Residents of a building in St. Petersburg have been evacuated due to the discovery of an object that could pose a danger, the city’s FSB department told Interfax. “On Thursday at about 5:00 a.m., FSB officers discovered an object in a residential building on Tovarishchesky Prospekt, 22/1, which, according to preliminary estimates, may have posed an explosive hazard,” the source said.

The Investigative Committee of Russia for the Rostov Region has opened a criminal case regarding the explosion in Rostov-on-Don, Interfax reports, citing a representative of the Investigative Committee for the region.

April 06, 2017, 15:12 / Politics / Business Ex-co-founder of Business Lines Bogatikov was charged with tax evasion Vedomosti The former co-founder of the Business Lines company, Alexander Bogatikov, voluntarily came to the investigator, he was charged and a preventive measure was chosen in the form of a written undertaking not to leave the place, reports the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) for St. Petersburg.

As reported by RNS, EKA and Neftmagistral are negotiating the purchase of some Lukoil gas stations. “ Lukoil is negotiating with a number of companies, including EKA and Neftmagistral,” an industry source told the agency. A source at Lukoil confirmed that negotiations with Russian investors are ongoing, but did not specify their names. According to him, the company is also waiting for proposals from foreign investors. The press service of Lukoil did not comment on this information.

06 April 2017, 15:44 / Business The tax free system will operate in 40 Russian stores at the pilot stage Vedomosti The tax free system in pilot mode, which is planned to be launched this fall, will operate in 40 stores in Russia. “First, this system will cover the largest cities - Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sochi. More than 40 retail outlets will participate in this system.

“Somewhere these are vacant lots, somewhere they are neighboring lots with already built-up neighborhoods,” said Moscow Deputy Mayor for Urban Development Policy and Construction Marat Khusnullin on the air of the radio station “Moscow Speaks.” Considering that the total area of ​​five-story buildings that could be included in the demolition program is 25 million square meters, Moscow authorities have already found sites for resettling residents from an area of ​​20 million square meters.

05 April 2017, 23:36 / Business China has become the largest buyer of American oil While Saudi Arabia was forced to reduce production as part of the oil pact Alexander Vorobyov China quadrupled its oil purchases from the US compared to January / David Alire / REUTERS “In February, the United States exported over 140,000 tons of oil per day (1 million barrels), while in 2016 it was just over 70,000 tons, which is also quite a lot,” says Alexander Sobko, an analyst at the Energy Center of the

The heads of two pawnshop networks and a representative of the League of Pawnshops association told Vedomosti about the new cash-out scheme faced by pawnshops. Clients hand over jewelry to the pawnshop, and within a few minutes return to redeem the collateral by paying with a credit card.

US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed "the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the situation in Afghanistan" during a telephone conversation, the White House press service reported . The interlocutors agreed to closely cooperate on these issues. Earlier, it became known about the White House's plans to reduce financial aid to Ukraine. The day before, this was announced by the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Bridget Brink.

"Jehovah's Witnesses" violate the law "On Combating Extremism" by promoting the idea of ​​their own exclusivity and superiority over other religions. If the organization is banned, its members may be prosecuted under the criminal article on extremism, TASS reports, citing a statement by a representative of the Russian Ministry of Justice.

The State Duma Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship today recommended that the lower house adopt in the second reading the government bill on the deadline for payment by the customer for goods under public procurement. According to the document, the customer must pay for the delivered goods or work performed within 30 days from the date of signing the acceptance document.

The farewell ceremony for Yevgeny Yevtushenko has ended in the American city of Tulsa (Oklahoma). It took place in the large assembly hall of the cultural center of the university where the poet worked in his last years. As RIA Novosti reports, citing a friend of the Yevtushenko family, writer Mikhail Morgulis, about 600 people attended the funeral ceremony. "The atmosphere was wonderful, everything was very touching, many cried...

April 06, 2017, 00:39 / Finance The Ministry of Finance is ready to make it more difficult for banks to participate in the OFZ program This will stimulate their early exit from the state support program Olga Adamchuk Other banks are not yet planning to exit and are ready to come to terms with increased requirements for mortgage lending / Evgeniy Egorov / Vedomosti Alfa Bank was the first to announce its refusal of state support in February, receiving 62.8 billion rubles: the terms of the program

Politics The crises in Syria and North Korea are testing US President Donald Trump's foreign policy and could force him to abandon some campaign promises. Read on WSJ.com Donald Trump said the gas attack in Syria changed his attitude towards Bashar al-Assad.

Several people have been detained after an explosive device was discovered in an apartment in a residential building in St. Petersburg, RIA Novosti reports, citing the head of the Nevsky District Administration, Konstantin Serov. "At the moment, the explosive device that was in the apartment has been defused, several suspects have been detained, and they did not offer resistance. There is currently no threat to residents," Serov said.