Former World Cup Champion Romario to Probe Corruption at Brazilian Football Federation / Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters Read also: FIFA Officials Acted Like Drug Dealers Brazil's Senate, the upper house of parliament, has voted to investigate allegations of corruption in the national soccer federation and the country's handling of the 2014 World Cup. At the same time, Brazilian police have launched their own investigation into allegations that U.S.

June 01, 2015, 16:01 / Business / News KFC files a lawsuit against those who spread rumors about eight-legged chickens undefined Vedomosti Fast food chain KFC has filed a lawsuit against three Chinese companies, which it accuses of spreading false rumors about KFC products. that ABC News reports the lawsuit was announced in a message on the website of the network's Chinese division.

The bank's shareholders approved dividends for 2014 in the amount of 0.5 rubles. per ordinary share and 2 rubles. per preferred share.

Rostec and SAP are preparing an agreement on localization of this developer’s software / Vedomosti German enterprise management software (ERP systems) developer SAP plans to create a joint venture with the state corporation Rostec, Interfax reported, citing the Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov. Rostec and SAP negotiations were confirmed by the head of the state corporation Sergei Chemezov.

Lenta has scheduled an annual meeting of shareholders in Helsinki (Finland), the retailer said in a statement. The event will take place on June 26. The register of shareholders entitled to participate in the meeting was compiled as of June 1. The agenda of the meeting, in particular, included the approval of the annual report and the re-election of Ernst & Young as the company's auditor. Lenta operates 114 hypermarkets in 62 cities and 25 supermarkets in Moscow.

May 31, 2015, 22:24 / Auto Russian automakers will receive benefits for importing and assembling cars in Vietnam The market here is growing, and it’s also easier to supply cars to other Asian countries Vladimir Shtanov Russian car factories will receive benefits for the import and assembly of cars in Vietnam / AFP Within 10 years, Vietnam will zero out import duties on cars from Russia and other countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, which are currently 17% for trucks, 30–40% for buses and

May 31, 2015, 22:32 / Finance The Central Bank requested lists of clients from pension funds that have not started corporatization The regulator is probably preparing to clean up the market Natalia Biyanova The Central Bank decided to count pensioners in advance, since order in the pension market has yet to be restored / D.

The Russian Cabinet of Ministers did not make a decision on introducing a copyright fee in the country at a meeting on Monday, June 1, and sent the idea back for revision. This was reported by Prime, citing one of the meeting participants. The Ministry of Culture proposes to charge Internet providers 300 rubles per user annually for the right to work under a "global license," that is, to provide free access to content posted on the Internet.

Bloomberg Roskomnadzor added two domains of the popular torrent tracker The Pirate Bay to the register of banned sites – thepiratebay.se and thepiratebay.mn, agency representative Vadim Ampelonsky told Vedomosti. According to him, this was done in accordance with the Moscow City Court’s ruling on the violation of exclusive rights to the film “Road to Berlin” by this site: the court issued the corresponding decision on May 19 on a lawsuit filed by the copyright holder, the Mosfilm concern.

Strengthening dollar confuses US Federal Reserve plans / AP At the start of the year, many at the Fed expected the central bank to begin raising interest rates mid-year. But GDP contracted 0.7% in the first quarter, partly due to the dollar’s ​​strength in previous months. Although the dollar has weakened from its March peak, the Fed expects it to continue weighing on the economy in the coming months.

VTB provided the Otkritie UES Capital Partners Fund PLC (later renamed Rusenergo) with a loan to purchase shares in energy companies. The fund was created by the Otkritie financial corporation to buy out shares of RAO UES of Russia minority shareholders who were dissatisfied with the reform of the electric power industry; the fund's assets were invested in shares of Russian power generating and grid companies.

01 June 2015, 15:05 / Business Yakunin considered Stepashin a good candidate for the post of president of the RFU Sergei Stepashin himself stated that he does not intend to nominate his candidacy for the post of president of the organization Yan Shebalin Vladimir Yakunin expressed the opinion that Sergei Stepashin would be a good candidate for the post of president of the RFU / Alexander Vilf / RIA Novosti President of Russian Railways, member of the executive committee of the Russian Football

June 01, 2015, 16:00 / Business / News Supplies of Russian nuclear fuel for Ukrainian nuclear power plants will not decrease - TVEL undefined Vedomosti The supply of Russian nuclear fuel to Ukrainian nuclear power plants will not decrease. This statement was made on Monday, June 1, by TVEL vice-president Alexey Grigoriev. “Supplies of our fuel to Ukraine will continue, and they will not decrease,” Grigoriev said.

June 01, 2015, 20:50 / Business / News The cost of the Greek section of the Turkish Stream will be $2 billion undefined Vedomosti The ministry also reported that Greece expects to sign a memorandum on Turkish Stream at SPIEF 2015. “As for the economic forum, which will be held in St. Petersburg, it is there that we will try to sign an agreement, the so-called memorandum, on political support for this gas pipeline between Greece and Russia.

01 June 2015, 15:42 / Finance Moody's withdrew MDM Bank ratings The bank announced that it had severed relations with the agency in December Marie Mesropyan Moody's withdrew the ratings of MDM Bank / M. Stulov / Vedomosti The international rating agency Moody's has withdrawn the ratings of MDM Bank: long-term ratings in national and foreign currencies (B3 with a negative outlook) and the bank's national scale rating (Baa3.ru).