The social network VKontakte, together with the Ministry of Emergency Situations, is preparing a system for alerting users about emergency situations. this reported Izvestia with reference to sources familiar with the plans of the social network. The press service of VKontakte confirmed the information about the ongoing negotiations to the publication.

The new law obliged the Central Bank to demand registers of depositors from banks if there are grounds for revoking a license.

Photo: Svetlana Kholyavchuk/Interpress Over 4.5 months of 2016, passengers of the St. Petersburg subway paid for travel with bank cards 1.4 million times, which is only 400 thousand less than for the entire 2015. The press service of the metro reported this to RBC St. Petersburg. Over the past 16 months, the number of trips paid for with bank cards amounted to 3 million.

The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, awarded Russian Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov the Order “For Fidelity to Duty.” The order was awarded with the wording “for demonstrated personal courage and patriotism in protecting the constitutional rights and freedoms of the residents of Crimea,” notes RIA Novosti . “Believe me, Vladislav Yuryevich is a reliable member of the president’s team. We always rely on him. He is always in the right place at the right time.

The disruption to Crimea's power supply was caused by an accident involving a truck that damaged an overhead power line, the Russian Ministry of Energy reported.

The Pentagon still does not intend to coordinate its actions in Syria with Russia. about this . RIA Novosti Pentagon spokesman Matthew Allen told He recalled that Moscow and Washington entered into a memorandum of understanding, which is designed to ensure safety for the crews of US and Russian aircraft in Syria. Allen added that the memorandum worked effectively and the US intends to use it in the future. “We do not cooperate or coordinate our operations with the Russians,” he said.

In Rostov-on-Don, a mass fight occurred among fans of FC Rostov, as a result of which ten people were detained. A source in the region's law enforcement agencies reported this to Interfax. The agency's interlocutor said that the conflict occurred on the territory of a dormitory at one of the universities in Rostov-on-Don. According to him, the fans quarreled over seats on the bus.

Gazprom will buy back all 3.6% of its shares from Vnesheconombank (VEB), their cost will be 132 billion rubles. According to Kommersant , the participants in the transaction and representatives of Gazprombank agreed on this on April 26. We are talking about the sale of 2.7% that VEB acquired in the form of ADR from the German E.ON in 2010, as well as 0.892% in the form of ordinary shares purchased in 2007.

The arrival of a new US president in the White House will not improve Russian-American relations. Barack Obama's successor is likely to act more harshly towards Russia Relations between Russia and the United States have entered their third year of confrontation. The good news is that over the past year this confrontation has stabilized and become the “new normal” of relations.

Photo: Svetlana Kholyavchuk/Interpress St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport is changing its general director for the second time in six months. This was reported by the press service of the Northern Capital Gateway consortium (VVSS, which manages the airport). Sergei Furs, who has been temporarily acting general director of the VSS since February of this year, will be replaced by Vladimir Yakushev.

Robotization of trading in the stock market is practically a fait accompli. Private investors cannot stay away from it It is often said that robots are gradually displacing people from trading platforms. Indeed, statistics confirm this: the majority of transactions on exchanges are now carried out by algorithmic trading systems. At the same time, the question of who is more efficient in the financial market - a machine or a person - remains relevant.

Investigators in the Voronezh region opened a case into the murder of a man and a woman and the attempted murder of a child, reported . the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee The bodies of the murdered were discovered on May 20 in one of the apartments of a multi-storey residential building located in Zdorovya Lane in Voronezh by one of the residents of the building.

The Foreign Ministry is waiting for an apology from Euronews for inaccuracies in the article about the deportation of the Crimean Tatars, Maria Zakharova said.

The European Space Agency reported that its satellite detected an oil slick in the part of the Mediterranean Sea where an EgyptAir A320 plane was believed to have crashed en route from Paris to Cairo. An Egyptian Navy ship in the area where the airliner crashed.

The European Union and NATO will sign an agreement on cooperation in combating the challenges facing both structures. Among the threats are Russian cyber attacks, the migration crisis and the collapse of states on the periphery of Europe. Video: VIRGINIA MAY / AP The pact between NATO and the European Union will be signed at the July NATO summit in Warsaw, reports Reuters .