Rosneft is interested in the entry of stable domestic investors into the company’s share capital, this also applies to Surgutneftegaz, TASS reports , citing a source close to Rosneft. The agency's interlocutor said that the information about Surgutneftegaz's possible purchase of shares in the oil company was unexpected. He noted that Rosneft will work on this issue if the Russian government gives the appropriate instructions.

Index agency MSCI excluded preferred shares of Sberbank from the MSCI Russia index. The decision was made based on the results of a six-month review of the indices, MSCI said in a statement . The changes will come into force at the close of trading on May 29. The day before, Sberbank CIB analysts reported that Sberbank preferred shares could be excluded from the MSCI Russia index. Currently, the MSCI Russia index includes 22 securities of 20 Russian companies.

Burundi's army general announced the overthrow of Pierre Nkurunziza as president. reports this Reuters . Major General Godefroy Niyombare made this statement to reporters along with several senior army and police officers, including the country's former defense minister. The statement was made while Nkurunziza left for a summit of African states, the agency writes.

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has launched an investigation into a possible violation by Gazprom of Ukrainian legislation on economic competition Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has begun an investigation against OJSC Gazprom about a possible violation of Ukrainian legislation on the protection of economic competition, reports the Ukrainian News agency with reference to the acting. head of the department Nikolai Barash.

On Wednesday night, a train derailed in north Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The accident killed at least five people and injured another 130, some of them in critical condition. The causes of the train crash are not yet known.

According to the National Bureau of Credit History, from January to March 2015, the share of loans for which payments were not made on time increased to 6.5%. In the consumer loans segment, the share of overdue loans immediately jumped to 8.5% Photo: Lori The National Credit Bureau (NBCH) announced a record increase in the number of retail loans with overdue payments.

A bill has been submitted to the State Duma to transfer part of the powers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Moscow government. The document was published on the Cabinet website . If the bill is approved, the authorities of the capital will be given powers to handle cases of traffic violations recorded by video cameras. The document has already received support in the government, told RBC.

The DPR and LPR proposed their own options for reforming the Ukrainian constitution and holding local elections in the territories under their control. Experts consider the demands of the self-proclaimed republics the beginning of political bargaining Photo: TASS On Wednesday, the Donetsk News Agency website published proposals from the DPR and LPR on constitutional reform in Ukraine and the text of a bill on the procedure for holding local elections.

The Bank of Russia revoked licenses for banking operations from the credit organization LLC Plato-Bank (Ekaterinburg), St.

President Vladimir Putin will not interfere in Alfa Bank’s dispute with Uralvagonzavod, the manufacturer of Armata military equipment.

Singer Sarah Brightman, who was training in Star City, interrupted her classes. She explained the decision by refusing to fly to the International Space Station. The singer postponed the fulfillment of her dream indefinitely Singer Sarah Brightman (Photo: AP) Brightman explained that she interrupted training for family reasons. The singer’s press service conveyed her gratitude to Roscosmos, NPO Energia, Star City and NASA for their assistance in preparation.

The generator intended for the power unit of the Serovskaya State District Power Plant sank, Interfax reports. “A frozen unit is the main problem; during an overload in the port of Rotterdam, a generator fell and sank, at 420 MW,” Denis Fedorov, head of Gazprom Energoholding (GEH), explained to reporters, noting that he hopes that the company will receive compensation. A representative of OGK-2 clarified that the generator sank in the port of Antwerp.

Online services for purchasing air tickets have noted a decrease in prices for some domestic flights in Russia. According to experts, this trend is also observed in the directions where the low-cost carrier Pobeda operates. Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC The cost of tickets on routes flown by the budget carrier Pobeda (a 100% subsidiary of Aeroflot) has decreased by an average of 20%, told RIA Novosti Aviasales executive director Maxim Krainov .

Over the year, the cost of construction of the MERA-Steel plant increased by 3 billion rubles Photo: mera-stal.com In the industrial zone of the city of Kolpino (St. Petersburg), a ceremony was held to lay the “first stone” of a plant for the production of fittings. As RBC St. Petersburg was informed by the press service of the MERA-Steel company, which is building the enterprise, investments in construction will amount to 10.5 billion rubles.

On the night of May 13, an excess of pollutants in the atmosphere was recorded in the southeast of Moscow. According to Mosekomonitoring , on Guryanov Street (Pechatniki district) the MPC (maximum permissible concentration) for hydrogen sulfide was exceeded 2.7 times.