Pochta Bank today opened the first service points in 32 branches of Russian Post in 20 cities of Russia, said Dmitry Rudenko, President and Chairman of the Board of Post Bank. Points are open in Moscow, Kaluga, Orenburg, Penza, Novgorod, Leningrad, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk regions, Krasnodar and Perm territories. By the end of April, about 250 branches will be opened in 122 cities. 94% of the bank's presence will be in small and medium-sized cities.

Inviting people with a “dubious reputation” by political parties is “always problematic” because it “casts a shadow on the party,” said First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Presidential Executive Office Vyacheslav Volodin, answering questions from regional journalists at the All-Russia People’s Front (ONF) Media Forum in St. Petersburg.

In 1977–2015 Mossack Fonseca has established 15,600 companies for banking clients, according to documents released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). Most often, such a service was requested by the British HSBC and the Swiss UBS and Credit Suisse - all three have a huge business in managing funds for wealthy clients.

Advisor to the President of Russia Sergei Glazyev wrote on Twitter that only speculators can work in the conditions created by the Bank of Russia. “In the “new reality” created by the Bank of Russia, only speculators survive, and production dies. This is the path to economic disaster,” Glazyev believes. According to the adviser, the new reality artificially created by the regulator is stagflation.

April 06, 2016, 22:35 / Finance / News In February, mortgage rates fell to their lowest since early 2014 undefined Vedomosti The weighted average rate on mortgage housing loans in rubles for individuals was reduced from 12.51% per annum in January to 12.10% in February, Interfax reports with reference to materials from the Central Bank of Russia. The February figure was the lowest in the last two years.

06 April 2016, 19:11 / Finance World oil prices are rising amid data on a decline in US reserves Vedomosti World oil prices are rising due to data on a reduction in commercial fuel reserves in the United States. June futures for Brent oil during trading on the London Stock Exchange at 19.02 Moscow time rose in price by 3.57% to $39.74 per barrel. The cost of May futures for WTI oil in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) increased by 4.93% to $37.66 per barrel.

The new Vacheron Constantin The Métiers d'Art Elégance Sartoriale watch collection is dedicated to the male wardrobe. Using guilloche and enameling techniques, the watchmaker's craftsmen recreate the patterns of classic men's suit fabrics on the dials: Prince of Wales check, herringbone, windowpane, stripes and tartan. All watches in the collection feature a second dial with hour markers at the three o'clock position.

05 April 2016, 22:41 / Business Yandex.Taxi began to compete with Gett for working with legal entities In Moscow alone, this market is estimated at 6 billion rubles a year Polina Gritsenko Yandex.Taxi began accepting orders from corporate clients / E. Razumny / Vedomosti service The Yandex.Taxi has started working with orders from legal entities, its representative said.

April 06, 2016, 11:30 / Real estate How justified are the high costs of a world football tournament for the economies of different countries? Over the past 20 years, only the USA and France were able to immediately recoup the costs of a world football tournament. Alexander Morozov , director of the consulting, research and evaluation department of SA Ricci The first FIFA World Cup took place in 1930 and has been held more than 40 times since then.

06 April 2016, 18:57 / Business Auchan will begin supplying products produced in Russia to the EU Vedomosti The Auchan retailer plans to begin supplying products produced in Russia under its own brands to Italy in the coming months, TASS reports citing the head of external communications at Auchan Russia, Maria Kurnosova. She did not rule out expanding the geography of exports in the future. According to her, France is interested in Russian products.

"The all-Russian vacancy database 'Work in Russia' will be integrated with the federal registry of disabled people being created," said Vsevolod Vukolov, head of the Federal Service for Labor and Employment, on Wednesday. According to his department, 'Work in Russia' currently offers more than 65,000 vacancies for people with disabilities due to health reasons.

The ceasefire was observed in most Syrian provinces. Four violations were recorded over the past 24 hours - three of them in Latakia province and one in Homs, TASS reports, citing the information bulletin of the Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides. "Forms of the opposition group "Ahrarash-Sham" continued shelling positions of the Syrian army in the areas of the settlements of Sandran, Qinsibba and Fara (Latakia province) with mortars.

Tele2 spent money on entering Moscow in Q4 / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti The revenue of T2 RTK Holding (operating under the Tele2 brand) in the fourth quarter of 2015 decreased year-on-year by 3.2% to 24.1 billion rubles, according to the operator’s report. At the same time, the rate of decline in quarterly revenue continues to slow down.

Damien Hirst's Gone but not Forgotten in the courtyard of the Faena Hotel Miami Beach, USA Any grand hotel in a big city has historically become a point where political, commercial and artistic vectors converge. Art has been and remains a means capable of raising interest in a place, creating an indescribable atmosphere in it, and generously adding fresh sensations to service and comfort. Perhaps it is art that has that unique intonation that the language of advertising sometimes lacks.

The Defense Ministries of Azerbaijan and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) announced on Tuesday afternoon that they had reached an agreement on a ceasefire / Hrayr Badalyan / PAN Photo via AP The Defense Ministries of Azerbaijan and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) announced on Tuesday afternoon that they had reached an agreement to cease fire from 12:00 that day.