The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the Vice-mayor of Novosibirsk Andrei Ksenzov. Investigators convicted him to use 9 million rubles received from anonymous sources to finance the election campaign, Taiga.info reports. “In 2014, Andrei Ksenzov, being a candidate for the post of mayor of the city of Novosibirsk, used a 9 million rubles received from anonymous financial sources to hold a certain election result in the election campaign.

The Mastercard International Payment System has announced a tender for local processing in Russia. The company's message quote Vedomosti . “The search for a supplier is announced to ensure clearing, authorization and calculations on the Mastercard intra -Russian operations. The contractor must be registered by the Central Bank in the register of payment system operators and manage the payment system in accordance with Russian law.

Russian oil companies will not be able to master a significant part of hydrocarbons without Western technologies. This opinion was expressed by analysts at the World Oil Congress, Bloomberg reports . Fadel Gate from Oppenheimer & Co noticed that Western companies feel political pressure due to criticism of Russia during the conflict in Ukraine.

The famous writer will present her new book "Easy Worlds" On June 17 at 19:00, Tatyana Tolstaya will come to visit the Moscow bookstore at Tverskaya. The main theme of the meeting is the new book “Light Worlds”, which was published after a decade. The book contains new stories, stories and essays written in recent years. The story, which gave the name to the collection, was awarded the award of Ivan Petrovich Belkin (2013).

Bill and Hillary Clinton for a long time supported the inherited property in the United States in order to prevent the emergence of an excessive number of “rich by inheritance”. However, at the same time, the couple itself prefers to avoid paying this tax, reports Bloomberg . To reduce taxable amounts, Clintons use the same “financial planning” schemes as many other millionaires.

Nokia mobile phone manufacturer made a deal with attackers who threatened to disclose the protective code of the Symbian operating system. This was reported by the Finnish television channel MTV (is not related to the American musical television - Slon ). A ransom of several million euros was transferred at the turn of 2007-2008. Representatives of the company left the necessary amount in the parking lot of the Entertainment Park Syarkanniyi in the city of Tamper.

The head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Alexei Pushkov, believes that relations between Russia and Ukraine enter into a new quality phase. In addition, the deputy stated that it is time to initiate the introduction of sanctions against the leadership of a neighboring country. The politician expressed his position, speaking within the framework of the “hour of statements” on Tuesday from the United Russia faction at a meeting of the State Duma.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko appointed Verkhovna Rada deputy Irina Gerashchenko as his authorized resolving conflict in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, according to Tuesday on the website of the head of state.

The commander of the “People’s Militia of the Donbass” Igor Strelkov warned Vladimir Putin against “drain of Novorossia”, which, in his opinion, will bring the Russian president to the “path” of the former president of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevich. The corresponding application was published in the community of Strelkov VKontakte.

Swedish researchers invented a device that could quickly determine whether a person suffered a stroke, and inform the type of stroke, if it occurred. With the help of a portable helmet using microwaves, doctors will be able to quickly eliminate the causes of blood circulatory disorders, which means to increase patient's chances of recovery. An article about the portable detector is published in the journal Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Institute IEEE .

At the World Cup, a banner about Crimea was noticed, Poroshenko presented a settlement plan at the National Security and Defense Council, in Odessa and Kharkov, pickets of the Consulate of the Russian Federation were held, a new Cabinet of Ministers was formed in Egypt, and by the end of the year the first Angry Birds Activity Park will appear in St. Petersburg Pepe and Thomas Muller. Photo: Reuters / Dylan Martinez - On the night of June 17, the fifth game day of the World Cup in Brazil ended.

A quarter of Russians believes that the national team led by Fabio Capello will play in the final of the World Cup. This is evidenced by the results of the survey on the VTsIOM website. At the same time, 13 percent out of 25 believe that the Russian team will become the world champion. 18% of the respondents believe that the Russian team will at least go to the quarterfinals. Another 7% are skeptical and predicts our players departure at the group stage.

Gazprom’s securities were listed on the Singapore Exchange and are included in the official SGX-ST list. This was written in the issue of June 17 by the newspaper Vedomosti with reference to the unnamed representative of Gazprombank, the corporate broker of the gas monopoly. On June 17, the concern confirmed that the listing on Singapore Exchange has been passed, Interfax reports.

The Russian government approved the passports of three new projects that will be co -financing from the National Welfare Fund. 114 billion rubles will be allocated for them, Nikolai Podguzov, Deputy Minister of Economic Development , said on Tuesday during the Conference of the European Business Association in Moscow.

The dollar and euro courses at the beginning of trading on the Moscow Exchange on June 17 increased by more than 20 kopecks, updating maximums over the past 11-12 days. This happened after the Bank of Russia announced the adjustment of some parameters of the course policy. By 10:10 Moscow time, the cost of the dollar increased by 20 kopecks to 34.8450 rubles, and the euro - by 23 kopecks to 47.2630 rubles.