The head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, at a meeting held on April 19, agreed with the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to maintain the assets of the oil company in the republic. The sources in Rosneft told RBC about this. As Kommersant wrote , Rosneft intended to sell to Chechnya 51% of Grozneftegaz shares (the rest of the enterprise is owned by the region). On April 19, Sichin and Kadyrov met in the office of an oil company in Moscow.

Robert Pirsig, the author of Zen and the Art of Care for a motorcycle, died at the age of 88. It is reported by The Guardian. The publisher of the Pierce, citing his wife, said that the writer died after a long illness. The book "Zen and the art of caring for a motorcycle" was first published in 1974. As The Guardian recalls, the book rejected more than a hundred publishers, the publishing house of William Morrow agreed to release it.

The authorities of Moscow chose about 150 land plots on which “theoretically” can be built houses for residents of five -story buildings falling under demolition. About this writes "Kommersant". As the publication explained, approximately 100 of these sites are “unambiguous” for housing construction. Of these, about two -thirds are owned by Moscow, the rest are either in the federal or belong to other owners.

The number of consumer loans increased by 27% in the first quarter of 2017. This was reported by the National Bureau of Credit History (NBBA). So, in January-March 2017, 3.2 million units of loans were issued. In 2016, 2.5 million units of loans were issued in the same period. The most noticeable growth of consumer loans was recorded in the Murmansk region (+85%), the Perm Territory (+64%) was in second place, and Udmurtia (+49%) in third.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the inadmissibility of the persecution of authors whose works no one had yet seen. His words are given by Interfax . “Instead of principles, beliefs, respect for other people's opinions and creativity, aggression and intolerance appear, and we see this aggression. This aggression is sometimes embodied in criminal acts. Sometimes it comes down to the pursuit of the author whose work no one has yet seen, ”Medvedev said.

In Tajikistan there is no data on the alleged accomplice of the St. Petersburg terrorist attack by Sodika Ortikov, a source in the Prosecutor General of the Republic told Interfax . It was reported that the detainee on suspicion of the Ortikov attack is a citizen of Tajikistan. “We have not yet found a single fact confirming the data about his birth, study, or work in the city. In none of the state authorities, Sodik Ortikov has not been registered, ”the agency’s interlocutor said.

The combined state of the richest people in Europe increased by $ 27.5 billion due to the growth of markets after elections in France. This is written by Bloomberg. The agency recalls that European markets have grown to a maximum over 17 months aminated by Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the presidential election.

A video with a joke about the Qur'an of the blogger Ilya Davydov, better known as Maddison, was included in the list of extremist materials. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Justice. During a speech in 2012, Ilya Maddison said that he went to the toilet with the Qur'an and finding that he had no toilet paper, he had to use the toe. He added that “nothing happened to the Qur'an” after which he put the toe in the book.

The Russian government decided to provide the Luhansk region with electricity “within the framework of humanitarian support” after Ukraine ceased to be the supply of the region. This was reported to "Interfax" by the envoy of the Russian Federation in the contact group in Ukraine Boris Gryzlov.

It is already difficult to figure out who was the first to publicly call events in this South American country of the Venezuelan spring. But parallels with a series of events of March - April 2011 in the Arab countries do not need to be sought for a long time. For almost three weeks now, a new wave of protests has been going on in the country against the project of “Socialism of the 21st Century” and President Nicholas Maduro.

The Federal Property Management Agency proposed to abandon the practice of killing animals that are seized by poachers. It is reported by RIA Novosti. The department wants to receive authority to transfer animals to environmental, cultural and scientific organizations free of charge. The Federal Property Management Agency also proposes to transfer animals not only to state, but also to commercial or non -profit institutions.

Responsibility for the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg took upon itself the group related to al-Qaeda, reports Site. The project adds that the militants threatened with new terrorist attacks. RBC clarifies the name of the group-“Katib al-Imam Shamil” (“Imam Shamil battalion”), nothing is known about it. According to Reuters , “Katib al-Imam Shamil” claims that she acted at the direction of the leader of Al-Qaeda Aiman ​​Al-Zavakhiri. In the statement of the group of terrorist attacks in St.

The final part of the new Star Wars trilogy will be released on May 24, 2019. This was reported on the website of Disney studio. The name of the ninth episode has not yet been disclosed. It is known that the director of the film will become Colin Trevorrow, who shot the “world of the Jurassic period” (2015). Earlier, at the Convention of Fans of Star Wars, Star Wars Celebration in Orlando presented the first teaser for the eighth episode, which will be released on December 15, 2017.

The Soviet District Court of Volgograd in absentia arrested the former State Duma deputy from Fair Russia Oleg Mikheev, accused of embezzlement of more than 2 billion rubles. It is reported by Interfax . The court changed the ex-deputy a measure of restraint from a subscription about the wonness of the arrest, satisfying the petition of the state prosecution. The criminal case against Mikheev will be returned to the prosecutor's office, the judge decided to put him on the wanted list.

The prosecutor asked for the nationalist Dmitry Demushkin two and a half years of a general regime colony in the case of extremism. This was reported to "Interfax" by lawyer Oleg Kolesnikov. He noticed that the defense considers Demushkin’s unproven guilt, and in his case there is no corpus delicti. Lawyers will ask for justification. Demushkin, before the start of the court hearing, stated that his case is “tormented and shameful”, Interfax clarifies.