Investment banks in Russia began to earn more commissions: in the first quarter they collected $63.7 million - 79% more than a year earlier, Thomson Reuters analysts calculated. The most income was brought to them by the placement of bonds and shares - $21.7 million and $21.4 million, respectively. Moreover, placements on the capital market provided commissions 18 times more than in the first quarter of 2016, when only $1.2 million was collected.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed the law "On Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine (regarding the improvement of mechanisms for ensuring the objectives of criminal proceedings) (No. 5610)." This law allows for the conviction in absentia of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his associates.

The DPRK Foreign Ministry believes that the dispatch of an American strike group to the Korean Peninsula proves the aggressive intentions of the United States, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

The collapse of the tunnel under construction on Kaluga Highway in early March occurred due to a gross violation of design documentation requirements, Valentin Pakhomov, First Deputy Chairman of the Moscow State Construction Supervision Authority, told reporters on Tuesday. "The technical commission created in connection with this accident has not yet completed its work.

Russia may provide Belarus with a loan to ensure budget balance. "Our presidents [of Russia and Belarus] met, discussed financial cooperation, discussed lending issues. We are currently working on this. An interstate loan of up to $1 billion is being worked on to support the budget and the balance of payments," Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in Moscow.

More than 70,000 people have joined the military-patriotic movement "Yunarmiya". This statement was made by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. “In ten months, regional branches of the movement have been created in all subjects of the Russian Federation, and its numbers today have reached 70,000 young men and women,” the minister said at a plenary session of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense. According to him, Yunarmiya has become a popular youth military-patriotic movement.

April 11, 2017, 18:47 / Economics Natural monopolies should not participate in the privatization of state-owned companies - Oreshkin Vedomosti The privatization of state-owned companies should take place on the most competitive terms, said Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin. “In privatization, it is important to maintain competitive conditions - in no case should you sell to a natural monopolist.

April 11, 2017, 00:31 / Auto The new car market grew year-on-year for the first time since December 2014 However, it is too early to call this a lasting trend, market players say Anastasia Ivanova The market showed strong year-on-year growth for the first time since December 2014 / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Sales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in March 2017 increased by 9.4% year-on-year to 137,894 units, according to the Association of European Businesses (AEB).

Criminal prosecution of businesses remains a means of applying corruption pressure on entrepreneurs and resolving business disputes. This is stated in the draft annual report of the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs Boris Titov (Vedomosti has read the document). The report is expected to be submitted for public comment at the end of April and presented to the president at the end of May.

April 11, 2017, 01:37 / Finance NPF Stroykompleks invested almost 1 billion rubles in Peresvet This is the first pension fund included in the guarantee system that found itself in a similar situation Anna Eremina Ilya Usov NPF Stroykompleks is far from the only fund that has invested in Peresvet / M. Stulov / Vedomosti According to SPARK, 84.6% of Stroykompleks is owned by Vash Courier LLC, 90% of the shares of which belong to him, another 10% - on the Cyprus offshore Frostel Holdings Limited.

US President Donald Trump said on his Twitter microblog that North Korea is "asking for trouble." He stressed that if China is willing to help the US and put pressure on the DPRK, "that would be great." If not, the American leader added, "the US will resolve" the nuclear issue on its own.

April 11, 2017, 14:40 / Economics Kudrin called low trust in the state the key problem of the Russian economy Vedomosti When developing economic development programs, the Russian authorities need to take steps to increase trust in state institutions, since low trust in them remains one of the key problems of the Russian economy.

The Delovoy Peterburg publication is introducing a paid subscription to a number of publications, the publication's website says. The changes will come into effect on April 11. The subscription is not being introduced for all materials, but only for the best ones, the report says. "We have been experimenting with different models of paid access to the site for five years and have finally come to the conclusion that the most delicious and useful news about St.

The CPRF leadership met with the head of the domestic policy department Andrei Yarin. The conversation was of a working nature, said Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov: "It was interesting and useful.

Lukoil's well is on fire Firefighters are putting out a fire at an oil well at the A. Alabushin field (owned by Lukoil) in the Usinsky District of Komi, the regional Emergencies Ministry press service reported. “A total of 69 people and 32 units of equipment have been called in to eliminate the consequences. A reserve has been created. There are no casualties or fatalities,” the press service noted.