One of those detained in the case of the disappearance of director Tamara Yakzhina was a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. reports this RIA Novosti with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. According to the agency's interlocutor, the detainee worked as an investigator at the Internal Affairs Directorate for the South-Eastern District of the capital. Rossiyskaya Gazeta previously wrote about the woman’s disappearance.

In the North Caucasus and the Republic of South Ossetia, camp artillery training, which had been held since March 9, has ended. Interfax reports this with reference to the press service of the Southern Military District. More than 1 thousand military personnel and about 200 units of weapons and military equipment were involved in the training events.

The Investigative Committee of Russia has put the former president of the Baltic Bank Oleg Shigaev on the wanted list. He is accused of fraud and legalization of illegally stolen funds. We are talking about an amount of 3.37 billion rubles. Photo: TASS The former president of the Baltic Bank, Oleg Shigaev, was charged in absentia under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud), paragraph “b”, part 4 of art.

Standard & Poors downgraded Ukraine's rating to SS. According to the agency, default is “virtually inevitable” Photo: Getty Images The international rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the long-term sovereign rating of Ukraine in foreign currency to the pre-default level - from CCC- to SS. The rating outlook is “negative”. “The downgrade reflects our expectation that a default on the central government's foreign currency debt service is virtually inevitable,” it said.

As part of the investigation into the criminal case regarding the sinking of the trawler "Far East", another suspect was arrested - Deputy General Director of Magellan LLC, the ship-owning company, Alexey Vasin. This is stated in a message from the Investigative Committee received by RBC. At the request of the investigation, he was taken into custody.

According to calculations by experts from the Accounts Chamber, direct costs for the preparation and holding of the Olympic Games amounted to almost 325 billion rubles, including 104 billion rubles. budget funds.

The appearance of the Apple Watch in select stores attracted only the most devoted fans of the company's products. The unusually small number of visitors is due to the fact that the new product can only be viewed and tried on. A man wearing a cardboard Apple Watch hat poses in front of the company's store in Tokyo (Photo: REUTERS 2015) The demonstration debut of Apple smart watches in stores in Western cities from London to Sydney did not cause any visible excitement among buyers.

The net profit of Otkritie FC Bank for 2014 amounted to 5.882 billion rubles. While in 2013 it amounted to 17.302 billion rubles. This follows from the audited consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) of the company for 2014. Return on equity (ROE) at the end of 2014 amounted to 21.7% excluding the result of transactions with securities, or 6.2% (including the result of transactions with securities).

The AvtoVAZ plant will stop the assembly line from May 1 to May 11. reports this TASS with reference to a representative of the plant's press center. “In the first ten days of May, the whole country will have many days off, and the plant decided to add 4 more days to these days off - from May 5 to 8,” the agency’s interlocutor said. He clarified that the cars will not be produced from May 1 to May 11. At the same time, the 11 days of the May holidays concern only the work of the conveyor.

The St. Petersburg tour operator “Royal Tourism Corporation” announced the impossibility of fulfilling its obligations to clients who purchased trips to Israel. Information about this is posted on the website of the insurance company Liberty Insurance. The insurance company received a statement from the tour operator about the impossibility of fulfilling its obligations to tourists who purchased trips to Israel on April 9, 2015.

Russian companies that are challenging the sanctions imposed against them in the European Court were asked to postpone the proceedings until a decision on sanctions against Rosneft is made. Vedomosti learned about this Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC Russian companies that are challenging the sanctions imposed on them have received a request from the European Court with a proposal to postpone the proceedings until a decision is made on the Rosneft claim.

The authorities of the self-proclaimed DPR have denied a report by the international human rights organization Amnesty International that militias are torturing captured Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbass. about this Deputy Minister of State Security of the self-proclaimed DPR Leonid Baranov told Kommersant FM .

Officials of the capital's mayor's office reported on their income for 2014. The richest, as last year, was Sergei Cheremin with 75.4 million rubles. Maxim Liksutov lost the most in a year, but remained the leader among deputies Head of the Department of Transport and Development of Road Transport Infrastructure Maxim Liksutov (Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC) their incomes .

Rospotrebnadzor discovered safety violations in dairy products, vegetables and dried fruits from Kazakhstan and removed them from sale. Previously, the Kazakh authorities removed several Russian goods from circulation. Photo: RIA Novosti Rospotrebnadzor has identified safety violations in some products from Kazakhstan. The department has decided to withdraw these goods from sale in Russia, the department said in a statement . Non-compliant Kazakh products were found in various regions.

“Night Wolves” will not change the route of the motorcycle rally from Moscow to Berlin, which will pass through European countries, despite protests from the residents of Poland. This was stated by the head of the motorcycle club, biker Surgeon. Leader of the Night Wolves motorcycle club Alexander Zaldostanov, also known as the Surgeon (center) (Photo: TASS) “Night Wolves” will not change the route of the planned motorcycle rally from Moscow to Berlin, despite protests from Polish residents.