The Chinese Corporation Dalian Machine Tool Group (DMTG) will be engaged in the production of turning machines in Russia together with businessman Gennady Timchenko. The newspaper "Kommersant" writes about this in the issue of April 18 with reference to the data of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

President of Zastropombank Larisa Marcus pleaded guilty to the theft case. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow. The agency came to this conclusion due to the fact that Marcus filed a request for consideration of the case in a special manner. A special procedure for legal proceedings is possible only if guilty pleads to be a defendant.

The owner of the ESN group Grigory Berezkin confirmed that he was negotiating the purchase of a media holding of RBC. He reported this to Republic. The main negotiations are now underway about the company's debt to the structures of businessman Mikhail Prokhorov. As noted by Berezkin, the positions of the parties come closer. He added that he does not plan to attract credit funds to buy a media holding.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Transport develop proposals for support for the production of Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft by creating new regional airlines. About this writes "Kommersant". These companies will be created on the basis of Red Wings, which will receive up to 100 aircraft from 2018 to 2022. Transportation will be carried out between cities whose population exceeds 200 thousand people.

Bankers who provide citizens with microloans at gigantic interests behave worse than the old men-percentages from Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment”. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council on the problems of consumer protection problems, Interfax reports. “Indeed, a famous grandmother from Dostoevsky is a very modest person compared to our today's usurers,” the head of state noted.

British Prime Minister Teresa May announced the holding of early parliamentary elections in the country. It is reported by the BBC. The elections will be held on June 8.

The peak bought Morton for 11.7 billion rubles in December 2016 The Group of Companies of the Peak bought the construction company "Morton" for 11.7 billion rubles. This is stated in the official message of the group. The transaction took place in December 2016, as a result of Morton, they combined the peak from the Civil Code. “The acquired assets are completely integrated into the operational activities of the peak Group of Companies.

RBC media holding shares for a week went up by 25.1%. This is evidenced by trading data. On April 18, their price was 8.85 rubles, and on April 10 before the announcement of plans to sell media holding, one action cost 6.88 rubles. After the owner of the ESN group Grigory Berezkin on April 18 confirmed plans to buy RBC, quotes increased by 9.3%. The action was traded at the level of 8.4 rubles on the maximum.

And then violence. Stories from the region that fell under the power of militants Photo: Lucy Nicholson / Reuters The scandal around the position of gays in Chechnya continues. While the prosecutor's office reports on the starting inspections, an unofficial evacuation of LGBT representatives comes from the republic. According to the Russian LGBT networks, among the refugees were people who visited prisons and tortured. The story is not unique.

Sugar is harmful, artificial sweeteners are expensive and bitter. But there is an alternative Photo: Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters Sugar firmly took the place of the most harmful product in the minds of residents of Western countries. The 2017 Nielsen study showed that 22% of Americans limit sugar consumption due to health problems. The largest food manufacturers try to come up with how to reduce the amount of sugar, while maintaining the sweetness of the product.

In a telephone conversation, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated his Turkish colleague Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a referendum to amend the Turkish Constitution. This was reported by the Kremlin press service. Also, during the conversation, the leaders of the countries discussed the situation in Syria and noted the need to strengthen the regime of cessation of hostilities and promoting the intersiral negotiation process in the Astana and Geneva formats.

The wall on the border was one of the main pre -election promises of the US president. What is done? The wall on the border between the USA and Mexico, Chukut-Kut, Arizona. Photo: Rick Wilking / Reuters “I will build a large wall, - but no one builds the walls the way I can, believe me, and it will cost it inexpensive. I will build a large wall on the southern border, and will pay Mexico for all this. Remember these words, ”Donald Trump told voters during the election campaign.

The authorities of St. Petersburg refused to coordinate the holding of the “Tired” campaign against Russian President Vladimir Putin, which “Open Russia” plans to organize on April 29. This was announced on Facebook by the leader of the Parnassus and Open Russia department in St. Petersburg Andrei Pivovarov. “Officials report that on the route we proposed on this day a subbotnik will be held on this day.

The Orthodox operator of the Blagovet is not connected with Vimpelcom. This was reported to Vedomosti by the representative of Vimpelcom Anna Aibasheva. The operator works in the Moscow, Vladimir, Kaluga and Tver regions. He proposes to connect clergymen and parishioners to tariff plans. The cheapest costs 240 rubles a month: in addition to two gigabytes of the Internet, 100 minutes of calls and 100 SMS, it includes an SMS newsletter with the statements of Patriarch Kirill.

A bill was submitted to the State Duma by the State Duma, according to which convicts for terrorism will lose Russian citizenship. The corresponding document is published on the website of the lower house of parliament. The authors of the bill were the leaders of the four factions - Vladimir Vasiliev (United Russia), Gennady Zyuganov (Communist Party), Sergey Mironov (“Fair Russia”) and Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR).