The moment of detention. Source: Twitter Clark Hua Zhang 10 people died, 15 were injured when the van arrived in Toronto. His driver was detained. The police do not yet call the reason why the man hit. According to BBC, the collision occurred at 13:30 local time (20:30 Moscow time) in the north of the Canadian city. The driver disappeared and was detained a few quarters from the scene. It turned out to be a 25-year-old resident of the suburbs of Toronto Alek Minassian.

Today, it seems, a change of ownership of UC Rusal has become inevitable. The US Treasury, at numerous requests from Europeans, softened sanctions against UC Rusal, allowing its counterparties to work under old contracts until the end of October. At the same time, the Americans said: sanctions against Rusal could be lifted if Oleg Deripaska gives up control of the company.

Alexey Kudrin. Photo from the Kremlin website The composition of the new government is still unknown, but Vladimir Putin is going to act according to the reform plan of Alexei Kudrin, Bloomberg found out . Immediately after the inauguration of May 7, Putin will sign a decree on the plan for the development of the economy for a new term. It will be based on the proposals of the Kudrinsky CSR, which suggest an increase in the costs of healthcare, education and infrastructure by 10 trillion rubles.

The inauguration of Putin is ready for promises three times more expensive than the “May decrees”. Paying them is planned so far from a 4 percent sales tax The performance of Vladimir Putin in Crimea on March 11, 2018. Photo: TASS/Kremlin.ru The composition of the new government is still unknown, but Vladimir Putin is going to act according to the reform plan of Alexei Kudrin, Bloomberg found out .

US officials heeded calls from a number of European countries to ease sanctions against Rusal, Reuters reported , citing a source in the French finance ministry. Details According to the agency, France, Germany, Italy and Ireland spoke out in favor of easing sanctions, fearing that US actions could have a negative impact on their economies. "The initial US response was quite constructive," the source said.

Russia will increase spending on healthcare, education and infrastructure by 10 trillion rubles. This is provided for by the decree of Vladimir Putin, which, according to Bloomberg , will be signed after the inauguration on May 7. Details Increased spending is needed to restart economic growth during Putin's new term.

In 2018, salaries in the public sector will grow by 13-15%, three times higher than the expected inflation, predicts the Central Bank in the review “What Trends are talking about”. If this happens, growth will become the fastest since 2012.

The US Treasury has announced a change in sanctions against Oleg Deripaska's UC Rusal, said in a statement. the OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury) On this news, the shares of UC Rusal on the Moscow Exchange rose sharply. Growth at the peak reached 15%, now it is about 13% by yesterday's close. This is the largest increase in Rusal shares since the imposition of sanctions.

The United States eased the terms of sanctions against UC Rusal, and in the future promised to cancel them completely - if Oleg Deripaska sells the company or gives up control over it. Details The US Treasury allowed American citizens and companies to conduct transactions with UC Rusal under already concluded agreements for another six months - until October 23, 2018. Initially, when sanctions were imposed on the company on April 6, this period was limited to June 5.

Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned amid thousands of protests in the country. “ Nikol Pashinyan was right. I was wrong. There are several solutions to this situation, but I won’t go for any of them. That's not mine. I am leaving the position of leader of our country <...> The street is against my appointment [as Prime Minister]. And I comply with your demand,” Sargsyan said.

Latvian banks have stopped cooperating with Russian billionaires who are on the latest US sanctions list. about this Pieters Putnins, head of the country's financial regulator, told Bloomberg . According to him, some of the oligarchs on the list were clients of Latvian banks, but he did not name names. This increased the already powerful outflow of capital from Latvian banks, the agency writes. In April, the volume of deposits in them amounted to €6 billion.

One of three new iPhones Apple plans to launch this fall will feature a 6.1-inch LCD display and start at $550, "the world's most famous Apple insider," Ming-Chi, says in a letter. Kuo, according to Macrumors and Business Insider . Details According to him, this model will be available in versions with slots for two or one SIM-card. Depending on the amount of memory, the version with one SIM-card will cost $550-$650, with two - $650-$750.

Quelle and Otto, the online clothing, footwear and homeware stores of the German Otto Group, are closing in Russia. As Martin Shearer, CEO of Otto Group Russia, explained to Kommersant, this is being done as part of the company's "global strategy". According to Shearer, Otto will focus on the marketplace for German-speaking countries, marketplaces in other countries will close. At the same time, he admitted that in the medium term the platform could again enter the international level.

Sanctions against Viktor Vekselberg will strike at Sberbank investments Photo: AGN "Moscow" Victor Vekselberg was not the most obvious figure for falling under American sanctions, but he invested a lot in the United States. Perhaps this failed him.

Gazprom wants to build a “huge” gas processing plant near St. Petersburg, combined with gas chemical production, Vedomosti writes . Its cost is tentatively estimated at $20 billion. The private partner of the state monopoly will be the little-known company Rusgazdobycha, previously owned by Arkady Rotenberg.