The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs promises not to leave the expansion of the so-called Magnitsky list unanswered and to be guided in this regard not only by the principle of reciprocity, but also by considerations of fairness. "Of course, we will not leave the lawlessness of sanctions against Russia without a response," says a comment from the Russian Foreign Ministry's Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, Konstantin Dolgov.

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The Moscow City Court has upheld the arrest in absentia of former Deputy Minister of Agriculture Alexei Bazhanov. Thus, the appeal of the former official's defense has been rejected. On March 24, the Tverskoy Court arrested Bazhanov in absentia on suspicion of large-scale fraud in the lending sector. He is suspected of involvement in the theft of 10 billion rubles in loans from Rosselkhozbank and Svyaz-Bank taken to purchase raw materials for an oil extraction plant in the Voronezh Region.

May 21, 2014, 12:00 AM Maximum retweet: Likes to the West Ilya Klishin The Russian authorities paid attention to the Internet back in the mid-2000s, but Vladislav Surkov’s targeted and, let’s say, artistic approach did not justify itself when, in the winter of 2011, mass protests against unfair elections were organized through social networks and with the actual support of many online media .

Chairman of the Human Rights Council Mikhail Fedotov / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti In the near future, the Presidential Council for Human Rights (HRC) will come up with new proposals to change laws that hinder the activities of journalists. This was reported to Vedomosti by the Chairman of the HRC, Mikhail Fedotov, after it became known that the state and legal department of the President of Russia does not support the HRC recommendations on measures aimed at improving the safety of journalists.

May 21, 2014, 19:06 / Finance Goldman Sachs began selling a network of warehouses for storing metals The bank called the assets of Metro International Trade Services "non-strategic" for the business of its clients Gregory Meyer Xan Rice Kostas Tsironis / Bloomberg Goldman Sachs has begun the formal process of selling the metals warehouse network Metro International Trade Services, which it acquired in 2010 for $540 million.

On May 21, senators approved Vyacheslav Lebedev as chairman of the united Supreme Court, ITAR-TASS reports. His candidacy was nominated by President Vladimir Putin. On May 20, his appointment was unanimously supported by the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building.

Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr. /Bloomberg Corrected version. The original published version can be viewed in the Vedomosti archive (smart version) NLMK was only 0.1 percentage points short of overtaking its main competitor in terms of efficiency, Severstal. NLMK's EBITDA margin in Q1 was 17.7%. Severstal's figure was 17.8%. The last time NLMK overtook Severstal was in Q2 2013, when NLMK's margin was 14.1%, while Severstal's was 14%.

Prince of Wales Charles has criticized Russia's annexation of Crimea and compared Vladimir Putin's policies in Ukraine to those of Adolf Hitler, the Daily Mail reports . In a private conversation with 78-year-old Marian Ferguson, whose relatives were Holocaust victims, Prince Charles delivered his verdict on the Russian president's Ukraine policy at the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax. "And now Putin is doing more or less the same as Hitler," the tabloid quoted him as saying.

eurocement.ru Yesterday, Eurocement Group signed six contracts with Chinese equipment manufacturers - China CAMC Engineering, China Triumph International Engineering and SINOMA International Engineering - for a total of $530 million, a representative of the holding company reported. Information about the signed contracts is also posted on the website of the President of Russia.

7 out of 10 Russians listen to radio regularly / Smartmoney In the first quarter, advertisers spent 3.3-3.5 billion rubles on radio station promotion, which is 7% more than in the same period of 2013. But the largest seller of advertising in the country, Vi, predicts that, despite such a successful start to the year, radio station revenues will grow by only 1% in 2014.

Brent Lewin / Bloomberg China has joined the fight for the right to be considered one of the largest retail markets. In 2012-2013, 20.4 million square meters of retail space were built in China. This is the second result in the world: in the USA, 23.2 million square meters of shopping centers were commissioned during the same period.

The Swiss oil trader Gunvor, one of whose founders and co-owners was Gennady Timchenko, is being prepared for sale, Kommersant writes , citing sources on the market. According to their information, the company was offered to buyers in May. One of the newspaper's sources said that negotiations are underway with several possible bidders, including oil companies; other sources named Rosneft as the only candidate.

The European Union has filed a lawsuit against Russia in the World Trade Organization (WTO) over anti-dumping import duties applied by the country to imported light commercial vehicles from Germany and Italy. According to a statement received by ITAR-TASS from the EU Delegation to the WTO, "anti-dumping duties are incompatible with WTO norms." Under current WTO rules, the parties will have 60 days to hold consultations.

Gleb Fetisov is accused of a deal with Altimo shares / Sergey Bobylev / ITAR-TASS Yesterday, the defense of former senator Gleb Fetisov published its position in connection with the accusations of fraud against him, from which details of his transactions with shares of the telecommunications division of Alfa Group, the company Altimo (Gibraltar), became known. Fetisov is one of the former minority shareholders of Altimo.