Novaya Gazeta reported an attack on its journalist Gleb Limansky by assistant to State Duma Deputy Speaker Igor Lebedev Alexander Shprygin . This is reported on the publication's website. According to their information, the journalist was filming the crush that formed at the entrance to the Central Exhibition Hall during events dedicated to the birthday of LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

Violations were revealed in the work of the Sakhalin prosecutor's office after a complaint from employees of the Ostrovnoy plant on the island of Shikotan about non-payment of wages. Deputy Prosecutor General Yuri Gulyagin told reporters about this, Interfax reports . “In the activities of the prosecutor's office of the Sakhalin region, omissions were identified in the organization of supervision in the area under consideration.

The number of hedge fund bets on WTI oil prices rising to an 11-month high. Speculators ignored the failure of the Doha negotiations and are betting on higher prices amid growing demand for gasoline in the US Fuel pump at a gas station in Brooklyn, New York (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) In the week ending April 19, hedge funds increased the number of bets on WTI appreciation to the highest level since May last year, according to data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Trading participants were unable to place orders on the Moscow Exchange derivatives market via the Internet for 40 minutes. This is how several dozen bidders connect to the site Work of the Moscow Exchange (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC) On Monday, April 25, trading participants lost the opportunity to place orders on the Moscow Exchange derivatives market via the Internet, as follows from the official message posted on the trading platform website at 10:06 Moscow time.

The new Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, supported the ban on the activities of collection agencies. She made this statement at a press conference in Moscow, an RBC correspondent reports. “Our faction “A Just Russia” proposed to completely ban these agencies. I think this idea is correct, but the issue of collectors is linked to the work of bailiffs, who, unfortunately, do not always work effectively,” the commissioner said at her first press conference.

The searches that the FSB conducted in the Moscow office of the Swedish Oriflame are related to old claims by tax authorities against the Russian “daughter” of the company, the Vedomosti newspaper reported, citing its sources.

In Odessa, late in the evening of Monday, April 25, an explosion occurred on the territory of one of the banks, reports the local publication Timer. “Around 23:20, residents of the Bolshoi Fontan, South-Western area, as well as parts of the Tairov and Cheryomushki housing area were frightened by a powerful roar.

VTB issued a loan of 3 billion rubles. for the purchase of the Russian Media Group, Vedomosti and RNS found out. The buyer will be the company “Business Garant” produced by Vladimir Kiselev Vladimir Kiselev (Photo: Irina Bujor/Kommersant) VTB issued a loan for 3 billion rubles.

Latvian MP Vilnis Kirsis filed a police report against the mayor of Riga Nils Ushakovs after a cartoon of a statement about the damage to Latvia from the “Soviet occupation,” Delfi reports . Kirsis asked the head of the security police, Normunds Mezhviets, to assess whether the actions of the Riga mayor contained signs of the article of the criminal code on the justification of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Sberbank sharply reduced rates on ruble deposits and actually zeroed them on deposits in foreign currency. Experts explain the actions of the state bank due to excess liquidity in the sector and believe that other banks will follow its example Photo: Nikita Popov / RBC The state bank reduced the rates on ruble deposits “Save”, “Replenish” and “Manage” by 0.5–1.05 percentage points. depending on the term and amount of the deposit (see table).

US President Barack Obama confirmed US plans to send an additional 250 troops to Syria. He stated this during a visit to Germany, reports Reuters . He said that the fighters would train local residents and help them fight the Islamic State (banned in Russia). In turn, Syrian rebels, also fighting IS, supported this decision by the authorities of the United States of America, but called for more decisive measures, in particular in the supply of missiles, the agency adds.

The Progressive Party, which supports integration with the European Union, won early parliamentary elections in Serbia, said Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. His words were confirmed by exit polls Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic announced the victory of the ruling Progressive Party in early parliamentary elections, Reuters reports . “The citizens of Serbia have once again given us the honor of leading the government,” he said.

The Greek visa center on Nikitsky Boulevard in Moscow is operating as usual, there is no queue outside the building, an RBC correspondent reports. According to him, there are a lot of people in the visa center itself, but the work is moving quickly and without delays. Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RST), Irina Tyurina, told Interfax that the Greek consulate could not cope with the flow of people wishing to obtain a visa before the May holidays.

By the May Day weekend, the air temperature in Moscow will reach plus 15–20 degrees. As a specialist from the Phobos center told RIA Novosti , in the first days of May a lot of sun is expected, and the likelihood of precipitation will be minimal.

In the Rostov region, border guards opened fire on an SUV that was trying to cross the border and break into Ukraine. reports this TASS with reference to the press service of the regional department of the FSB. The agency's interlocutor clarified that the incident occurred on the western outskirts of the city of Donetsk, Rostov region. According to him, border service officers, who noticed a Niva SUV approaching the border with Ukraine, tried to stop it.