The Russian authorities continue to search for areas of growth in the Russian economy, the Kremlin said.

A company with Belarusian roots, Wargaming, developer of the popular game World of Tanks, now receives “slightly less than half” of its revenue from the CIS countries. The Chinese market took third place in total revenue Wargaming office in Minsk (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) in an interview with RBC that China is the third market in terms of revenue that Wargaming brings in its games The founder of the developer company, Viktor Kisly, said .

The Cinema Fund has selected 15 film projects that will share 1.8 billion rubles. state support in 2016. Three films are included in the list for the third year in a row, including the film by Nikita Mikhalkov’s studio “Moving Up” Director Nikita Mikhalkov (Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofiev/TASS) The Cinema Fund has selected 15 Russian films from leading film companies that will receive financial support from the state in 2016.

US President Barack Obama (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) US President Barack Obama will visit Hiroshima as part of his tenth trip to Asia from May 21 to 28, Reuters reports , citing a statement from the White House. Obama will be the first sitting American president to visit Hiroshima since the US military dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city in August 1945. Obama will visit Hiroshima with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The State Duma called the words of Pentagon representatives that Russia and China could threaten the United States in space a bluff. This opinion was expressed in a conversation with RIA Novosti by the head of the State Duma Defense Committee, Vladimir Komoyedov. “As for the fact that we are preparing with China [to attack the United States in space], I think this is another bluff on the part of the United States. Surely this has to do with the budget.

Existing methods of supporting small businesses do not encourage entrepreneurs to work hard and pay taxes that Rosstat This is not the first time has reported a drop in industrial production in Russia. The government promises over and over again to take action and approves anti-crisis plans, the center of which are preferential loans and regular support programs.

Civil activist Yan Katelevsky, who was arrested for 12 days for failure to comply with the demands of the Ramensky police, was additionally arrested by the court for ten days for a similar offense. reports this Interfax with reference to Andrei Filin, coordinator of the Movement project. “Yan was given ten more days. There is an assumption that he will be transferred to another special detention center in Serpukhov,” Filin said.

Human rights activists have recorded a multiple increase in the number of court decisions on the expulsion of migrants from the country. Moscow courts are record holders: they make decisions on expulsion within a few minutes. At the same time, the number of illegal immigrants is growing Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC The situation in the capital Moscow has become the leader among all regions in the number of migrants expelled from the country.

An alleged recruiter of the banned terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir Al-Islami was detained in Moscow. This was reported by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk. The man (his name has not been reported) was detained by employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB of Russia, as specified in a message from the department received by RBC. The suspect turned out to be a resident of Tatarstan.

Major oil companies, including Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips and Statoil, have given up US government licenses to drill exploration wells in the Arctic worth a combined $2.5 billion. Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) Oil majors gave up the rights to drill on an area of ​​2.2 million acres (about 11.3 thousand sq. km), i.e.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) saw cause for concern in a CBS story about doping during the Sochi Olympics. This statement was made by WADA President Craig Reedy, reports Reuters . He promised that WADA would immediately check the statements made on air. “The statements made in the program give real cause for concern as they contain allegations of attempts to undermine the anti-doping process at the Sochi Olympics,” the WADA chief said.

In the north-east of Moscow, due to a pipeline break, the basements of houses and underground communications were flooded. reports this Interfax with reference to a source in the city’s emergency services. A break in the main hot water supply pipeline occurred at the address: Korneichuka St., 27. According to the source, the flood area was about 2 thousand square meters. m. Emergency services arrive at the scene of the emergency. LIFE also reported a pipeline break at 27 Korneichuka St.

In Brazil, the Senate will continue the impeachment process of President Dilma Rousseff. The head of the Senate rejected the arguments of the speaker of the lower house, who decided to stop the procedure for terminating Rousseff's powers Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (Photo: Global Look Press via ZUMA Press) The Brazilian Senate will continue the impeachment process of President Dilma Rousseff.

The SWIFT payment system for the first time officially commented on the information that the hackers who stole $81 million from the Central Bank of Bangladesh could take advantage of its vulnerability.

Citi analysts noted that the impact of political risks on the price of Russian assets has decreased. Risk premium is falling due to stable geopolitical situation and investors expecting sanctions to ease Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC Citi reduced the risk premium estimate for Russian assets, and with it the risk-free rate, from 6.5 to 5.5%, wrote in their review “Russian Oil and Gas” investment house analysts Ronald Paul Smith and Alexander Bespalov .