On February 20, 11 Jewish centers in seven states in the United States received bomb threats, UPI reports . Evacuations, searches, and security checks were conducted everywhere, and an investigation was launched into the threatening calls. This is the fourth round of such threats sent to Jewish centers since the beginning of the year, the agency notes. Including Monday, a total of 69 false threats were made to 54 centers in 27 states.

Doctors found no signs of a heart attack or any traces of injections or other injuries on the skin of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who died in Kuala Lumpur on February 14. According to the Straits Times, this was stated on February 21 by the Director General of the Malaysian Ministry of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah.

Sberbank on Tuesday included in its deposit line for the population a new retail deposit with an increased rate “New Level”, which opens online. The period for placing funds on deposit is 6 months. The minimum amount is 10,000 rubles. An income is accrued on the minimum amount at a rate of 6.6% per annum, when investing an amount from 500,000 to 1 million rubles. - 6.9%, from 1 million rubles. – 7.2%. Interest is paid at the end of the term.

February 21, 2017, 11:30 / Business The Board of Directors of Quadra put up for sale 6.2% of the company's shares Vedomosti PJSC " Quadra - Power Generation" plans to sell 6.2% of the company's shares, which it received as a result of a buyout from shareholders who disagreed with the voting at the annual meeting or did not take part in it. The corresponding decision was made by the company's board of directors.

Read also: How Vladimir Putin's Homework Works Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev issued an order allocating 10.3 billion rubles to 21 Russian universities to increase their competitiveness in the world. The document, dated February 17, was published on the government website on February 21. The funds are allocated from this year's federal budget through the subprogram "Implementation of educational programs for professional education" of the state program "Education Development" for 2013-2020.

A detachment of sappers who spent two and a half months demining Aleppo has returned to Russia. This was reported to Interfax by the Defense Ministry's Information Department. The sappers were ceremoniously greeted at the Russian Armed Forces' International Mine Action Center in Nakhabino. More than 30 servicemen of the engineering troops who returned from Syria were presented with state and departmental awards.

Military cooperation between Russia and the United States remains suspended, this is legally enshrined in the National Defense Authorization Act. This was reported to Interfax on Tuesday, February 21, by Pentagon spokesperson Michelle Baldanza.

February 21, 2017, 14:10 / Finance The price of a barrel of Brent oil exceeded $57 for the first time since February 6 Vedomosti The price of futures for Brent oil for delivery in April 2017 during trading on the ICE exchange in London increased by 1.57% to $57.06 per barrel. This is evidenced by trading data. The last time the price of this grade of oil was above $57 per barrel was on February 6, 2017.

Over the past four years, the behavior of investors in the Russian market was determined mostly by negative expectations: they took into account the dynamics of oil prices (on which the ruble exchange rate depended and with which the ruble exchange rate depended closely), capital outflow, sanctions, the depth of the economic recession, declining household incomes and even Russia's participation in military conflicts.

Gazprom transferred 1.5% of shares from its Dutch subsidiary to Cyprus 21 February 10:02 Interfax {{fb}} {{vk}} {{twitter}} A package of 1.5% (355 million) shares of PJSC Gazprom was transferred from the balance sheet of the Dutch company of the Gazprom group Gazprom Gerosgaz Holdings BV to the ownership of the Cyprus Rosingaz Limited. As stated in the Gazprom statement, the cost of the purchase and sale transaction carried out on February 17 amounted to 49.3 billion rubles.

US President Donald Trump on Monday announced the selection of Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond McMaster as his new national security adviser to replace the resigned Michael Flynn. His candidacy has already been supported by both Republican and Democratic representatives, so he is likely to receive Senate approval.

The detainee is charged under the article on non-payment of wages for more than two months out of selfish interest. According to the investigation, he did not pay wages to workers from October 2014 to November 2015. The investigation is establishing the number of victims in the criminal case and the damage caused.

The Russian Armed Forces are treated in the country primarily with respect (46%), pride (39%), hope (26%) and trust (24%), VTsIOM reports. Those who see the Armed Forces in a negative light are in the minority: 4% of survey participants each said they were distrustful and disappointed. 64% of Russians would like to see their son, brother, husband or other close relative in the ranks of the Russian army, which is a historical maximum, while 25% of respondents have the opposite desire.

Business What do Russians give for the holidays? What gifts are bought most often, experts from Nielsen and Russian Standard found out 02/21/2017 Photo: Pixabay Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Russian consumers most often purchase chocolates as a gift...

February 21, 2017, 12:47 / Finance / Auto The priority of repairs in compulsory motor liability insurance in a third of problem regions will have a retroactive effect In all other respects, he will earn only under new contracts of motor vehicle citizen Emma Terchenko Tatyana Lomskaya In accordance with the amendments, a car can be repaired at a service station from the list provided by the insurer or at a self-selected service station - upon agreement with the insurer / S.