Russians are calling on Vladimir Putin to change the style and methods of governing the country, to pay more attention to solving social problems and developing the economy. As shown by the May poll of the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM), 53% of Russians want Putin, who has returned to the presidential post, to change the style and methods of governing the country, 29% preferred that he work the same way as during his first two presidential terms.

May 17, 2012, 14:59 / Finance The world's largest banks need $566 billion 29 systemically important banks need to attract additional capital or reduce assets by $5.5 trillion to meet requirements for tightening capital adequacy standards by 2018 Mikhail Overchenko A.Harrer / Bloomberg The world's 29 largest banks will need to raise $566 billion in additional capital or reduce assets by $5.5 trillion to meet capital adequacy requirements by 2018.

The government has kept Italy's economy from the brink of collapse, the IMF has praised. In 2011, the country managed to avoid recession: GDP grew by 0.5% (Istat data). In the first quarter, GDP fell by 1.2% year-on-year (Eurostat data). According to forecasts from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Italy will show a decline of 1.8% in 2012. The IMF expects economic activity in Italy to recover in early 2013. In 2013–2016, average growth rates will be 1%, the EIU predicts.

A fire has broken out again in Bashkiria on the territory of the disbanded arsenal of the Ministry of Defense in the village of Urman. In May 2011, shells began to explode there because of the fire, as a result 40 buildings burned down and 12 people were injured. Now a bakery is burning in Urman, the fire is being extinguished by one fire engine and a squad of volunteers. There is no information about the fire spreading to the fragments of ammunition remaining in the warehouse.

May 17, 2012, 02:33 / Finance Igor Kim has not forgotten about mass retail Expobank, recently purchased by Igor Kim, will not focus on mass retail. But the banker himself has not lost interest in this area. will join the board of directors of Vostochny Bank And Tatyana Voronova Kim resigned from the bank's board as he focused on his work at MDM Bank after its merger with Ursa Bank.

On Thursday, the Presnensky District Magistrate's Court in Moscow arrested for ten days one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, Ilya Yashin, who was detained on May 16 near the Barrikadnaya metro station on Kudrinskaya Square. Judge Diana Azarova found that Yashin violated Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation by failing to comply with the lawful demands of law enforcement officers.

Cloud revolution: benefits of SaaS services for business What are cloud technologies, and why, with their help, is a real revolution happening right before our eyes in the field of business management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses?

A. Makhonin / Vedomosti Two top managers of Bashneft have left the company due to a major accident at the Trebs oil field in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the company's president Alexander Korsik said today on the sidelines of the second international forum "Big Chemistry." "[Senior Vice President for Oil and Gas Production] Alexander Dashevsky and [Director of the Oil and Gas Production Department] Rinat Nagayev have left the company," RIA Novosti quotes Korsik as saying.

Kirill Shchitov, a United Russia deputy of the Moscow City Duma, wrote on his microblog that he had received a complaint from residents of a high-rise building near the Barrikadnaya metro station about an opposition camp. After the camp on Chistoprudny Boulevard was dispersed, the "white ribboners" settled in a park on Kudrinskaya Square.

In the spring of 2011, the signs changed to " VTB North-West" (before 2007 - PSB)), it was merged with VTB and turned into its North-West Regional Center (NWRC). At the same time, the branch networks of Rosbank and BSGV, which are part of the Societe Generale group, began to merge. A new shareholder is not the only reason to change the corporate style.

At the annual meeting of shareholders of the parent company of the holding Yandex , the Dutch YandexN.V., it was decided to classify the net profit for 2011 as retained earnings. Previously, the company stated that in 2011 its net profit under IFRS amounted to 5.8 billion rubles. The shareholders meeting took place on May 15. Shareholders also reappointed two board members, John Boynton and Esther Dyson , to new three-year terms.

Syrian rebels 15 photos The civil war has approached the capital of Syria: heavy fighting is taking place in Damascus. But Bashar al-Assad has enough strength to resist the rebels for a long time.

2001 Head of the Financial Department of the International Bank of St. Petersburg. 2004 Advisor to the President of JSCB Svyaz-Bank, then Head of Department, Manager of the St. Petersburg branch, Senior Vice President, Member of the Management Board 2008 Advisor, Deputy Chairman of the Board of BFA Bank, since 2010 – Chairman of the Board OJSC "Bank BFA" Commercial bank. Founded in 1993.

France's new cabinet, chaired by Francois Hollande, cut ministers' salaries by 30% at its first meeting on Thursday, ministers told reporters after the meeting. "Travel expenses will be cut, the budget for supporting the work of ministries and cabinets will be reduced by 10%, and [ministers'] salaries by 30%," said Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Innovation and the Digital Economy Fleur Pellerin.

May 17, 2012, 14:40 / Auto / Real estate Moscow is looking for a developer for an interchange project on Tverskaya Zastava Square for 771 million rubles. Julia Petrova Moscow is looking for a developer for a transport interchange project on Tverskaya Zastava Square, near the Belorussky railway station in the capital, as well as an underground parking lot and reconstruction of the Tverskoy overpass, according to materials posted on the government procurement website.