The Last Judgment. Illuminated French manuscript of the 15th century Sanctions are a fashionable topic for today's conversations. Few people saw them (I’m not even sure that the gentlemen from the lists have already felt on themselves), no one knows if they will be, and what they will be, but “foreboding” is worn in the air. Meanwhile "which?" With regard to sanctions, in my opinion, not the most interesting question.

The Kalashnikov concern summed up the contest for the development of a new brand, the winner of which was the company "Apostol". It is reported by ITAR-TASS . The holding, whose general director since December 2013 is Tina Kandelaki, indicated in his application the minimum cost of execution of an order with a size of 15 million rubles. At the same time, the cost of a tender declared by Kalashnikov is 20 million rubles. The new brand should be represented by the Apostle in the fall of 2014.

The first international roboforum in Russia will be held in Moscow Moscow, design center Artplay, May 15-18. Roboforum-2014-Cross-disciplinary discussion platform created to combine the brilliant minds of scientists and designers, businessmen and politicians, artists and engineers, science popularizers from around the world and journalists. The event will collect more than 20 of the most outstanding speakers from around the world.

From May 15 to June 15, an international popular science event dedicated to robots and robotics, robots ball 2014. An unusual format, namely, a combination of an interactive robot-gumanoid Tespian/Thuspian, an industrial robot, will be held in Moscow.

It is planned that this will happen in July 2014 Gazprom is going to go through the listing procedure on the Singapore Exchange in July. According to Interfax, the company is already negotiating with the organization and preparing the necessary documents. The leadership does not expect a significant rewind of liquidity from the London to the Singapore Exchange, the agency’s source in the company clarifies.

The Russian State Bank of VTB excluded US citizen David Bonderman, the founding partner of the Texas Pacific Group investment fund, from the list of candidates for the new supervisory board of the organization. This was reported to VTB on May 14. The organization’s materials noted that the decision was made "in connection with the written statement of Bonderman." The first deputy head of the State Duma apparatus Mikhail Kopeikin was included in the list of candidates for the VTB Nabi Council.

The DPR adopted the “preliminary” text of the Constitution, the mayor of the Latvian town requires an apology from NATO, the GDP of Japan reached 5.9%in the first quarter of 2014, and the film festival opened in Cannes for the 67th time Photo: Reuters - The Supreme Council of the DPR approved the approximate text of the Constitution.

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) suspended its activities in the Donetsk region. This is stated in the message on the website of the regulator. The decision was made after representatives of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) demanded that the NBU “issue a significant amount of funds in cash” from the territorial administration of the NBU. “In case of failure to fulfill the specified order, the separatists threatened to“ clean up ”the management,” the bank explained.

Changes in the tax policy that the government plans to introduce in 2015-2017 are absolutely unrealistic, ineffective for replenishing the budget and destructive for the population and enterprises. Today, this was unexpectedly stated by the head of the Accounts Chamber Tatyana Golikova - she spoke in the State Duma with detailed criticism of the tax bill on which the Ministry of Finance insists.

The head of the News Media holding Aram Gabrelyanov accused the “Gazprom” wandered officials of covering “Zenit” fans of the football club, which is sponsored by the energy club, which is “stupefied from permissiveness”. Gabrelyanov wrote about this on his Twitter. Zenit must be driven from football with a filthy broom. Fans who are covered by the wandered Gazprom officials from omnipotence.

The decision of the European Court against Google Corporation on the so-called user’s right to “be forgotten” has already been called a turning point for Internet regulation and the Internet economy. The court found that European law gives private individuals the right to control the appearance of information about themselves in the public domain, especially if they are not public figures.

Ukraine, because of the economic situation in the country, is unlikely to pay for the supply of Russian gas even if discounts. This was stated by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, Interfax reports . “We even have no guarantees that even if $ 100 is set - I fantasize, for example, that these prices can be paid by the Ukrainian side. Because there is a complete insolvency to date, ”the minister explained.

"Mechel" announced the financial results of 2013 on US Gaap. The company's net loss in 2013 amounted to $ 2.9 billion. These numbers are mainly explained by the debit of more than $ 2 billion, RBC writes . The company's revenue compared to the previous year decreased by 19% to $ 8.6 billion, EBITDA doubled, to $ 730 million. The net debt amounted to $ 8.7 billion, decreasing by 12 months by $ 300 million.

It became funny already while reading a press release. “In the press center of Russia Today, Dmitry Kiselev will present the new media project of the Ukraina.ru agency, the purpose of which is“ Strengthening Russian-Ukrainian Relations ”.

The average amount of housing tax in Russia can increase 3 times over the next 5 years. The newspaper "Vedomosti" writes about this in the issue of May 15, which had the final version of the bill on real estate tax, as well as the calculations of the tax authorities. It is assumed that the new tax will not be levied from the inventory, but from the cadastral value of real estate, which is more close to the market price.