The Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into the theft of part of the money arrested during the investigation of the corruption case of the former employee of the anti-corruption head office of the police Dmitry Zakharchenko, REN TV, Interfax and RBC reported, citing their sources. Details 3 million euros (more than 200 million rubles) out of almost 9 billion rubles arrested from Zakharchenko have disappeared, reports Interfax .

Photo: AP/TASS The murder of journalist Arkady was a special operation. This afternoon, the living and healthy Babchenko, with whom friends and journalists have already said goodbye (including, of course, we ) appeared at the briefing of the Ukrainian Security Service, where it was announced that in such an sophisticated way the SBU prevented a real attempt on a journalist, organized - everything is true - Russian intelligence services. What was it?

The “murder” of Babchenko is not the first staging of the Ukrainian special services. Details - in the evening newsletter The Bell Photo: AP/TASS The murder of journalist Arkady was a special operation.

In the next six years, Russia does not need to raise taxes, said the head of the Accounts Chamber, Alexei Kudrin, commenting on the increase in VAT from 18% to 20% being discussed in the government.

Microsoft market capitalization for the first time in three years exceeded the similar indicator of Alphabet (Google). This allowed her to enter the top three of the most expensive companies in the world after Apple and Amazon. Details Now the market value of Microsoft is estimated at $ 753 billion compared to $ 739 billion from Google. Thus, now Microsoft is closing the top three of the most expensive companies in the world after Apple ($ 923 billion) and Amazon ($ 782 billion).

Viktor Vekselberg did not sell his stake in the Bank of Cyprus, a representative of the entrepreneur told The Bell, commenting on the information that appeared in the media. Details The fact that the Russian billionaire sold his 9.3% stake in the largest bank in Cyprus was reported by the only English-language daily newspaper on the island, Cyprus Mail, citing an informed source. The publication does not have other details of the proposed transaction.

Journalist Arkady Babchenko is alive, his murder turned out to be a staging organized by the Security Service of Ukraine, which had learned in advance about the assassination attempt on the journalist. The alleged perpetrator of the assassination was arrested. The fact that Babchenko is alive was revealed at a briefing by representatives of the SBU and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, in which the journalist himself took part.

Kirill Shamalov, photo Sergey Fadeichv/TASS Experts of the St. Petersburg Politics Foundation compiled a rating of native influential politicians and businessmen who have achieved the fastest career growth ( , PDF ).

Latvian authorities are investigating the role of the country's banks in redirecting "Russian money" to the West to interfere in the domestic politics of European countries, found out Reuters . This information was provided to Latvia by the United States after US financial intelligence in February forced the closure of the third largest Latvian bank ABLV due to allegations of money laundering.

The recovery from Gazprom of $2.6 billion of debt to Naftogaz led to the arrest of shares in the companies operating the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, Interfax reported, citing an informed . source As part of the execution of the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration, Swiss bailiffs conducted an inventory of property in the office of Nord Stream AG, TASS and RIA Novosti specify .

Due to the costs incurred to implement the requirements of the Yarovaya Law, Russian Internet providers began to raise prices for their services by 8-10%, reports . Kommersant Details From July 1, 2018, customers have already been warned about the increase in the cost of services by 8% from the St. Petersburg provider Telekompas LLC.

The US Department of Transportation has tightened the requirements for three Russian airlines - Aeroflot, AirBridgeCargo (part of the Volga-Dnepr group of companies) and Yakutia. The agency called these measures in response to restrictions on flights by US cargo carriers over Russian territory. Details In Washington, Russian carriers were required to provide information about planned flights a month in advance.

The head of the Hermitage Capital fund, William Browder, convicted in absentia in Russia, was detained in Spain on Wednesday at the request of the Russian side. About an hour later he was released. Details his arrest Browder announced on Twitter. “In the back seat of a Spanish police car, I’m going to the police station on a Russian arrest warrant. They won’t tell me which department, ”Browder wrote.

The US Treasury has demonstrated that it is ready to lift sanctions on En + Oleg Deripaska even if the billionaire has a stake of more than 40%, Bloomberg writes , citing a source familiar with the situation. The agency did not give a specific figure, but in general it indicated that Deripaska's share in his company should be "significantly" below 50%, the agency's interlocutor emphasized. Context Deripaska owns approximately 66% of En+.

Last night in Kyiv, Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who fought in Chechnya and illuminated the Russian-Georgian war of 2008, was killed in Kiev in Kiev. Since 2017, Babchenko lived and worked in Ukraine. What is known Babchenko was killed on Tuesday evening at the entrance of his house in Kyiv. The journalist was shot when he returned home from the store. The shots were heard by the wife of Babchenko at home. She called an ambulance, but the journalist died without reaching the hospital.