The US Department of Defense has ordered the US Air Force to refuel Saudi Arabian aircraft carrying out raids on Yemen. At the same time, Washington promised its ally intelligence information Ruins after an air raid by Saudi Arabian warplanes near Sana'a airport, Yemen. (Photo: AP) As the Wall Street Journal reports, citing Pentagon representatives, the US Army Central Command has agreed to a request to refuel Saudi Arabian military aircraft.

An acetone fire occurred at a chemical plant in Udmurtia. The emergency occurred in the city of Mozhga - at an enterprise for the production of mixed organic solvents, according to the website of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The area around the plant is cordoned off and vehicle traffic is temporarily restricted. Residents of surrounding houses are also being evacuated. There are about 50 people in total. Fire crews have already arrived at the scene

The case of the murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Igor Domnikov has been brought to court, according to the ICR website.

A criminal case was opened in Ukraine after the nationalization of the Artek camp, according to a message on the website of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine.

The Russian Ministry of Energy has prepared the first measures to support the oil industry in connection with the fall in oil prices and the implementation of a tax maneuver in the industry, writes . Kommersant The department intends to extend benefits for the fields of Yakutia (Surgutneftegaz), the Caspian field named after Yuri Korchagin (LUKOIL) and establish benefits for the Novoportovskoye field in Yamal (Gazprom Neft).

Russia and Rosatom are ready to supply fresh nuclear fuel and take back spent nuclear fuel from all reactors that were built in Iran with the participation of the Russian side. This was stated following the negotiations between the Six and Iran in Lausanne, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, RIA Novosti reports . “We are ready to do this [take away spent nuclear fuel] throughout the entire life cycle of the corresponding reactor installations,” Ryabkov said.

They are trying to impose the ideals of a consumer society on Russia, said Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin. This danger can be avoided by increasing the level of education, says the head of the railway monopoly President of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin (Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC) “Today we are witnessing changes not in the classical sense, but tectonic changes in global society.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs will spend almost 90 million rubles. to purchase aerosol grenades used for riot control. The relevant information is posted on the government procurement website . In particular, the department plans to purchase 6.3 thousand “Drift-2” aerosol grenades, 5.5 thousand “Roulet-VV” hand irritant grenades with increased power and safety, 3 thousand 850 RGK-60RD hand irritant grenades. The total cost of the purchase is 88.3 million rubles.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented to reporters on the appointment of the youngest son of the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Andrei Patrushev, to the post of Deputy General Director of Gazprom Neft. Peskov emphasized that to get a job in large companies, it is not family ties that are important, but high professionalism.

The central streets of Moscow are losing tenants: the first quarter has the most empty space on the Garden Ring and Arbat. The departure of traders and restaurateurs from street retail led to a drop in ruble rates by 20–25% Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC Leaders and Outsiders The average share of empty space on Moscow's main shopping streets continued to grow at the beginning of this year.

Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko takes small amounts of food to maintain her condition for attending court. Elizaveta Glinka, a member of the Presidential Human Rights Council, who visited the arrested woman in a pre-trial detention center on Friday, told RIA Novosti. “The condition is the same. He eats very little, but enough to maintain his condition to appear in court without doctors.

The families of the sailors who were residents of Sakhalin who died in the sinking of the trawler “Far East” in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk will receive 1 million rubles each, the families of the victims - 200 thousand rubles each. Acting Governor of the Sakhalin Region Oleg Kozhemyako told reporters about this, Interfax reports . If the family is in a difficult social situation, additional assistance will be provided, he added.

Over the past three weeks, the dollar has fallen in price by more than 5 rubles. Purchases from foreign players helped the ruble strengthen Photo: Lori In March, the ruble grew thanks to the period of tax payments: in order to pay taxes, exporters sold foreign currency earnings and bought rubles. Since the beginning of April, this factor has ceased to operate, but on April 1–2, the dollar fell in price by almost 2 rubles.

RBC found out who was behind the mysterious company Promneftstroy, which has been trying to get to the foreign assets of YUKOS since 2007. These were the structures of the founders of Renaissance Capital, Stephen Jennings and Richard Dietz.

“Neoliberals” are responsible for the crisis in Russia, ex-Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov proclaimed at a meeting of the Mercury Club. During Thursday's discussion, it became clear that there are more to blame.