Russia did not fulfill the plan, taking only 51st place in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2016 ranking. This was stated by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov at a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with members of the government, RIA Novosti reports. He explained that, according to the indicators that Putin defined for the government, Russia should have been among the first 50 states in the ranking. “We have slightly underachieved this indicator - 51st place,” added Shuvalov.

The banking system is experiencing great difficulties associated with devaluation and sanctions, says Deputy Head of Sberbank Bella Zlatkis. According to her, in these conditions it is difficult to call the system healthy Deputy Head of the Board of Sberbank Bella Zlatkis (Photo: RIA Novosti) The Russian banking system in its current state can hardly be called healthy, says Bella Zlatkis, deputy head of the board of Sberbank.

Former Russian Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik refused to believe that a criminal case had been opened against her in Switzerland, noting that information about this appeared in the media not from official sources. “This information was taken from an article in some yellow Swiss newspaper. This statement has not been and cannot be anywhere. Swiss second-rate newspaper correspondent Linda von Berg wrote this. This is a lie, this is a shock,” Skrynnik told the Russian News Service.

Former Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik has probably returned to business in Russia. She may be the main owner of the Mir leasing company, according to SPARK data. The ex-minister herself denies any connection with this company. Former Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Elena Skrynnik (Photo: Valery Sharifulin/TASS) Skrynnik is the owner of 99% of the authorized capital of Mir LLC, registered on October 26, 2015, according to SPARK data.

Norwegian oil company Statoil has postponed the launch date of its largest project in the last decade in the British sector of the North Sea, writes the Financial Times. The company's quarterly report states that development of the Mariner field, which has an investment of more than $7 billion, will begin no earlier than the second half of 2018. Statoil explained that the decision to postpone the date was due to rising costs, which were 10% higher than the original plan.

The parents of contract soldier Vadim Kostenko, who died at an airbase in Syria, demand a repeat medical examination, Novaya Gazeta reports. The Ministry of Defense previously stated that the soldier committed suicide A Russian Su-24 bomber lands at the Khmeimim airbase in the Syrian province of Latakia (Photo: RIA Novosti) The parents of contract soldier Vadim Kostenko, who died in Syria, wrote a statement to the police demanding a repeat medical examination.

Photo: RIA Novosti The Bank of Russia has decided to rehabilitate Sovetsky Bank, headquartered in St. Petersburg. During the inspection, the regulator identified a hole in capital almost half as large as the volume of deposits, which as of October 1 exceeded 20 billion rubles.

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Vladimir Groysman expressed confidence that a holiday of “liberation from Russian invaders” will appear in Ukraine. Groysman made this statement at a flower-laying ceremony on the Day of the Liberation of Ukraine from Nazi invaders, held in the Glory Park in Kiev, according to a message on the website of the Ukrainian parliament .

There are no traces on the body of soldier Vadim Kostenko, who died in Syria, that would support the version of hanging, the contract soldier’s father told Reuters. Uncle Kostenko previously mentioned that the deceased had a broken head Funeral of contract soldier of the Russian Armed Forces Vadim Kostenko (Photo: Kommersant) The father of Russian contract soldier Vadim Kostenko, who died in Syria, did not find signs of hanging on his son’s body.

Hollywood actress Halle Berry and her husband, French actor Olivier Martinez, announced Tuesday that they are divorcing after two years of marriage, celebrity website TMZ.com reports . This is Halle Berry's third divorce. The actress has a 2-year-old son with Martinez. “We are motivated by love and respect for each other and guided by what is best for our son. We wish each other nothing but happiness in life,” their joint statement said. Halle Berry met Olivier Martinez in 2010.

A group of legal entities - account holders in Probusinessbank, which included more than 200 organizations, appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a request to investigate the role of the Central Bank and the DIA in the bankruptcy of the credit organization Photo: RBC More than 200 legal entities - clients of Probusinessbank, which lost its license on August 12, submitted a collective application to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Main

In its annual review of the level of Internet freedom in the world, the American organization Freedom House moved Russia from “partly free” to “not free countries.” The main reason is laws on data portability and the fight against extremism Participants in a protest against the introduction of censorship on the Internet.

A dump truck with a raised body hit a pedestrian bridge in Mytishchi, reports the 360 ​​Podmoskovye TV channel . The accident occurred on October 28 at 13:56 Moscow time on Yaroslavskoye Highway, the TV channel clarifies. The recording shows how the dump truck was unable to pass under the pedestrian bridge and hit it with its body. There were four people on the bridge at the time. Two of them fell and later rose to their feet on their own. The bridge swayed, but remained in place.

At the presidential commission on the fuel and energy complex, President Putin was told about the suspension of investments in 61 oil fields in different countries due to falling prices for raw materials.

The Main Military Prosecutor's Office (GVP) of Russia began an investigation after the death of Russian soldier Vadim Kostenko in Syria. This is stated in a statement from the department, RIA Novosti reports. The first results of the GVP inspection indicate that the military man hanged himself “out of duty due to unfavorable personal circumstances that developed outside the unit,” the military prosecutor’s office indicated.