC that VEB's supervisory board approved the company's application.

The fire on the Abkatun A-Permanente oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has been completely extinguished. This is stated in a message from Mexico's state oil company Pemex, published on Twitter . The company emphasized that the fire was completely extinguished, and the photos that appeared on the Internet showing the collapse of the platform do not correspond to reality. The fire on the platform started on April 1 as a result of an explosion.

Former head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Alexander Reimer, arrested in the case of theft of 3 billion rubles, is in the Moscow Lefortovo pre-trial detention center in a double cell with a TV. reports this RIA Novosti with reference to the Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission, Mikhail Senkevich. “The camera is double. At that time he was alone, but perhaps today someone was assigned to him.

The price of North Sea Brent oil during trading on the London Ice Exchange fell by 3.4% to $52.20 per barrel. As told TASS , the reason for the price decline was the continuing increase in oil reserves in the United States and exports from Iraq. Anton Startsev, leading analyst at the Olma Investment Group, As previously reported, Iraq increased oil supplies to a 35-year high.

The volume of international reserves of the Russian Federation as of March 20, 2015 amounted to $360.8 billion. During the reporting week, they increased by 2.2% ($7.9 billion), according to the Bank of Russia materials. This figure reached its highest level in the last four weeks since February 27, 2015, when international reserves stood at $363.0 billion. The volume of Russia's international reserves has been increasing for the second week.

The Novosibirsk prosecutor's office withdrew complaints against the decision of the magistrate court in the case of insulting religious symbols against the ex-director of the Opera and Ballet Theater Boris Mezdrich and the director of the opera "Tannhäuser" Timofey Kulyabin. This was reported on the website of the Central District Court of Novosibirsk, RBC-Novosibirsk reports .

The newly created Federal Agency for National Affairs will be headed by the deputy chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, United Russia member Igor Barinov, writes , citing a source close to the government. Vedomosti An interlocutor at the government office called him “the most likely candidate” and confirmed that a new head will be appointed today. As the publication notes, Barinov graduated from the FSB Academy in 2003, and previously served in the Airborne Forces.

AFK Sistema is considering the possibility of a financed buy-out (LBO) of companies in various industries. The head of the company, Mikhail Shamolin, reported this to the Vedomosti newspaper . He clarified that we are talking about organizations whose debt to EBITDA ratio is no more than 3. Sistema’s investment plan, according to Shamolin, includes dozens of companies: financed or partially financed buyouts are possible in fairly large companies.

The Russian Consulate General in Aden was damaged during airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition forces. A source at the Russian embassy in Yemen told RIA Novosti about this. According to him, “there is not a single intact window left in the building.” He added that the possibility of closing the diplomatic mission in Aden and evacuating Russian citizens is currently being considered.

Employees of the Samara department of the FSB established that one of the residents of Samara was going to establish contact with representatives of the US Embassy. reports this Interfax with reference to the department's press service. An unnamed citizen wrote a letter to the consular section of the embassy in Moscow addressed to the US President. In the document, he expressed his readiness to take part in the matter “of the collapse of Russia as a state” for material compensation.

Two more life rafts from a sunken trawler were found in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, a representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the region told Interfax. The rafts were discovered 105 km northeast of the tragedy site. It is still unknown whether there are people on them. The rafts were discovered by members of the Emergencies Ministry helicopter crew. Now ships have been sent to them to take part in the search and rescue operation.

In Russia, a political system should be created that would unite strong power and a social state, said Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin. In his opinion, Russians sympathize with both the monarchy and socialism Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin (Photo: Russian Look) In Russia, a political system should be implemented that would combine elements of strict centralized power and a social state.

The official representative of the Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, responded to the deputy head of the Lipetsk Roshen factory, Oleg Kazakov, when he said that the investigative actions taken at the factory were aimed at reducing the cost of the factory, which is being sold. “Someone sold his country and people for 30 hryvnia a long time ago and is still in chocolate,” Markin responded to these words on his Twitter account.

Iran and the Six countries on Thursday, after lengthy negotiations, agreed on the main parameters of a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.

Negotiations on Iran's nuclear program were suspended for several hours. this on her Twitter . announced US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf “Negotiations just broke down. They will continue in a few hours,” the message says. Today in Lausanne there are negotiations between the “six” international negotiators and Iran on the country’s nuclear program.