The Savyolovsky Court of Moscow accepted for consideration the claim of Alexei Navalny for the protection of honor and dignity against VGTRK, the presenter of Vesti Nedeli Dmitry Kiselev and the journalist of the TV channel. Court press secretary Konstantin Timoshenko reported this to Interfax. He explained that the applicant corrected the shortcomings within the specified time frame, and therefore the court accepted the claim for consideration.

Gazprom asked the government to reduce dividends for 2015 by half - from 393.5 billion (50% of profit according to IFRS) to 175 billion rubles. (50% of profit according to RAS). The company needs money to buy back shares from VEB, reports Bloomberg Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC Gazprom asked the government to provide it with an exception so that the company could use less than 50% of its net profit under IFRS to pay dividends for 2015, reports Bloomberg , citing two officials.

The investigation has named two versions of the Robinson helicopter crash in Kamchatka on May 3, which are currently considered as the main ones. This was reported on the website of the Far Eastern Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. The investigation is considering a technical malfunction of the helicopter and pilot error as the main versions of the plane crash, the department’s statement clarifies.

The statement by federal judge Shira Sheindlin, who sentenced Russian Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison, about the excessiveness of this term confirms the presence of serious problems in the US judicial system. This was stated to TASS by the Russian Foreign Ministry Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, Konstantin Dolgov, commenting on Sheindlin’s interview with The New York Times.

Emmanuel Jintzburger, who previously served as director of retail sales at Yves Saint Laurent, has been appointed the new CEO of the Alexander McQueen fashion house. this The Financial Times reports . Jintzburger will replace Jonathan Aykroyd as head of the fashion house, who held this position for 12 years.

The ECB has decided to abandon the issue of the €500 banknote. The decision was made due to the fact that this banknote is convenient for scammers to use, the regulator explained Photo: imago stock&people/Global Look Press The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to stop issuing €500 banknotes. This is stated in a message published on Wednesday, May 4, on the ECB website.

Deputy Governor of the Odessa region Sasha Borovik resigned. This is stated in a message from the regional administration on Facebook. The regional administration explained that Borovik was fired in connection with the law “On Civil Service,” which came into force on May 1, 2016. Despite his resignation from the post of deputy governor, Borovik will remain a freelance adviser to Mikheil Saakashvili on investment issues.

The new video from the Leningrad group “Drinking in St. Petersburg” can attract an additional flow of tourists to the city, told Fontanka. Viktor Kononov, chairman of the St. Petersburg Tourism Development Committee, “This is exactly the option that, after listening to this song, no matter how anyone feels about the video itself, the Leningrad group and Sergei Shnurov (negatively or positively), a desire to visit St. Petersburg will appear.

During 2015, there were 410 incidents of violence against Jews, compared with 766 in 2014, a decline of about 46%, according to the 2015 annual report on the state of anti-Semitism in the world, released May 4. The report was prepared by the Cantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University in collaboration with the European Jewish Congress (EJC).

In Moscow, a group of citizens from Central Asian countries was detained, who, according to the FSB, were preparing a series of terrorist attacks during the May holidays.

French automaker Renault, as well as American companies Ford Motor and United Technologies Corp. left the Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC) in Russia. reports this Interfax with reference to a source familiar with the activities of the council, and was confirmed by a representative of the Ministry of Economic Development. According to the agency's source, the reason for the exit of these companies was insufficient activity in working groups and missed plenary meetings.

Chief Executive Officer of Prudential Financial Inc.'s investment arm, which has $1 trillion in assets under management, David Hunt warned investors against chasing 10 percent returns. this He stated in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “Investor demands are unrealistic, and because of this, their behavior, the way they invest money, turns out to be risky.

All Su-25 attack aircraft have been withdrawn from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. The department emphasized that there is exactly as much equipment left in Syria as is necessary to fight terrorist groups.

Republican candidate Donald Trump won the Indiana primary. According to preliminary data, he managed to get all 57 votes from this state Photo: Anna Sergeeva for RBC According to Politico , after 5% of the votes were counted, Trump received more than 54% support. He is noticeably ahead of his main competitor Ted Cruz, who has 33%. In third place is Ohio Governor John Kasich with less than 10%.

A ten-year-old boy from Finland who discovered a bug on Instagram that allows users to delete comments received a $10,000 reward from Facebook, reports . The Guardian As the publication notes, the 10-year-old Finn became the youngest to ever receive awards from Facebook. The boy, in particular, discovered that he could delete comments from other users on Instagram.