10.5% The Central Bank may reduce the key rate to this level from 11% at its next meeting on June 10, according to Deputy Minister of Economic Development Nikolai Podguzov. “The Central Bank <...> is a little behind the market, and it will catch up,” he said on air at Russia 24. The key rate has remained at 11% since the end of July 2015.

American journalists were detained in the border region of Sochi, TASS reports, citing a source in law enforcement agencies. According to him, FSB officers detained three US citizens and one Russian. According to the media, the Americans came to Sochi to film a movie. TASS was unable to obtain an official comment from the FSB. The foreigners were given a talk about the basics of Russian legislation and then released.

02 June 2016, 23:57 / Real estate The owner of the Miel Group of Companies, Grigory Kulikov, was arrested in Latvia. The issue of his extradition to Russia is being decided, where a criminal case will be opened Alexey Nikolsky Irina Skrynnik Anton Filatov The Prosecutor General's Office has a chance to achieve the extradition of Kulikov (pictured), says lawyer / M.

In the inflation targeting regime, the main instrument of influence of the central bank on the economy is interest rates. The Central Bank conducts its operations to provide and withdraw liquidity in such a way that the short-term risk-free money market rate is close to the key rate or at least within the interest rate corridor plus or minus 1% of the key rate. Banks set all other rates independently, focusing on short-term money market rates and expectations for changes in these rates.

03 June 2016, 10:08 / Business There was a fire at the Zarechnaya mine in Kuzbass, evacuation is underway Vedomosti An underground transformer substation caught fire on Friday in the Zarechnaya mine in Kuzbass in the Kemerovo region - evacuation is underway, more than 75 miners remain underground, RIA Novosti reported, citing a source in the emergency services. “The transformer substation caught fire at minus 100 m; at that time there were 103 miners in the mine.

Fifteen Russian citizens were included in the annual list of the 200 richest people on the planet according to Bloomberg . According to the agency, the highest position among Russian entrepreneurs was occupied by the owner of the Interros holding and the general director of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin. He occupies 56th place in the ranking, his fortune is estimated at $14.7 billion.

03 June 2016, 15:36 / Finance Medvedev told how to deal with cyber attacks in Russia According to the Prime Minister, losses from cyber attacks in the world amount to $500 billion Anna Eremina For quite some time now, IT technologies have become an integral part of all transactions with money / PhotoXPress Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting with bankers on information security in the financial sector.

Sovcomflot plans to place a new issue of Eurobonds in the amount of $500 million or more as part of the redemption of the Eurobond issue traded on the market, a source in the financial market familiar with the company's plans told RIA Novosti. Earlier, market sources reported that Sovcomflot is planning a road show of Eurobonds in dollars in Europe and the USA from June 2.

Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov’s media business partner Ivan Tavrin joined the board of directors of the Metalloinvest company . This was said in a statement. Sergey Soldatenkov, who had been a member of the board of directors since 2014, left the board. The board of directors of Metalloinvest currently includes: Ivan Streshinsky (chairman), Galina Aglyamova, Valery Kazikaev, Nikolai Krylov, Irina Lupicheva, Ivan Tavrin, Natalya Chumachenko, Andrey Varichev and Dmitry Tarasov.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the United States is not fulfilling its obligations under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal reached between Iran and world powers, Reuters reported, citing Iranian television. Iran and the six international mediators reached an agreement on July 14, 2015, to resolve the problem around the Iranian nuclear program.

03 June 2016, 09:51 / Finance The S&P 500 index reached its highest level in seven months Vedomosti The Standard & Poor's 500 on Thursday, June 2, rose above 2,100 points for the first time since April and reached a seven-month high. about this on Friday with reference to MarketWatch. wrote Interfax It is noted that investor sentiment was positively influenced by the rise in oil prices after the publication of data on a reduction in fuel reserves in the United States.

The Central Bank of Russia has revoked the insurance license of Antal-Strakhovanie LLC. this on Friday, June 3, on its website The Russian regulator reported . “This decision was made in connection with the failure to eliminate, within the prescribed period, violations of insurance legislation, which were the basis for the suspension by order of the Bank of Russia ... of insurance licenses,” the Central Bank said in a press release.

During the reconstruction of Tverskaya Street, traffic will be closed from midnight on June 4 to June 6. The section from Mokhovaya to the Boulevard Ring will be closed, according to a statement on the city administration website. "On Tverskaya, it is impossible to put the wires underground without partially blocking the street. There is a drainage collector in the middle of the road, and the space underground is occupied by numerous cables," the article notes.

Bundestag passes symbolic resolution condemning Armenian genocide / Reuters On Thursday, the Bundestag almost unanimously approved a resolution recognizing the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide. The resolution is symbolic and has no legal consequences. "It is not the Bundestag's job to evaluate past events.

Previous articles covered the Red Army's involvement in combat in Persia in 1920–21, Afghanistan in 1929–30, and Xinjiang (Northwest China) in 1933–44. After the defeat of Japan, Korea was divided into Soviet and American occupation sectors. After the proclamation of the DPRK in September 1948 and the completion of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from its territory, 209 military advisers remained in the country under the leadership of Lieutenant General Nikolai Vasiliev.