At the same time, the president's press secretary does not know of any external forces influencing the rallies that have taken place. "I am not aware of any information of this kind. I have never heard of any data that would support this version," he said. "In the case of Moscow, there was an obvious provocation: why invite people to take part in an action that was not coordinated, was illegal, and say that, on the contrary, it was coordinated and legal," Peskov added.

March 30, 2017, 13:46 / Business Yamal LNG received the first gas tanker The ship is named Christophe de Margerie - the name of the late head of Total, who died at Vnukovo airport Galina Starinskaya The port of Sabetta received the first gas tanker / Galina Starinskaya / Vedomosti The gas tanker Christophe de Margerie arrived at the port of Sabetta. President Vladimir Putin congratulated the participants on this on a direct line from Arkhangelsk.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the spring conscription for military service. The document was published on the official legal information portal. According to the decree, 142,000 people are planned to be conscripted in April–July 2017.

A federal court in Hawaii has extended the stay on Trump's immigration order, CNN reports . Judge Derrick Watson, who blocked Trump's order two weeks ago, agreed with the plaintiffs after hearing their motion. According to the court's ruling, the immigration order is suspended indefinitely. Trump will be able to renew the order only if the court overturns the order.

The head of the Khabarovsk Krai UMVD, Mikhail Chernikov, continues to perform his duties; there is no information about his appointment to the post of head of the Main Directorate for Road Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, RIA Novosti reports, citing a representative of the regional UMVD. "We are aware of the information being spread on the Internet. We have no legal documents stating that Mikhail Chernikov has been appointed to any other position.

Airbnb, an online platform for travel and short-term rental housing, is launching a new service. In 2017, Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to rent bathrooms in apartments listed on Airbnb during the hot water outage season. In addition, the company decided to change its name to AirBed & Bathroom for the duration of the lack of hot water supply. Hot water in Moscow and other Russian cities is turned off for some time in the spring.

A survey by the All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Research (VTsIOM) showed that a third of Russians want their children to work in the medical field (35%). The second most popular profession was that of a military man (13%). The top five also included jurisprudence (11%), pedagogy (10%), blue-collar professions (10%). Also attractive to Russians are the professions of engineer (9%), athlete (7%), police officer (5%), and builder (5%).

March 30, 2017, 20:56 / Business H&M Group launches new clothing brand Arket Prices for it will be higher than in the network of the main brand of the Swedish company Svetlana Yastrebova H&M launches new brand amid falling group profits / Kathy Willens / AP One of Europe's largest clothing retailers, the Swedish H&M Group, announced the launch of a new brand, Arket. The first store will open in London in early autumn, followed by Brussels, Copenhagen and Munich later.

The Tatarstan department of the Investigative Committee began to seize the property of the former chairman of the board of Tatfondbank, Robert Musin, suspected of fraud. reports this TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies in the region. “There are arrests going on there, property is being seized as part of the investigation of the case at the insistence of the Investigative Committee. The court granted the petition for arrest.

The claims of the Turkish judicial authorities, who have limited the operation of the Booking.com service in the country, relate exclusively to disputes over the travel agency’s license, according to a commentary from the service’s external press service released on Thursday. “We would like to emphasize that this injunction only addresses the issue of whether Booking.com should hold a travel agency license when providing its services in Turkey,” the statement said.

At the opening of trading on the Moscow Exchange, the dollar updated its minimum since July 2015, falling below 56.55 rubles. As of 10.22 Moscow time, the dollar rate was 56.38 rubles/$ (-0.23 rubles), the European currency rate was 60.64 rubles/euro (-0.29 rubles). By 10.38 Moscow time, the MICEX index fell by 0.06% to 2022.59 points, the RTS showed an increase of 0.51% to 1130.62. The strengthening of the ruble against the dollar and euro is due to the continuing increase in oil prices.

Any individual can conduct transactions with MTS securities, acting as an investor, and MTS employees and managers are no exception / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti MTS President Andrey Dubovskov executed a contract for difference (CFD) on 100,000 American Depositary Shares (ADS) for $1.137 million, according to a statement from the operator. The deal took place on March 29.

March 30, 2017, 00:10 / Finance A client of a bankrupt bank tries to recover damages from an auditor This is a precedent for the audit market Olga Adamchuk The injured creditor of Nota Bank wants to recover funds lost at the bank from the auditor who issued a positive report on the financial statements / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti One of the affected creditors of Nota Bank, the self-regulatory organization Energostroyproekt, is trying to recover damages from its auditor, the Finexpertiza

In Moscow, on March 31, April 2 and 8, certain streets will be temporarily closed to traffic, the Department of Regional Security and Anti-Corruption warned. Next Friday, Bolshaya Tatarskaya Street will be closed from 10:00 to 14:00 for religious events, a representative of the department told Interfax. On April 2, from 2:30 p.m.

Economy Vladimir Putin at the Arctic Forum The President spoke about the Northern Sea Route, the shelf and Otto Schmidt 03/30/2017 Vladimir Smirnov/TASS photo host agency Russian President Vladimir Putin at Talagi International Airport E. Razumny / Vedomosti The President spoke at the plenary session of the Arctic Forum E. Razumny / Vedomosti Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin E.