The Investigative Committee suspected the minister from Ingushetia of abuse of power and misappropriation of budget funds on an especially large scale.

The Russian FSB announced the detention of a Lithuanian intelligence officer. He was detained while receiving secret information from a Russian citizen At the entrance to the Lefortovo detention center (Photo: RIA Novosti) Interfax reports the detention of a spy from Lithuania with reference to the Russian FSB. The detention took place on May 19, when a Lithuanian illegal intelligence officer received “documentary secret information” from a Russian citizen.

The searches in the Moscow pre-trial detention center “Matrosskaya Tishina”, which took place on May 20, were related to a criminal case of extortion, the Investigative Committee of Russia reported.

Due to a sharp drop in demand for apartments, developers are ready for any tricks - from subsidizing the mortgage rate to compensating the costs of educating the children of buyers in elite schools near new buildings Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC At the end of April, the Central Bank lowered the key rate to 12.5%; preferential mortgages, subsidized by the state, are now issued at 12% per annum.

Deputies of the Czech Social Democratic Party vetoed the ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, reports . Parlamentni listy Thirty communists voted to reject the inclusion of consideration of the agreement on the agenda for today's meeting. Thus, this issue can now be considered at the next meeting of the Chamber of Deputies in the second half of June. The Czech Republic remains one of eight EU countries that have not yet signed an association agreement with Ukraine.

Training flights of the new Russian Tachyon drone have begun in the Kuril Islands. This was announced by the head of the press service of the Eastern Military District, Colonel Alexander Gordeev, RIA Novosti reports . He said that after some time, UAVs will begin to be used on constant duty in the area of ​​the islands. The new device is designed for aerial reconnaissance and detection of small and subtle objects on the shore, on the water and under water.

The bonuses of Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin will depend on the financial performance of the monopoly and the speed of transportation.

RusHydro wants to sell its shares worth up to 85 billion rubles to the state bank in order to solve debt problems. This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to a federal official and sources close to one of the parties to the negotiations. RusHydro has long been discussing with the government options for refinancing the debt of its subsidiary, RAO ES of the East, which was formed due to tariff restrictions in the Far East, the newspaper writes.

Sergei Polonsky, accused of embezzlement of equity holders’ funds, has no assets left in Russia, the businessman himself and his lawyers said in March. But he kept several projects abroad Sergei Polonsky. Archival photo (Photo: Oleg Gritsaenko/RBC) On Monday, May 18, former billionaire Sergei Polonsky was charged with fraud committed on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, maximum penalty - imprisonment for ten years).

The Bank of Russia revoked licenses for banking activities from three banks - two Moscow banks (Transportnoy and ProBank), as well as the Cherepovets bank Boomerang. Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC The revocation of licenses from banks is reported on the regulator’s website. The license of Transportny Bank was revoked due to the fact that the size of the bank’s own capital decreased below the minimum authorized capital value.

The State Duma adopted the capital amnesty bill in the second reading, TASS reports . Deputies also approved in the first reading amendments to the Tax Code, the adoption of which is necessary in connection with the ongoing legalization of capital. The head of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes, Andrei Makarov, said that the law resolves all issues related to tax liability or property liability associated with tax offenses.

RBC St. Petersburg invites private investors to the School on May 26, 2015. Photo: RBC The spring session of the School of Private Investors “Our Money”, organized by RBC, will take place on May 26, 2015.

Story Falling economy According to the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, growth will exceed the average global economic growth Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev (Photo: Global Look Press) The growth of the Russian economy from 2017 may be 4–4.5% annually, Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev told reporters on Wednesday, May 20.

Five major US banks will pay fines totaling billions of dollars for manipulating exchange rates. This was reported by AFP, citing sources close to the situation. According to the agency, the American JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, the British Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland and the Swiss UBS face a fine. According to the agency's interlocutors, fines range from hundreds of millions of dollars to more than $1 billion, depending on how involved the bank was in the scheme.

Four children aged 7 to 11 years old, playing with matches, inadvertently burned down 6 apartments in a multi-storey building in Omsk, the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement . The fire occurred on Dianova Street in the Kirov District on the evening of May 19. According to eyewitnesses, the police established that the children, while walking in the yard, threw several lit matches onto the balcony of one of the first floor apartments.