The Russian government has not supported the proposal to ban state-owned companies from having accounts in foreign banks; the issue itself may be considered at a government meeting next week, said First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. "I do not support it in this form. In the extremely tough position described in the press, practically no one in the government supports this bill," Shuvalov said. The news about the Finance Ministry's proposal was published this week by Kommersant.

Clients of Ukrainian banks in Crimea whose deposits exceeded 700,000 rubles will receive compensation through the sale of Ukrainian state property located in Crimea. This was reported by the acting head of the region, Sergei Aksenov. He also reported that 18 commercial Russian banks operate in the region, with 376 branches accepting clients. The Depositor Protection Fund will compensate Crimeans for the loss of deposits in the amount of up to 700,000 rubles.

7.6 billion rubles This is the amount of damage caused by the flood to roads and bridges in four regions of the Siberian Federal District, as calculated by Rosavtodor. According to its estimates, about 793.5 km of roads and 365 bridges were damaged. In total, more than 1,221 km of roads were in the emergency zone. The data on the damage is inconclusive, since the flood has completely receded only from the territories of Khakassia and Tuva.

US President Barack Obama understands that imposing restrictive measures on Russia without the support of Western partners could be detrimental to the interests of American companies, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Wednesday. "The US President understands that American companies should not be at a disadvantage," he said at a briefing in Washington, commenting on a journalist's question about Washington coordinating sanctions against Moscow with its Western partners.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The largest business associations in the United States are going to publicly oppose President Barack Obama, who intends to impose new sanctions against Russia. The US Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers will publish an announcement in the largest American media tomorrow, June 26, warning that further sanctions against Russia will harm American companies and workers, a source told Bloomberg.

The Federation Council today approved a bill allowing for the establishment of specific features for the payment of security deposits by the international payment systems Visa and MasterCard. The Russian government is granted the right to establish the specifics of payment of security deposits by operators of payment systems that are not socially significant, and the specifics of collecting fines for failure to pay or partial payment of such deposits.

Members of the radical movement "Right Sector" reported that on Wednesday morning they took control of the Dolinsky oil refinery in the Kirovograd region, which belongs to the structures of a people's deputy close to the family of Viktor Yanukovych. A message with such content appeared on the organization's website.

90% The digital service Google Play receives its revenue from the sale of mobile games, writes the analytical company App Annie. From the first quarter of 2013 to the first quarter of 2014, the share of games in the service's income increased by approximately 80%. At the same time, games account for only 40% of downloads. The service's quarterly revenue over the same period increased by 2.4 times. The number of applications in Google Play has already exceeded 1.5 million.

June 25, 2014, 02:03 / Business Colombia, Greece, Costa Rica and Uruguay reached the 1/8 finals of the 2014 World Cup England, Italy, Cote d'Ivoire and Japan were left out of the playoffs Alexey Rozhkov The Italian national team cannot advance from the group at the second World Cup in a row / Hassan Ammar / AP Based on the results of the third matches in Groups C and D, the teams of Colombia, Greece, Costa Rica and Uruguay advanced to the 1/8 finals of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

June 25, 2014, 16:08 / Finance The “hole” in the capital of the Moscow Lights bank was estimated at 12.2 billion rubles Vedomosti At the time of revocation of the license on May 16, the negative equity capital of the Moscow Lights bank amounted to 12.215 billion rubles. taking into account the conclusion of the temporary administration on the management of the bank and 713 million rubles. - without taking into account the conclusion. This was reported by Vestnik Bank of Russia.

June 25, 2014, 08:33 / Business The head coach of the Italian national team resigned after failure at the 2014 World Cup Maria Solovichenko Head coach of the Italian national team Cesare Prandelli / Antonio Clanni / AP The head coach of the Italian national team, Cesare Prandelli, resigned after the team failed to reach the playoffs of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

June 25, 2014, 15:36 / Finance The Ministry of Economic Development opposed the increased indexation of tariffs for Gazprom services undefined Vedomosti The Russian Ministry of Economic Development (MED) opposes increased indexation of tariffs for Gazprom's services, as this will negatively affect the economy and inflation, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Sergei Belyakov said in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

Sebastião Salgado, the hero of Wim Wenders' film, took photographs in many places on earth until he became disillusioned with people / MIFF "Salt of the Earth" is a film made by one celebrity about another. Wim Wenders tells about the photographer Sebastião Salgado - in collaboration with the hero's son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. More precisely, Salgado tells about himself. He comments on his famous photo series: "Other Americas", "Sahel", "Workers", "Migrations and Portraits" ...

The State Council of Crimea has adopted in the first reading a bill allowing the republic's leadership to forcibly buy out objects of strategic importance to the republic from individuals or legal entities.

The Argentina national team beat the Nigerian team and qualified from first place in the group for the World Cup playoffs in Brazil; the Nigerians came in second in the quartet and also earned the right to play in the 1/8 finals. The Group F match, which took place on Wednesday at the José Pinheiro Borda stadium in Porto Alegre, ended with a 3-2 victory for the Argentines.