Russian singer Anna Netrebko will take part in several opera performances of the 2016/17 season at Milan's La Scala. This was stated in an interview with RIA Novosti by La Scala General Director Alexander Pereira. "I rate Netrebko very highly, I consider her a great singer who can compare with Callas and Tebaldi. She has performed in La Scala performances many times, and her further participation is planned," Pereira said.

September 14, 2016, 23:45 / Business Co-owner of Centrobuva Sergei Lomakin put on the wanted list Because of the case of fraud with credit funds, Natalya Ishchenko Shareholders did not divide Centrobuv / Maxim Novikov / Vedomosti The co-owner of the large Russian retailer Centrobuv, Sergei Lomakin, has been put on the federal wanted list, Interfax reported, citing a source in law enforcement agencies and was confirmed by Lomakin’s representative, his acquaintance, as well as Vedomosti’s source

The European Union's Court of Justice on Thursday ruled that sanctions against former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, his eldest son Oleksandr and former head of the Ukrainian presidential administration Andriy Klyuyev from March 2014 to March 2015 were illegal. At the same time, it confirmed the restrictive measures that were in effect from March 2015 to March 2016. This is stated in the text of the court decision, to which RIA Novosti refers.

The Russian military department organized an online broadcast of the situation in Aleppo to ensure transparency of the ceasefire regime in Syria.

The lawsuit filed by Ukraine in the arbitration court regarding Russia’s violation of the Convention on the Law of the Sea is Kyiv’s claim to Crimea, the Russian Foreign Ministry points out. “Russia, as a participant in the said convention, conscientiously fulfills its obligations under this international treaty, and this also concerns the maritime spaces around the Crimean Peninsula,” said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, at a briefing in Moscow.

A candidate or political party does not have the right to additionally submit to the election commission information about the foreign property of the candidate, his spouse and minor children, if they were not submitted earlier within the timeframes established by law for notification of the nomination of a candidate or party list. Even if we are talking about the failure to provide "zero information" - that is, the absence of foreign property.

Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Citi and Credit Suisse sent investors an offer to buy out Telenor convertible bonds in the amount of $1 billion. Vedomosti has reviewed a copy of the document. It follows that securities with a face value of $200,000 will go on sale on September 16, their maturity date is September 20, 2019. The bond coupon will be 0.375-0.875%. How many shares investors can receive for each bond will depend on the price of the ADS.

September 15, 2016, 18:20 / Economics Ulyukaev predicts an increase in industrial production in Russia by 0.3–0.5% in 2016 Vedomosti The Ministry of Economic Development expects the growth of industrial production in Russia at the level of 0.3-0.5% at the end of 2016. This statement was made by the head of the department, Alexey Ulyukaev, Interfax reports. “We will reach approximately 0.3-0.5%, equally possible. There won’t be a single increase (growth of 1%. - Ed.),” he said.

Privatization of the state stake in Rosneft (19.5%) may take place this year. This was stated by the Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexey Ulyukaev. “We are on time,” he told reporters, answering the question whether it is possible to carry out the deal this year. Previously, the minister claimed that the probability of Rosneft privatization by the end of the year is over 50%, but there are still risks in terms of timing - the deal may not be completed before the end of the year.

Samsung has started supplying Gazprom with its smartphones running a secure operating system, Samsung Electronics President Sang Jin Park told TASS. The company knows that "the Russian government has also highly praised our phone for its secure technologies," he said, adding that the interest is due to the high level of protection of the Tizen OS. He expressed hope that Russian authorities will also be interested in Samsung smartphones.

The US Federal Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the American bank Wells Fargo, writes the Wall Street Journal. The investigation was initiated by the prosecutors' offices of the states of New York and California. Based on the results of the investigation, a criminal case may be initiated. According to the publication, prosecutors have already sent a request to Wells Fargo for access to the bank's documents.

September 15, 2016, 10:31 pm / Politics The head of the Federal Property Management Agency of North Ossetia was detained on suspicion of theft undefined Vedomosti The head of the territorial department of the Federal Property Management Agency of North Ossetia, Alan Tsabiev, is suspected of embezzling 61 million rubles. when selling the land of the Razryad plant, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in law enforcement agencies.

Vladimir Markin, who has been the face of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) since its founding in 2007, will leave the post of official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia, an employee of the prosecutor's office and an employee of another law enforcement agency told Vedomosti. According to Interfax, Markin's new place of work will be the RusHydro company , where he will oversee relations with the public and government agencies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev got acquainted with the construction progress of the Kerch Bridge and talked with workers, TASS reports. Putin arrived at the eighth bridge construction site. Previously, he had already come and inspected the bridge from the Taman side. Putin and Medvedev asked workers about working conditions and possible supply disruptions. In turn, they assured the president that they were working without failures.

The Syktyvkar City Court today arrested in absentia the former CEO of VimpelCom, Mikhail Slobodin, the RIA Novosti agency reported. Before that, Slobodin was put on the federal wanted list in a case involving bribes to the former leadership of the Komi Republic. Slobodin resigned on September 5 after the Russian Investigative Committee named him as a suspect in a criminal case. The case concerns the company T Plus , formerly KES Holding, which Slobodin headed from 2002 to 2010.