The main questions about the consequences of the case of Ivan Golunov Photo: George Markov The campaign for the liberation of Ivan Golunov and the inconsistent march on June 12 in resonance, the breadth of involvement and lighting in the media became the largest event in the life of the Russian protest community this year - and possibly from the time of protests in the Bolotnaya 2011-2012.

The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) published a preliminary report on the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet crash at Sheremetyevo on May 5, 2019. The report does not draw any conclusions, but details the operation of the aircraft and the actions of the crew from the moment of takeoff to the moment of a hard landing and a fire on the runway at Sheremetyevo.

Meduza journalist Ivan Golunov, who was accused of attempted drug trafficking, gave his first interview after the high-profile criminal case against TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak was dropped. They talked in the very apartment where drugs were allegedly found in the journalist. In an interview, Ivan reenacted the events of his detention, made assumptions about the possible customers of the fabricated criminal case, and spoke about his plans for the future. Briefly summarize the main points.

Vostochny Bank added additional reserves for 5 billion rubles in accordance with the instructions of the Central Bank of May 29. But, as The Bell learned, this put the bank's capital adequacy ratios in jeopardy. This is stated in the letter, which acting. Alexander Nesterenko sent the chairman of the board of the bank to the members of the board of directors of Vostochny on June 13 (The Bell has a copy of the letter). What's happened.

On Friday, the Board of Directors of the Central Bank decided to reduce the key rate by 0.25 percentage points. - up to 7.5%. Although the Bank of Russia cut the rate for the first time since March 2018, this decision was expected: it was predicted by the majority of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg and Reuters. This is probably not the last rate cut this year: economists are talking about it and the Central Bank itself is admitting it. Causes.

Residents of the DPR and LPR began to issue Russian passports, RBC reports , citing sources close to the Russian Interior Ministry. In total, up to 12 thousand citizens applied for passports, while about 1.2 thousand applications have been approved. Documents are issued at two temporary checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border.

The head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, has repeatedly used the company's aircraft for personal purposes, despite the fact that this is prohibited by the corporate code, found out Reuters . From January 2015 to May 2019, the company's aircraft made 290 flights, of which a third (96) fell on public holidays or weekends. In four and a half years, corporate jets flew eight times to Sardinia, 15 times to the Maldives, seven times to Palma de Mallorca.

At the end of 2017, the United States invested $39.1 billion in the Russian economy, becoming the largest investor in Russia, according to the annual study of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which was reviewed by RBC. This is almost 13 times higher than the official estimate of the Central Bank and almost 9% of all accumulated investments ($441.1 billion). Where is the difference.

Crisis in the Gulf of Oman: the United States accused Iran of the explosion of tankers, oil prices rise A serious oil crisis is unfolding around Iran. The United States officially accused Tehran of involvement in the torpedo attack on Norwegian and Japanese tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Oil, which had fallen in price throughout June, has risen in price by almost $2 since the beginning of the crisis, the cost of tanker charter and cargo insurance soared up.

One of the world's main fintech startups, Revolut, founded by Russian Nikolai Storonsky , has expanded beyond Europe and is entering the Australian market, reports CNBC . The launch is called "experimental" - Revolut will not position itself as a bank and open offline branches, and for the first time only basic functions of the service will be available to new customers, such as opening an account, notifications of expenses, monitoring spending and transferring money.

On May 21, TechCrunch, citing its sources, valued the People.ai startup at $500 million. In 2016, this project was launched by Oleg Roginsky, a native of the city of Dnipro. People.ai raised its C round by $60 million in May. Over three years, about $100 million was invested in the company by Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, GGV Capital and the mighty Andreessen Horowitz, who once invested in all the largest social media companies, including Twitter, Facebook, Zynga and Groupon.

A serious oil crisis is unfolding around Iran. The United States officially accused Tehran of involvement in the torpedo attack on Norwegian and Japanese tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Oil, which had fallen in price throughout June, has risen in price by almost $2 since the beginning of the crisis. What's happened. On June 13, two tankers, the Norwegian Front Altair and the Japanese Kokuka Courageous, were hit by explosions in the Gulf of Oman off the coast of Iran.