Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin commented on the investigation of the international organization Transparency International, in which he is credited with owning an apartment with an estimated value of 500 million rubles. Dmitry Rogozin According to Rogozin, he did not buy any apartments while working in the government. about this The politician wrote on his Twitter.

It is not profitable for Gazprom Neft to invest in the exploration of offshore fields, says a letter from Andrey Patrushev, Deputy General Director for Development of Offshore Projects at Gazprom Neft, to the Ministry of Natural Resources. A copy of the document was at the disposal of Vedomosti. The appeal states that the ability of companies to invest in shelf exploration was negatively affected by the tax maneuver, sanctions and lower oil prices.

54% of Russians believe that Joseph Stalin played a positive role in history, according to a survey by the Levada Center, the results of which are reported by Vedomosti. Approximately the same number of respondents consider Stalin a wise leader who led the USSR to prosperity. However, the majority of respondents - 60% - would not want to live under such a head of state. However, their number is declining - in 2008 there were 74%.

During an American special operation in Syria, the second person in the hierarchy of the Islamic State terrorist organization, Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Kaduli, was killed.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the murder of the lawyer of the “GRU fighter” Yuri Grabovsky a justification for its “worst premonitions.” This is stated in the commentary of the Foreign Ministry. “Our worst premonitions came true. The Kyiv authorities, despite all the warnings, were unable or did not want to ensure the safety of Grabovsky,” the Foreign Ministry said in a commentary.

The investigation voiced versions of the murder of lawyer Yuri Grabovsky, who in Ukraine represents the interests of “GRU fighter” Alexander Alexandrov. “In addition to selfish, domestic and other versions, the investigation is considering the version of a specially planned operation,” Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine Anatoly Matios said at a briefing in Kiev, 112 Ukraine reports .

As a result of an accident involving a Lamborghini on Varshavskoe Highway, one person was killed and another person was injured. this to RIA Novosti . The capital's emergency services reported According to the agency's interlocutor, the Lamborghini was driven by a mechanic from a car service center where the car was undergoing technical inspection. He added that the second passenger of the car was hospitalized in serious condition at City Clinical Hospital No. 7.

The Investigative Committee is close to proving that the former co-owners of Yukos acquired the company illegally, said department representative Vladimir Markin. According to him, Mikhail Khodorkovsky did not pay “a penny” for the purchase of shares.

Western investors can take part in the purchase of Russian government securities, even if they do not want to do so, writes WSJ. If Eurobonds are included in the three main JP Morgan Chase indices, funds will buy them A number of Western investors are afraid to participate in the purchase of Russian Eurobonds due to sanctions imposed by the EU and the United States against Russia, The Wall Street Journal writes , citing investor statements.

The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) established a scheme for the privatization of Yukos shares largely thanks to information that was stored on seized in the early 2000s , a system unit reported on Friday Interfax , citing a source. According to the agency’s interlocutor, the system unit, which investigators seized as part of the first the register criminal case against YUKOS, opened in 2003, contained of shareholders of the oil company.

The decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS), which annulled the medals of Russian walkers at the Olympic Games and World Championships, is largely related to politics, the athletes’ lawyer Lucien Valloni told the R-Sport agency. “We firmly believe that much of the outcome of this decision has to do with politics. These days, Russians and especially Russian athletes have no chance for justice. It’s a shame,” he said.

The leader of A Just Russia, Sergei Mironov, as well as deputies Mikhail Emelyanov and Oleg Nilov, introduced a bill that would introduce the death penalty for crimes of a terrorist nature. The bill is registered in the State Duma’s electronic database. The document amends two articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - Article 205 (terrorist act) and Article 205.1 (promotion of terrorist activities).

US Secretary of State John Kerry, in a speech following negotiations with the Russian president, said that the topic of their conversation was the situation in Syria, Ukraine and the fate of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko US Secretary of State John Kerry (center) during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin (Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS) US Secretary of State John Kerry, at a press conference following negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian

Photo: Georgy Polyakov/Interpress St. Petersburg officials have developed a new procedure for the demolition of non-residential buildings. As Fontanka reports , the corresponding bill was developed by the Smolny Property Relations Committee. Now city houses can be demolished if they are recognized as unsafe and subject to demolition by decree of the city government.

Surgutneftegaz called 30% of its oil fields unprofitable. According to the chief geologist of Surgutneftegaz, all reserves can be divided into two groups: already depleted and new hard-to-recover reserves At one of the fields of Surgutneftegaz (Photo: Konstantin Veremeychik/TASS) The development of more than 30% of the oil fields of Surgutneftegaz, one of the largest Russian oil and gas companies, is unprofitable.