The Russian economy has overcome obstacles in the form of sanctions with relative ease, “peak loads have passed,” said President Vladimir Putin.

The Kremlin called for a sense of proportion when using symbols of the Great Patriotic War. This opinion was expressed by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, TASS reports . He recalled that there are “well-known political cartoons,” including those from the Great Patriotic War. “They depicted Hitler: in order to clearly show the enemy, you need to show him,” he noted.

The number of victims of the devastating earthquake in Nepal has exceeded 4.1 thousand people, PressTV reports citing the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs. At the moment, 4 thousand 138 people are known to have died. About 40 thousand more people were injured and need help. The UN is now preparing for a large-scale operation to help the people of Nepal, with the first part expected to arrive in the country on April 28. The earthquake began in Nepal on April 25.

The official dollar exchange rate increased by 1.22 rubles on Monday. — since April 28, it has been set at 51.469 rubles. At the same time, the official euro exchange rate increased by 1.215 rubles; from April 28, 2015, it was determined by the Central Bank at 55.8747 rubles. During today's trading on the Moscow Exchange, the value of the dollar approached 52 rubles, reaching a maximum of 51.889 rubles, which is 98.9 kopecks. higher than the closing level of trading on April 24, 2015.

German Gref wants to make Sberbank a world-class corporation, so he spares no money on employee training. The bank spends more than anyone else in the country for these purposes, and for another 10 billion rubles. built his own university. A corporate university helps retain managers.

The Ministry of Finance proposes to oblige pension funds to buy securities issued to finance infrastructure projects Photo: TASS Ministry of Finance proposals The Ministry of Finance proposes to establish a minimum share of infrastructure bonds that NPFs will be required to maintain in their portfolios. This was reported by Interfax and confirmed by RBC's source in the government's financial sector.

Actor Valery Garkalin was beaten in the center of Moscow, a source told TASS . law enforcement The incident occurred around 09:00 Moscow time on Monday near house 6 on 4th Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street. The interlocutor clarified that the unknown person hit the actor several times and disappeared. An eyewitness to the incident reported the incident to the police. The actor refused medical help.

The relevant committee of the Duma passed a bill giving the government the right to propose to the president to dismiss governors for failure to fulfill federal powers Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC The State Duma Committee on Local Self-Government intends to return to consideration of a bill that would give the President and the government the right to delegate federal powers to the regions through regulatory legal acts.

A commission of the Russian Security Council proposed measures to expand the use of the ruble in international payments and at the same time to “reduce the use of foreign currency on the territory of the Russian Federation” Photo: Oleg Gritsaenko/RBC The proposal to reduce the use of foreign currency and expand the use of the ruble in international payments was made at a meeting of the interdepartmental commission on security in the economic and social sphere, Interfax reports with reference to

A plaque with his name and dates of life and death appeared on the grave of Viktor Yanukovych Jr. in Sevastopol, reports the local news portal Iskra and publishes photographs of the grave. The publication writes that the area where the grave is located, previously surrounded by a stone fence, has now been closed with a gate. As Iskra writes, there is a guard with a dog on duty at the gate. At the same time, outsiders are not able to approach the grave, since they are not allowed.

The number of trades entered into by hedge funds in anticipation of rising oil prices has risen to the highest level in four years, Bloomberg reports. Hydrocarbon consumers are also less likely to expect price cuts Photo: REUTERS 2015 Financial investors increased their net long positions by 8,351 contracts, or 3.2%, during the week from April 14 to 20, which was the best result since January 2011, Bloomberg reports , citing data from ICE Futures Europe.

Photo: Oleg Kharseev/Kommersant M.Video is moving further away from the image of a traditional equipment seller. Last year's relaunch of the site increased the online store's traffic to 4 million visitors per week, and it almost doubled the flow of customers in stores. Payment for pickup “More than half of our customers begin their purchasing journey on the website,” Alexander Tynkovan, president of M.Video, told RBC.

Photo: Alexander Koryakov/Kommersant Oil companies have come to terms with the tax maneuver; today only Rosneft criticizes it. The Ministry of Finance did not see any problems for companies under the new system of industry fees. Response from the Ministry of Finance At the beginning of the year, oil companies called on officials to adjust the new tax model for the industry. This is necessary due to the decline in oil prices and the jump in dollar and euro exchange rates, oil workers insisted.

The number of earthquake victims in Nepal is growing. According to the latest data, the death toll is 3 thousand 218 people, more than 6 thousand were injured The number of victims of the devastating earthquake in Nepal that occurred last Saturday has increased. According to the latest data, cited by Reuters citing a representative of the Nepalese police, the earthquake killed 3,218 people, and another 6,538 people were injured.

Following the Ukraine-EU summit, European leaders confirmed their readiness to provide Kyiv with any means and platforms to overcome the crisis and deepen reforms. But they are in no hurry to provide military support European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (from left) at the Ukraine-EU summit in Kiev (Photo: AP) On Monday, the 17th Ukraine-EU summit took place in Kyiv.