China is resuming pork supplies to Russia. This was reported to TASS by the agency's press secretary Yulia Trofimova. "We received notification of upcoming deliveries from the Chinese side, so Rosselkhoznadzor is resuming work in China to monitor pork shipments to Russian enterprises," she said. The Chinese side did not indicate the planned volumes of deliveries, the agency’s source clarified.

On Wednesday, world oil prices are growing after a sharp decline on Tuesday, Prime reports . At 7:20 Moscow time, July futures for Brent blend were up 1.11% to $64.73 per barrel. The price of July futures for WTI oil rose 1.17% to $58.67 per barrel. The day before, during trading, oil prices fell by more than 3% on fears of market oversaturation, as well as on reports that the recent oil rally had peaked. The strengthening dollar also put pressure on quotes.

The UN Security Council has condemned the mortar shelling of the Russian embassy in Damascus, TASS reports, citing the presiding Lithuanian diplomat Raimonda Murmokaite. "The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Russian embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus, which resulted in serious material damage," she said.

1.6 million subscribers opened special accounts for paying for content services, separate from their mobile account / E. Razumny / Vedomosti Special accounts for paying for content services, separate from their mobile account, were opened by 1.6 million subscribers, according to Roskomnadzor statistics. This opportunity was used by 541 MTS subscribers, 349,463 Megafon subscribers and 1.303 million VimpelCom subscribers.

Russia's budget deficit in 2015 is expected to be at the level of 3.4% of GDP, while the reduction of this indicator should further be about 1 percentage point per year, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov reported. "The budget deficit this year is quite significant - we expect 3.4% this year," Prime quotes the minister as saying. Siluanov believes that Russia cannot afford such a deficit, and stated that it is necessary to work on increasing the efficiency of spending.

Russia has the right to demand Due to the violation of covenants, Russia can already demand early repayment of the debt from Ukraine, but is not doing so at the request of Kyiv and the IMF, said President Vladimir Putin. So far, Ukraine has not failed to fulfill its obligations to pay coupons. The next payment is scheduled for June 20, its amount is $75 million, said Finance Minister Anton Siluanov: if it is missed, Russia will go to court.

Russia's halting of the transit of foreign weapons to Afghanistan will not create problems for NATO. "To be absolutely clear: NATO does not need to extend transit arrangements with Russia for the new mission in Afghanistan after they expire in December," NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu wrote on Twitter on the evening of May 19.

May 20, 2015, 00:30 / Business VTB may become a shareholder of RusHydro The company wants to sell its shares to the state bank for up to 85 billion rubles, which will allow it to solve problems with debts Alina Fadeeva D. Abramov / Vedomosti Vedomosti was told about this by a relevant federal official and two people close to one of the parties to the negotiations.

On Wednesday, May 20, Sberbank of Russia made a decision on covenant holidays for the airline Transaero for about a month. This statement was made by the deputy chairman of the board of the credit institution, Maxim Poletaev. "Today we made a decision on covenant holidays," Poletaev said, noting that the term in question is approximately one month. "The covenants have been violated, this is not a restructuring," the chairman of the board emphasized.

May 20, 2015, 20:54 / Finance / News The Central Bank's analysis showed a decrease in the vulnerability of Russian banks to the weakening of the ruble undefined Vedomosti The vulnerability of Russian banks to the weakening of the ruble has decreased. This is stated in the report of the Central Bank on the development of the banking sector and banking supervision in 2014.

OJSC Vanino Commercial Sea Port (Vanino Port), the largest stevedoring company in the port of the same name in Khabarovsk Krai, reduced its net profit under RAS by 4.8 times in January-March 2014 compared to the same period of the previous year - to 72.7 million rubles, according to the stevedore's quarterly reporting. Revenue decreased by 2.6% to 632.2 million rubles. The company does not comment on the results of the reporting period.

May 20, 2015, 01:12 / Business / Interview “Prices for amber should be market prices” Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC "Kaliningrad Amber Combine" Vitaly Maschitsky about the strategy of the enterprise Alexander Gubsky S. Porter / Vedomosti Vitaly Maschitsky earned initial capital in the 90s. in Russia and then turned its attention to other emerging markets.

In Moscow, about 25% of laid-off medical workers who applied to the Assistance center have found new jobs. Konstantin Tsaranov, coordinator of the Assistance center, told TASS. Since December 2014, a total of 3,500 medical workers have applied to the center. About 180 medical workers decided to undergo retraining and change their specialty, Tsaranov said. The first groups of doctors completed their training in May.

May 19, 2015, 10:47 pm / Auto Avtotor reported that BMW is not abandoning the construction of a plant in Kaliningrad The company assures that BMW only postponed the deadline for making a decision Gennady Anisimov Vladimir Shtanov BMW confirmed its readiness to participate in the creation of an automobile cluster based on Avtotor / E.

Samsung May Reduce Its Payment to Apple in Patent Lawsuit by $382 Million / AP In a patent battle between Apple and Samsung that has been ongoing since 2012, a court found the Korean company guilty and ordered it to pay the iPhone maker about $1 billion in damages. But more than a third of that amount is now in question. On Monday, an appeals court in Washington ruled that a trial court in San Jose must reconsider its decision on the iPhone's design.