April 20, 2017, 09:55 / Business / News Leonid Mikhelson again tops the Russian Forbes rating undefined Vedomosti Read also: Income rating of deputies – 2016 Co-owner of Russia's largest private gas production company Novatek , Leonid Mikhelson, for the second year in a row, topped the ranking of the 200 richest businessmen in the country according to Forbes. According to the magazine, his fortune was $18.4 billion.

The main task of the September elections is to elect as many deputies as needed to overcome the municipal filter in the mayoral elections, explains Gudkov / M. Stulov / Vedomosti This weekend, Moscow will host a Congress of Municipal Candidates, organized by former State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov, who has announced his desire to run for Moscow mayor in 2018. According to him, more than 1,000 people registered on the website, and about 200 had to be eliminated.

See also: "People will fight for their homes" State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin believes that given the positive experience of renovating Moscow housing, this practice can be used in other federal subjects. "If the issue starts being resolved in Moscow, perhaps it can be extended to the regions," Volodin said at a State Duma meeting on Thursday as part of the first reading of a bill on demolishing Khrushchev-era buildings in the capital and relocating their residents to modern housing.

When people talk about “stability” as one of the achievements of recent decades, I often think of the leader of communist Albania, Enver Hoxha, who ruled the country from 1945 to 1985. At first, Albania under his rule differed little from other Eastern European neighbors – the construction of a “people’s democracy” was in full swing, Soviet specialists helped to create industry, and peasants were herded into collective farms.

The bill on deprivation of citizenship for terrorism is being amended in violation of the regulations / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The bill on deprivation of citizenship, introduced on Tuesday by all factions, was decided to be amended in defiance of the Duma regulations.

April 20, 2017, 00:51 / Business RDIF and Middle Eastern funds invest in cancer centers The cost of both projects is over 3.85 billion rubles Irina Skrynnik Bela Lyauv Oncology centers near Moscow will be built under a concession agreement with the participation of RDIF / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti Wealthy people buy cancer insurance Finance / Personal Finance The project lender is Gazprombank , which provided 2.6 billion rubles. under the project financing program.

A counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime has been introduced in two districts of Dagestan, TASS reports, citing a representative of the NAC operational headquarters in the republic. “The regime was introduced at 21:00 Moscow time in certain areas of the Buinaksk and Karabudakhkent districts of Dagestan,” he clarified.

April 20, 2017, 12:19 / Economics An offshore zone may be created in Crimea Vedomosti The Crimean authorities are discussing a project to create an offshore zone on the territory of the republic, RBC reported , citing a source. The information was confirmed by the head of the republic Sergei Aksenov. “Such a project is being discussed,” he said in an interview with RBC . “This idea is currently under discussion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met late in the evening of April 19 with Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin. This was announced by Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov. According to him, the meeting was closed. “There really was a meeting. It took place very late yesterday. It is closed,” Peskov said. Earlier it was reported that the Chechen authorities and the management of the Rosneft company resolved misunderstandings and agreed on further cooperation.

General Motors said Venezuelan authorities illegally “seized” the General Motors Venezolana plant in the industrial hub of Valencia on April 18. According to Reuters, the company intends to protect its ownership rights by all legal means. From GM's statement it follows that the plant was unexpectedly taken under control by government agencies. This made normal operation of the enterprise impossible. In addition, assets such as vehicles were seized from the company's facilities, GM said.

April 20, 2017, 01:12 / Finance Exclusively by subscription Foreigners bought a record number of OFZs in March Russian investors prefer to buy currency Emma Terchenko While foreign investors are using rate arbitrage and investing record amounts of money in OFZs, Russians prefer to buy foreign currency / E. Razumny / Vedomosti Foreigners invested a record 159 billion rubles in March. into Russian government bonds, the Central Bank reported.

Twitter may localize personal data of Russians in the middle of next year / E. Razumny / Vedomosti By mid-2018, the American microblogging service Twitter plans to localize the personal data of its Russian users in Russia, according to a statement from Roskomnadzor.

Media concern Axel Springer reported that it has bought a stake in Uber Technologies. As reported by Market Watch, a representative of Axel Springer clarified that the “minimal” stake was purchased and that the investment is not strategic, but purely financial. A representative of Uber said that Springer bought shares in the ride-hailing service recently. Neither party named the time or amount of the deal.

Partners in Nord Stream 2 are completing negotiations on choosing a new model for financing the project, told Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Alexander Medvedev TASS. He did not specify which model could be chosen. To plan, construct and operate the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the Swiss Nord Stream 2 AG was created, which is now wholly owned by Gazprom. It was assumed that Gazprom's foreign partners would buy out shares in the enterprise.

The president's successor is determined only by the Russian people in democratic elections - and no one else, President Vladimir Putin said. As TASS reports , at a meeting of the Russian organizing committee “Victory” he responded to the words of the chairman of the All-Russian public organization of disabled people of the war in Afghanistan and military trauma “Disabled people of war” Andrei Chepurny.