Planting a Ryanair aircraft in Minsk may end for Belarus with severe sanctions and complete economic dependence on Russia The scandal with the forced landing of the Ryanair aircraft and the arrest of the co-founder of the NEXTA telegram channel Roman Protasevich and his girls, the Russians of Sophia Sapieha, can have far-reaching consequences. Belarus risks in addition to prohibitions on flights for Belavia to get severe EU sanctions.

at a meeting in Sochi Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin discussed the incident with the forced landing of a Ryanair plane on May 23 . The reaction of the international community, the presidents called "a surge of emotion." “Thank you for coming, as agreed, agreed on this even before the next round ...,” said Putin . “A surge of emotions,” Lukashenka put in. “Yes, a surge of emotions,” the Russian president agreed.

Investigating the criminal case of the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal, the Investigative Committee for the first time applied the "latest method" of verifying the reliability of the testimony of the accused, learned Kommersant . The conclusions of experts who doubted his sincerity became evidence against the former governor. Over the course of three hours, investigators asked Furgal more than 50 questions.

Almost a year after breaking the contract with one of the most famous football players Neymar, Nike revealed the reasons for this decision: the striker of the Brazilian national team and French side Paris Saint-Germain refused to cooperate in the investigation of allegations of sexual harassment.

RBC got acquainted with a summary of the plan for economic assistance to Belarus from the EU for €3 billion in the event of the democratization of the republic. the working draft In May, the team of the leader of the Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya announced its amount the other day for the first time .

VTB President Andrey Kostin compared the initiative of the Bank of Russia to limit the issuance of loans to individuals using the labor of prisoners on the construction of BAM, from which "goosebumps go." Commenting on the bill at the congress of the Association of Banks of Russia, Kostin expressed concern about the "transition from economic methods of regulation to strictly administrative ones." “Honestly, the very principle of this [regulation] raises some doubts for us.

This week, the Dutch court ordered the Shell oil and gas giant to reduce emissions by 2030 to a lower level than he planned. This decision is not only the first one like that - lawyers have no doubt that it is a case and gives rise to a wave of climatic lawsuits around the world. But in Russia it is not worth waiting for such cases yet.

With coronavirus restrictions lifted, British companies are now more optimistic about the future than at any time in the past five years, writes Bloomberg, citing a study by Lloyds Bank. The indicator of economic optimism in May increased by 5 percentage points, up to 37%. The last time such a level was recorded before the referendum on the UK's exit from the European Union. At the same time, business confidence in all sectors of the economy rose to a three-year high of 33%.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda French Gates are discussing changes to the structure of their $50 billion fund, the WSJ found out . After an unexpected divorce , the couple assured that there would be no changes in one of the largest charities in the world. Sources told the WSJ that the fund plans to create a board and involve third-party directors there. Melinda French allegedly insists on the changes, thus wishing to ensure the stability of the fund in the future.

Today, the Moscow City Court passed sentences on five former police officers arrested in the case of journalist Ivan Golunov. They received from 5 to 12 years in prison in a penal colony. The prosecution demanded from 7 to 16 years. The maximum term of 12 years was given to the former head of the drug control department of the Internal Affairs Directorate for ZAO Igor Lyakhovets.

Yandex opened the "enriched responses" service for all partners and spoke about the requirements for them. This service - the so-called "sorcerers" - became the subject of claims from the IT industry and a warning from the FAS, which threatened the company with a turnover fine. “Sorcerer” is an enriched response to a search query that Yandex shows in several places on the search page. It looks like highlighted quick answers-tips.

The Russian authorities plan to ban the use of non-recyclable materials, reports RBC from the international environmental forum on Nevsky. Among other things, cotton swabs will be included in the prohibited list. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktoria Abramchenko announced the forthcoming amendments to the legislation. According to her, “colored plastic, plastic straws, cotton swabs and disposable plastic utensils” will fall under the category of non-recyclable and hard-to-recover materials.

Russian gas supplied via Nord Stream to Europe has almost four times less carbon footprint per kilowatt-hour than gas from the United States, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak claims, citing data from "various analytical and consulting agencies." “This is mainly due to the fact that in the United States, most of the gas is produced from shale rocks using hydraulic fracturing,” says Novak . He clarified that Russia pays great attention to ensuring its environmental leadership.

Russia gave permission to Austrian Airlines to make a flight from Europe to Moscow bypassing Belarus - before that, the company had to cancel flights due to the fact that a new air corridor was not agreed upon. “It is in the Austrian and Russian interests that all flights to and through Russia are carried out without problems,” Magnus Brunner, state secretary at the Austrian Ministry of Transport, said on Friday.

Joe Biden will propose to Congress to allocate $ 5 trillion for social measures - this amount is planned to be spent until 2030, CNBC learned . The publication writes that Biden's chances of receiving the requested amount are high, since the Democrats control both Congress and the Senate. On Friday, May 28, Biden will propose to allocate additional trillions as part of his budget request for the next fiscal year.