The DPRK Foreign Ministry has proposed that Moscow consider the issue of evacuating the embassy staff in Pyongyang. This was reported to Russian news agencies by the diplomatic mission's press attaché Denis Samsonov. The North Korean Foreign Ministry's proposal is related to the worsening situation on the Korean Peninsula. The embassy took note of this proposal, but no decision has been made yet.

05 April 2013, 17:54 / Business Korean and foreign enterprises are preparing for evacuation if the conflict with the DPRK escalates Nadezhda Dmitrienko South Korea is ready, if necessary, to evacuate its citizens from the Kaesong industrial zone, but does not yet see the need for this, the head of the South Korean Ministry of Unification said on Friday, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Andrey Molchanov / A. Filippov / ITAR-TASS The founder of LSR Group and senator from the Leningrad Region Andrey Molchanov is returning to the management of the company. His name appeared on the list of the board of directors of LSR Group. Molchanov was elected chairman of the board of directors and also headed the strategy and investment committee, according to LSR materials following the annual meeting of shareholders of LSR Group, which took place today.

The head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Gennady Kornienko announced the dismissal of the head of the Department for the Organization of Medical and Sanitary Support of the FSIN of Russia, Sergei Baryshev. During a meeting of the Human Rights Council on Friday, Kornienko was asked about the fate of a number of prisoners who are dying behind bars.

The government proposes to legislate the possibility of suing the Duma for its inaction or refusal to early deprive a deputy of his mandate if "the deputy factions have sufficient grounds to believe" that this deputy "is engaged in entrepreneurial or other paid activity." Such a bill was submitted to the State Duma for consideration on April 5.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay issued a statement on Friday calling on the US authorities to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, where more than 20 prisoners are currently on hunger strike, Reuters reports. "We must be clear about this: the United States is clearly violating not only its own obligations, but also the international standards and laws that it is required to follow," Pillay said.

I will leave aside the discussions on the topic of whether Boris Berezovsky himself ended his life or with outside help, but he apparently wrote a letter to President Vladimir Putin; there is now more than enough evidence. The letter will probably not be made public in full, only its summary is available: that, supposedly, Boris Berezovsky asked to return to his homeland and asked for forgiveness. The question, of course, is in what context he asked and begged.

05 April 2013, 18:19 / Finance Sberbank earned almost 100 billion rubles in the first quarter. However, lending did not recover during this time Tatyana Voronova M. Stulov / Vedomosti At the end of the first quarter of 2013, the volume of Sberbank’s corporate loan portfolio decreased by 1.5%, as follows from its quarterly reports. In March, the volume of loan repayments approached the highest monthly value in the last three years, the bank said in its comments.

05 April 2013, 04:39 / Finance DIA agrees to increase deposit insurance to 1 million rubles. The Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) agrees to increase deposit insurance to 1 million rubles if it gains the right to determine the amount of banks’ contributions to the insurance fund based on their “sustainability and transparency,” says Olga Plotonova in the bill prepared by the DIA The head of the DIA, Yuri Isaev, wants to determine the amount of banks’ contributions to the insurance fund / V.

05 April 2013, 20:48 / Auto GM is considering moving production and evacuating staff from South Korea Gennady Anisimov General Motors is developing backup plans for its operations in South Korea in case the situation in the region continues to escalate, the automaker's CEO Dan Ackerson said. "We are developing a plan to keep our employees as safe as possible," Akerson told CNBC.

It has been decided to allocate up to 200 billion rubles from reserve funds for the development of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM), which will be allocated through the mechanism of non-market bonds.

April 05, 2013, 22:43 / Technologies The Central Bank posted on the Internet a list of all banks with their website addresses Olga Plotonova After the detection of fake banks and websites became more frequent, the Central Bank called on the population and organizations to check the licenses of institutions offering banking services on the Internet.

French Renault together with British industrial designer Ross Lovegrove presented a new concept car Twin'Z. A promising car was shown at the Milan furniture exhibition (Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano) - according to its creators, the concept should “unite two worlds where design plays a vital role: interior and cars.” We had to walk with our faces covered in dirt so as not to stand out in the area.

Yandex , the developer of Yandex.Maps and the Navigator driver service, has updated its route-building algorithm. The new system was launched at the end of last week. As the company reports, users will be able to reduce the time spent avoiding traffic jams by an average of 20%. "When plotting a route, Yandex now takes into account the exact speed of the flow. This allows it to more reliably determine the fastest travel options and, accordingly, more accurately predict travel time.

Rostrud confirmed that the head of the agency, Yuri Gertsiy, signed a statement of resignation due to retirement. "Yuri Viktorovich (Gertsiy) signed the statement," the official representative of the Federal Service for Labor and Employment of Russia told Interfax on Friday.