The government reported on measures to implement the presidential decree of May 7, 2013, and organized a public technological and price audit of large investment projects with state participation. As reported on the Cabinet website, in 2014 an audit of investment projects for the construction or reconstruction of capital construction projects with an estimate of billion rubles and above, included in the federal targeted investment program, will be conducted.

Bloomberg Chinese multi-billionaire Yuan Yafei, chairman of Sanpower, plans to open House of Fraser stores in Russia and the Middle East - Yuan bought 89% of the British department store chain last month. Next year, the entrepreneur promises, a flagship store will open in Nanjing, China. More Four stores in Russia and two in Abu Dhabi will open in the next two to three years.

Wilfredo Lee / AP The parliament of the American state of Florida has approved the construction of a stadium in Miami where a football club owned by former England national team player David Beckham will play, the German sports internet resource Sport1.de reports. According to the source, the construction project approved by the state includes a number of financial incentives. In addition to the construction permit, the 39-year-old former football player received a $2 million grant.

The Chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Igor Kolomoisky called on representatives of the authorities of eight southeastern regions of Ukraine to hold a congress of territorial communities to protect their rights and create a united headquarters of self-defense forces, the administration’s website says .

46 people burned to death in Odessa Trade Union House / Anatolii Stepanov / AFP Over the weekend, clashes between supporters of a united Ukraine and pro-Russian activists and an anti-terrorist operation continued in cities in southeastern Ukraine. The bloodiest day was Friday: in Odessa, as a result of clashes and the subsequent fire in the Trade Union House on Kulikovo Field, 46 people died, more than 200 were hospitalized.

China National Nuclear Power Co. is set to hold an initial public offering (IPO) in Shanghai and hopes to raise up to 16.25 billion yuan ($2.6 billion), The Wall Street Journal reports. The company plans to sell 3.651 billion shares, or 25% of its capital. The deal could be the largest for the Chinese market since August 2010, when China Everbright Bank raised 21.7 billion yuan.

E.Razumny for Vedomosti A week earlier, the 4GSpeed ​​service published data from 130,000 measurements, according to which the best speed indicators were demonstrated by Megafon. Last year, 600,000 measurements made by Ookla (owner of the SpeedTest service) showed that the fastest operator in Moscow was MTS . And in August 2013, the Telecom Daily agency examined the speed of 4G networks in Moscow - and Megafon was the leader.

Celebrities, Virgin and the Feminist Majority Foundation have decided to boycott hotels associated with the Sultan of Brunei, following the introduction of Sharia law in Brunei on May 1. As reported by AFP, the founder of the Virgin group of companies, Richard Branson, said that neither he, nor his family, nor employees of his companies will stay in the Dorchester Collection luxury hotels anymore.

Sergei Sobyanin "I am glad that such a tradition of mass marches and demonstrations is returning to Moscow. People are going with a good mood, with pleasure." The return of the Soviet tradition of the May Day march on Red Square is a reason for communication, believes the mayor of Moscow, who took part in the demonstration. (Interfax) Dmitry Rogozin "Oh, guys.

Priska Ketterer The Basel Opera has staged Eugene Onegin, under the careful and precise conductor Joseph Trafton. Together with him, director Corinna von Rad has created a production that may not reach the radicalism of Andrei Zholdak's Onegin, which has just won the Golden Mask, but it looks like a thoughtful and vibrant event. The story of a world-weary rich man (the meaning of the phrase "heir to all his relatives" is understood only with age) unfolds in the bored provinces of the 1970s.

Russia finds itself between Tajikistan and Burundi in the Economic Freedom Index Russia slightly improved its position in the Index of Economic Freedom of the American research institute Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal compared to last year, ranking in 2014.

The development of the Russian banking system has long relied on the corporate sector. The banks did not notice the population, and the citizens themselves treated banks at best as a savings bank, and for the most part - as an institution they did not need in everyday life. In 2009, the situation changed: corporations could no longer provide banks with the necessary growth, and the latter turned their attention to the population.

05 May 2014, 15:59 / Business Mostotrest's subsidiary will reconstruct Ufa airport for 2.8 billion rubles undefined Vedomosti Transstroymekhanizatsiya LLC (TSM, a subsidiary of Mostotrest OJSC ) was recognized as the winner of an open competition for the right to enter into a construction contract for the reconstruction of the airport complex in Ufa, Mostotrest reported in a press release. The contract value is 2.8 billion rubles. The construction and installation work period is 2014-2015.

President Vladimir Putin supported the decision of Murmansk Region Governor Marina Kovtun to resign early in order to take part in the elections in September. "I want to ask you for an early resignation so that you will allow me to run in the gubernatorial elections early," Kovtun said at a meeting with Putin (quoted by kremlin.ru).

05 May 2014, 10:43 / Finance In April, the Central Bank reduced the sale of foreign currency as part of its interventions by 9 times Vedomosti The Central Bank of Russia in April 2014 sold $2.402 billion on the domestic market, which is 9.3 times less than in March, as well as 247.87 million euros, which is 9.15 times less than the March sales volume, follows from the information on the website Bank of Russia.