Police Major General Heads KVS Yesterday, Major General of Police Yevgeny Grigoriev was appointed Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg. Grigoriev is 55 years old. He graduated from the Higher School of the KGB of the USSR, held operational and management positions in the state security system.

The Moscow government has decided to build the first children's hospice in the city center. According to the press service of Moskomstroyinvest, it will be built at 30 Dolgorukovskaya St. Currently, there are two buildings of a correctional boarding school for orphans there. The total area of ​​these two buildings is about 3,200 square meters, the department representative said. They will be reconstructed and a building of about 2,000 square meters will be added to one of the buildings.

In Chinese manufacturing, the Purchasing Managers' Index ( PMI) increased by 0.1 percentage points in March compared to February and amounted to 50.3 points. This was reported by the State Statistics Administration of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Federation of Logistics and Purchasing ( CLP). KFLZ calculates PMI based on data from managers of more than 3,000 companies from 31 manufacturing industries. The PMI records changes in business activity.

The Russian presidential administration has supported the bill on the return of winter time. The document will be proposed for consideration in the first reading at a State Duma session on April 15, the author of the initiative, head of the Duma Committee on Health Protection Sergei Kalashnikov, told ITAR-TASS. "We received a positive response to this bill from the GPU (State and Legal Directorate of the President of Russia)," he said.

Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg American communications equipment manufacturer Cisco paid kickbacks to top managers of Russian companies, disguising them as discounts, the online publication Buzzfeed.com reported yesterday, citing two former Cisco managers. The author of this article, Aram Roston, is a well-known journalist who has worked for CNN, NBC and Newsweek.

“Have you signed up as a volunteer?!” This is where the state Duma commissars probably now need to react to such decadent moods. On the eve of Comrade Putin’s favorite holiday - Victory Day - such not joyful moods!.. You won’t envy the guys in the offices now. They are smart and know who drove the economy under the plinth, but they need to report, give indicators, demonstrate a special spirituality... Sergei Magnitsky obviously died hard...

During the morning rush hour on April 1, serious traffic jams formed on Moscow roads due to heavy snowfall. portal The Yandex.Traffic rates traffic congestion as eight out of ten. Traffic difficulties were recorded on Leningradskoye, Volokolamskoye highways, Entuziastov highway, MKAD and the Third Ring Road. It has been snowing in Moscow since mid-Monday.

Analytical reports from investment banks and columns by financiers and strategists sent for publication on our website do not always help one navigate the financial space and make an investment decision. Often they serve, rather, as a good textbook on grammar, style and vocabulary of the Russian language from the “ find the mistake” series or as a simulator for improving skills in the field of encryption and logic.

The Moscow Department of Rospotrebnadzor has succeeded in getting the court to fine the capital's metro 100,000 rubles for violating laws on technical regulation and sanitary legislation. According to the department, these violations were discovered as a result of an unscheduled inspection. The decision on the fine was made by the Arbitration Court of Moscow.

The authorities of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region must prepare and approve proposals for federal financing of the two regions' transport systems within a month, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said during a meeting of the Coordination Council for the Development of the Transport Hub of the Two Entities. Kirill Polyakov, General Director of the ANO "Directorate for the Development of the Transport System of St.

I called my accountant about this - we pay the following: - 13% income tax - 20% for pension - 5% in Foms - 2.9% maternity fund (!) - 0.2-0.8% non cases.

01 April 2014, 00:00 Director for Spotify The popular music service Spotify is preparing to launch in Russia. Alexander Kubaneishvili will become the head of his Russian office Anastasia Golitsyna Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti There is a high level of piracy in Russia, and Spotify usually prefers to enter such difficult markets with a local partner - a telecom operator, says an employee of a Western major.

The Russian mission to the UN has refused to participate in an informal meeting of the Security Council on human rights and freedom of the press in Crimea, the press service of the world organization reported. The Russian delegation stated that it "categorically refuses to associate with the Security Council the propaganda show organized today by the Lithuanian delegation with the invitation of odious figures" and will ignore this meeting.

Vadim Ghirda / AP The United States is discussing with Russia measures to de-escalate the situation around Ukraine, Washington demands the withdrawal of some Russian troops from the Ukrainian border and considers Crimea to be Ukrainian territory. This was stated by the department's representative Marie Harf at a briefing in the State Department. The State Department representative was asked several times whether Washington was seeking the withdrawal of Russian troops from Crimea.

The president, the heads of the Kremlin administration and members of the government have filed income and expense declarations, Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov and the cabinet press service told RIA Novosti. According to Peskov, this information will undergo the necessary verification. Since this year, the declarations have been verified by the presidential anti-corruption department, created in 2013. Officials have been reporting on their expenses since 2013.