Photo: Andrey Pronin/Interepress The social network Odnoklassniki is launching the educational project Technopolis. The developers of the social network will teach Java programming to students of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) for free. Classes will begin in September this year, reports the press service of Mail.Ru Group (owns the social network). Enrollment at Technopolis will be open to students of all courses and faculties of SPbPU on a competitive basis.

Saving on investments in infrastructure sometimes leads to emergency situations - for example, in the Primorsky Territory alone, four bridges have collapsed since the beginning of the year. Most bridges in the region, which hosted the APEC summit in 2012, have not been repaired for about 30 years, the regional administration said. People still suffer or die from bridge collapses in Russia.

The Ministry of Finance is satisfied with the results of the placement of 10-year Eurobonds. The head of the department, Anton Siluanov, told reporters about this. “More than 70% of the placement came from foreign investors. It was this group that we targeted. Despite attempts to deprive foreign investors of the opportunity to invest in Russian income-generating instruments, the volume and quality of their applications were at a good level.

The capital's police, together with the FSB of Russia, stopped the activities of an organized group, whose members are accused of embezzling funds from one of the banks on an especially large scale. This is stated in a message from the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Irina Volk, published on the department’s website.

Greece on Wednesday, May 25, will transfer to the Egyptian authorities the data at its disposal on the flight of the crashed airliner of the Egyptian airline EgyptAir, Reuters reports , citing a source close to the investigation. According to him, the data will include negotiations between the crew and dispatchers, as well as information about the plane’s flight over Greek territory.

The Ministry of Finance has completed the placement of Eurobonds. The volume of securities sold amounted to $1.75 billion. Demand exceeded supply several times, the rate of return was 4.75% per annum Photo: Sergey Bobylev/TASS Russia placed 10-year Eurobonds with a yield of 4.75% per annum. The Ministry of Finance closed the order book on May 24 at 20:00 Moscow time, sources in two investment companies participating in the placement told RBC.

In the face of falling oil prices, the Kazakh authorities are trying to find money by changing the Land Code and attracting Chinese investors. But for the population, land is a sacred value that cannot be sold Ten days before the summit of the Eurasian Economic Union scheduled for May 31 in Astana, attempts to hold peaceful protest rallies were suppressed by force in many cities of Kazakhstan.

Mircea Lucescu has become the new head coach of Zenit St. Petersburg. this to the R-Sport agency The specialist’s agent Arkady Zaporozhanu reported . “The contract was signed according to the “2+1” scheme, he will begin work on June 1, together with his assistants. As for the Russian coaches who were part of Andre Villas-Boas’s staff [Sergei Semak and Igor Simutenkov], they will remain in the Zenit structure, but in what capacity is still unclear,” Zaporozhanu said.

The actions of the English-language editorial office of Euronews are “a blow from within” for the entire TV channel, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

The retailer decided to reduce the total number of stores in Russia from approximately 280 to about 100.

VTB Bank announced a reduction in interest rates for individual entrepreneurs and small businesses starting Tuesday. On average, the decrease is 1 percentage point. depending on the term and credit limit Photo: Reuters/Pixstream Starting Tuesday, VTB Bank is reducing interest rates for individual entrepreneurs and small businesses by an average of 1 percentage point. depending on the term and credit limit, reports TASS with reference to a press release from the credit institution.

The first person involved in the Nemtsov murder case, Khamzat Bakhaev, has finished getting acquainted with the materials.

Aboard the Russian Progress MS-01 spacecraft docked to the ISS, an alarm sounded on Sunday about a possible liquid leak. A source in the rocket and space industry told Interfax about this. Roscosmos told the agency that there is no danger to the ISS and the crew, and the incident will not affect the station’s program of operation. There was a pressure surge “in liquid storage tank number two,” the Roscosmos press service clarified to TASS .

The formation of three additional divisions on Russia’s western borders is one of the measures that the Russian authorities are taking due to the strengthening of NATO in the East, said Russia’s permanent representative to the alliance Alexander Grushko.

Former senator, the main owner of the PhosAgro company, billionaire Andrei Guryev, according to The Guardian, turned out to be one of 130 foreign owners of apartments in the tallest residential building in the UK - the St.