The Security Service of Ukraine detained two Russians for threatening to blow up a plane flying from Dubai to Kiev, the 112 TV channel reports. "There were 149 passengers, one child and seven crew members on board. Immediately after landing, one of the passengers reported that there were explosives on board the plane and he planned to detonate them," explained SBU chief Oleksandr Tkachuk. According to him, emergency services responded promptly to the threat.

Following the forum, Medvedev ordered the preparation of a decision on the government's obligations to co-finance the holidays of disabled children, orphans and children from disadvantaged families / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti The government has decided to tighten the rules for paying bonuses and premiums to executives of companies with state participation, announced Prime Minister and Chairman of United Russia Dmitry Medvedev at the party forum “Effective Social Policy: New Solutions” in St.

Sailor Ivan Rudny, who was captured by Nigerian pirates in late February, has been released. This was reported on Twitter by the Russian Embassy in Nigeria. The diplomats expressed gratitude to everyone who helped free the Russian citizen. Murmansk resident Rudny, a crew member of the auxiliary vessel Bourbon Liberty 251 (ship owner Bourbon Company, France), was captured on February 23, when the vessel, which was in the Gulf of Guinea, was attacked by pirates.

March 25, 2016, 00:09 / Society Levada Center: Russians are increasingly treating Stalin better, but they would not want to live under him He is considered both a wise leader and a cruel tyrant Elena Mukhametshina Russians are increasingly treating Joseph Stalin better / V. Filonov / MT Russians are increasingly treating Joseph Stalin better, according to a Levada Center survey (see charts).

March 25, 2016, 19:03 / Economics VEB: In January-February the economy shrank by 2.4% The decline in household incomes delays the transition of the economy to growth Olga Kuvshinova The decline in household incomes delays the transition of the economy to growth / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The economy can “break even” at the end of 2016 at $45/barrel. calculated on average for the year, Vladimir Tikhomirov from BCS : with cheaper oil, Russia will face another year of recession.

VTB Bank is buying office space in the Eurasia Tower in the Moscow City business center from Plaza LLC for 20.3 billion rubles. This is stated in materials posted on the state procurement portal. Read also: VTB buys Eurasia Tower in Moscow City from Suleiman Kerimov According to the documents, the bank acquired 376 non-residential premises with an area of ​​22,426 sq. m. in Eurasia. The premises will be transferred to the bank's ownership in April.

Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the Paris attacks case, who was detained in Belgium, said during interrogation that he changed his mind about blowing himself up as soon as he dropped off three accomplices at the Bataclan concert hall. BFM TV and Le Monde reported the materials of his interrogation, which took place on March 19. According to Abdeslam's testimony, his brother Ibrahim, who blew himself up on Boulevard Voltaire on the evening of November 13, gave him the suicide belt.

Zenit Bank in 2015 received a net loss according to international standards (IFRS) in the amount of 9.498 billion rubles. against a profit of 1.636 billion rubles. a year earlier, according to the bank’s reporting. Net interest income before the formation of reserves fell by 40% - to 5.596 billion rubles, and contributions to reserves more than doubled - to 9.778 billion rubles.

Trade, industrial production, construction, social services and communications services are the sectors in which Muscovites with disabilities most often seek to work, as VTsIOM specialists discovered after surveying 600 people with disabilities in the capital in late November and early December 2015.

March 25, 2016, 16:24 / Finance Chairman of the Board of Sogaz Sergei Ivanov may go to work at Sberbank The son of the head of the presidential administration may become senior vice president of the state bank Maria Kaverina Ivanov’s transfer has been preliminarily agreed upon, the final decision can be made before April 7, indicates one of the interlocutors / S.

Rosneft does not plan to index payments to top managers this year , TASS reports citing a statement by the company's vice-president Mikhail Leontyev. “We will not index. We would really like to index, but after the crisis, and not together,” he said. According to him, foreign top managers working at Rosneft receive salaries in foreign currency and lose income due to exchange rate differences.

The last Russian tsar abdicated the throne 99 years ago. Maybe not because of this, but certainly after this, the country he loved and did not understand, a country with an archaic political system, but with good chances for several decades turned into an arena of crazy experiments.

March 25, 2016, 11:22 / Finance / News Banks will be able to securitize mortgage loans under the rate subsidy program undefined Vedomosti Banks will be able to securitize mortgage loans that they issued under the subsidy program, Deputy Minister of Finance Alexey Moiseev announced this at the XVIII All-Russian Banking Conference.

The beginning of 2016 confirms the experts’ forecast: restaurants are becoming more accessible. Most of the new establishments opened by large restaurateurs are designed for an average bill of 1,500-2,500 rubles, and even restaurants in the premium segment are starting to experiment a little: introducing special offers or additional items on the menu.

Former Yukos shareholder Leonid Nevzlin in front of a poster of Mikhail Khodorkovsky / Brennan Linsley / AP The investigation is close to proving that YUKOS shareholders acquired the company's shares illegally. This was stated on air by Vladimir Markin, the official representative of the Investigative Committee (SKR), on Vesti FM radio. "This is the case when "well, everyone knows." But they can't prove it.