State Duma Deputy Speaker Irina Yarovaya proposed introducing cybersecurity into the school curriculum for the Fundamentals of Life Safety (OBZH) course and called for severe punishment for encouraging teenagers to commit suicide online.

March 09, 2017, 18:36 / Business Shell sells $8.5 billion Canadian oil sands projects Vedomosti Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell has signed an agreement to sell projects in Canada's oil sands region worth $8.5 billion to Canadian Natural Resources Limited, the company said. Shell will receive $5.4 billion in cash and $3.1 billion in shares of Canadian Natural. “This agreement is an important step in reshaping Shell's portfolio in line with our long-term strategy.

Starting in April, the Ministry of Emergency Situations will send one humanitarian convoy per month to the unrecognized republics of eastern Ukraine. This was reported to Interfax by Vladimir Artamonov, Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations of Russia. In February, the Ministry of Emergency Situations sent two convoys with cargo to Donbass.

The International Center of the Roerichs is ready to cooperate with the Ministry of Culture and help it create a state museum of the Roerichs, but not by destroying the center, said the Vice President of the ICR Alexander Stetsenko at a press conference in Moscow. He was quoted by Interfax. He noted that the center and the state have enough paintings for such a museum, but almost all of them are in storage. Searches were conducted at the ICR on March 7 and paintings were seized.

President Vladimir Putin invited German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country's president Frank-Walter Stahlmeier to visit Russia, Interfax reports. "We are expecting the Federal Chancellor to visit, and I ask you to convey to her my best wishes," the Russian leader said at a meeting with Russian and German Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and Sigmar Gabriel.

American microchip maker Qualcomm has invested 1 billion yuan (about $144.7 million) in a joint venture with Chinese authorities in Guizhou Province, Guizhou Huaxintong Semiconductor Technology. This was reported by TASS with reference to China Daily. According to its information, Qualcomm's total capital investment in the company amounted to 2.85 billion yuan (about $412.3 million). CEO Wang Kai confirmed the investment to the newspaper, but did not say what it would be used for.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed ten generals from the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Investigative Committee of Russia and the Federal Penitentiary Service. The corresponding document was published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

AvtoVAZ sales in Russia in February increased by 5% year-on-year to 20,003 vehicles, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) said in a statement. In the first two months of 2017, sales also increased by 5% to 36,340 units, the association reports. AEB notes that a total of 106,660 units of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) were sold in the Russian Federation in February, which is 4.1% lower in annual terms than a year earlier.

March 08, 2017, 23:56 / Business Deripaska takes his holding company public En+ is preparing to sell shares for $1.5 billion Alexander Terentyev Vitaly Petlevoy Ivan Peschinsky En+'s main asset is its stake in the aluminum giant UC Rusal / Ilya Naymushin / REUTERS En+ has begun preparations for its IPO.

March 09, 2017, 10:17 / Finance / News The head of one of the Russian banks was accused of a scam worth 1.35 billion rubles undefined Vedomosti The head of one of the Russian banks is accused of a scam involving the purchase of counterfeit bills worth more than 1.35 billion rubles, reports the capital's central administration of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The name of the bank is not specified.

09 March 2017, 11:02 / Finance The MICEX index fell below 2000 points for the first time since November 2016 Vedomosti At the opening of trading on Thursday, the MICEX index fell below 2,000 points for the first time since November last year, according to data from the Moscow Exchange. By 10.05 Moscow time, the MICEX index decreased by 1.1% to 2003 points, the RTS index - by 2.2% to 1073 points.

09 March 2017, 17:28 / Economics The average salary in Russia increased by 0.6% in 2016 Vedomosti In January, the average salary in Russia in real terms increased by 3%, said Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin. “Data from January this year - while we do not have data for February - show that there are still positive trends in wages.

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron could beat far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the first round of the presidential election on April 23, a new poll has shown. According to Reuters, a Harris Interactive poll gave Macron 26% in the first round, while Le Pen had 25%. Two weeks ago, the same poll gave the National Front leader the same 25%, but Macron had 6% less. In the second round, the latest poll gives Macron 65%.

The Alrosa Supervisory Board will elect a new president of the company at a meeting on March 13. This was said in a statement. As previously reported, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a directive appointing Sberbank Vice President Sergei Ivanov as the new head of the company for a period of three years. Alrosa . is engaged in the exploration, mining, production and sale of diamonds The company mines diamonds in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Arkhangelsk region.

WTI oil prices fell below $50 per barrel for the first time since December 15, 2016, Bloomberg reported . The reason for the fall is data on the dynamics of oil reserves in the United States last week: they increased by 8.209 million barrels, while an increase of 2 million barrels was forecast. On March 9, Brent quotes continued to fall from the previous day, dropping from $53.8 to $52.3. On the Moscow Exchange, the dollar was worth more than 59 rubles after 13.15 Moscow time.