Investors prepare for Mirland division / E. Kuzmina / Vedomosti On April 14, bondholders of Israeli Mirland Development will consider a new plan to restructure the developer's $225 million debt, the company reported. Representatives of the initiative group of Mirland Development bondholders proposed converting $180 million of the company's debt into shares, the report noted.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, stated that the Chechen people decided to be with Russia during the 2003 referendum, and he has no doubt that this choice was correct. Read also: Vladimir Putin held a direct line During the direct line, Russians were interested in President Vladimir Putin's attitude toward some regional leaders, both former and current. Answering a question about Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the president noted his conviction that Chechnya should be with Russia.

April 13, 2016, 23:47 / Business More than half of the palm oil Fazer uses comes from Russia Its competitors are in no hurry to report on the share of this ingredient in their products Evgeniy Fedorov Dmitry Gorshenin Palm oil is used for making baked goods / E. Egorov / Vedomosti Russia accounts for 64.7% of the total volume of palm oil, which is used in the preparation of products by the Finnish concern Fazer Group, according to Fazer’s corporate report.

Read on vedomosti.ru Western media information about Panamanian offshore companies is reliable and legally verified, President Vladimir Putin said on a direct line on April 14. He was asked whether Western media should be sued for slander about offshore companies.

In a decision announced on April 12, the Constitutional Court (CC) did not support the request of State Duma deputies regarding contributions for capital repairs in apartment buildings. The idea of ​​a "common pot", when the collected funds are distributed for the repair of buildings in order of priority, did not cause objections from the judges.

April 14, 2016, 16:08 / Business RFPI sold to "Alros" Investment in the company brought the fund a 37% return, said its director Kirill Dmitriev Vitaly Petlevoy RFPI sold to "Alrosa" / AK "ALROSA" RDIF has completely withdrawn from the capital of Alrosa, Interfax reports with reference to the general director of the fund, Kirill Dmitriev. “We recently completed the exit from the capital of the Alrosa company , we participated in the IPO.

Artists leave RAO / E. Razumny / Vedomosti Musicians Stas Namin and Vasily Vakulenko (Basta), as well as producer and composer Viktor Drobysh, announced at a conference in the State Duma that they are withdrawing their works from RAO management. This organization, by decision of the government, collects remuneration for authors from radio stations, television channels, concert organizers, etc. In 2014, collections amounted to 4.6 billion rubles.

The Lithuanian Interior Ministry's Border Guard Service reported on April 12 that three Russian helicopters may have violated the state border from Russia (near the Vištytis outpost). According to the agency, after violating the border, the helicopters turned around and flew back to the Kaliningrad region, Delfi reports . The head of the border service Renatas Požela said that a border guard saw the helicopters from the ground.

The operation of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) in Syria has created conditions for the government troops to displace the militants. This statement was made by Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev at a meeting of the secretaries of the Security Councils of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent on Thursday, April 14, Interfax reports .

April 13, 2016, 22:44 / Business Vnukovo is counting on government guarantees to restructure its debt to the Bank of Moscow The bank itself agrees and is ready to issue new loans to the airport Alexander Vorobyov Vnukovo Airport needs state guarantees / M.

Some companies owned by businessman Mikhail Prokhorov are being searched in connection with tax evasion, Interfax reports, citing a source in law enforcement agencies. “The reason for the investigative actions that are being carried out on Thursday in Moscow in companies owned by Prokhorov was tax evasion and withdrawal of funds to offshore companies,” he said. Earlier it became known that searches were underway in the building of Mikhail Prokhorov’s Onexim group.

Ivan Zhdanov, a lawyer for Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), reported that a criminal case has been opened against him for evading military service.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia is in contact with Ukrainian authorities regarding the future of Ukrainian citizen Nadezhda Savchenko, Interfax reports. "We are in contact with the Ukrainian leadership on this issue, our partners know our position, and in such matters it is better not to get ahead of ourselves," he said. The court sentenced Savchenko to 22 years in a general regime penal colony for the murder of Russian journalists. The sentence came into force on April 5.

The Russian food embargo will remain in place as long as Western sanctions remain in place, and they are unlikely to be lifted anytime soon. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin in response to a request from dairy farmers in the Voronezh region who fear that if the sanctions are lifted, they will be "done".

Mark Zuckerberg wants to develop connections between people of the world / Albert Gea / Reuters Speaking at the F8 developer conference in San Francisco, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for openness in the internet community, criticising those who favour isolationism and restrictions on the world wide web, the Financial Times (FT) reports. He also presented his company's 10-year plan to develop means of human connection, artificial intelligence and virtual reality.