05 May 2017, 10:40 / Business Magomedov proposed creating a national container operator based on Summa and TransContainer Vedomosti Co-owner of the Summa group Ziyavudin Magomedov asked President Vladimir Putin to support the project of creating a national container operator based on the assets of the group with a controlling stake in TransContainer (now it owns 25.07%, another 50% plus 2 shares from JSC Russian Railways ).

May 05, 2017, 08:44 / Finance / News Brent is trading at $47.38 per barrel undefined Vedomosti By 8.38 Moscow time on Friday, July futures for Brent were trading on the London ICE Futures exchange at $47.38 per barrel, June futures for WTI in New York - at $44.22 per barrel. According to TASS, by 6.24 Moscow time Brent quotes were $46.63 per barrel.

Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely, which owns Swedish Volvo , unexpectedly buys 30% of Danish Saxo Bank. A 27.5% stake is being sold by the co-founder and former CEO of the bank read on FT.com Politics French prosecutors have launched an investigation into Emmanuel Macron's complaint about publications alleging that he allegedly has an offshore company in the Caribbean.

Rosneft prepares for auction of Erginskoye field The auction for the Erginskoye field will take place on July 12, the corresponding order was approved by Rosnedra, said Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Sergei Donskoy. The starting payment will be 7.4 billion rubles, he said. Rosneft has already begun preparing to participate in the auction, a source in Rosnedra reported to Interfax Alrosa's Vice President Leaves Alrosa Vice President Rinat Gizatulin has resigned, the company announced.

May 05, 2017, 15:34 / Business / News Rosaviation retained a warning on charters only for Antalya - Interfax undefined Vedomosti Russian aviation authorities have canceled a warning about a possible restriction of charters to all Turkish resorts except Antalya. to Interfax This was reported by a source in one of the charter airlines with reference to the confirmation received.

Russia may apply to host the 2028 Summer Olympics, a possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin has not ruled out. He answered questions in writing from British journalist David Miller. “We are not going to make any specific statements yet. In 2014, our country successfully held the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. However, I do not rule out that Russia will apply for the right to host another Olympics,” the Associated Press reports the words of the Russian leader .

An outbreak of a new unknown disease that leads to death has been recorded in Liberia. The symptoms of the disease are similar to Ebola fever, Rospotrebnadzor reports . “From April 23 to May 4, 2017, 28 cases of illness of unknown etiology were registered among adult residents of one of the regions of the Republic of Liberia bordering Sierra Leone, 12 of which were fatal,” the report says. Symptoms of the disease include fever, vomiting and diarrhea.

Russia leans toward extending OPEC agreement on oil production cuts / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti "The $50/bbl level did not hold, many investors automatically triggered the stop-loss mechanism, and this led to a total sell-off of oil," says a trader at a major bank.

The agreement on the establishment of de-escalation zones in Syria, approved following the results of the inter-Syrian talks in Astana, has met with the support of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Reuters reports , citing a statement from the world organization. "It is vital that this agreement truly improves the lives of Syrians," the statement cites the words of the Secretary-General's representative Stephane Dujarric.

Former Chelyabinsk Region Governor Mikhail Yurevich has been placed on the international wanted list. Investigators are asking to arrest Yurevich in absentia, who is accused of corruption, his lawyer Igor Trunov said. The defense intends to appeal the decision to place him on the wanted list.

Actress Sveva Alviti was chosen for the role of the star from 250 candidates / Studio / Produzent Dalida, one of the most famous European singers of the 20th century, gathered around herself some kind of creepy suicide club. Her lover Luigi Tenco shot himself after a failure at the San Remo festival, her ex-husband Lucien Morisse also shot himself in the head, her close friend Mike Brant jumped out of a window, her ex-lover Richard Chanfray locked himself in the garage and started the engine.

Currency Dollar 57.57 The fall in Brent crude oil prices below $49 per barrel affected the ruble exchange rate. The official dollar to ruble exchange rate rose by 60 kopecks over the week to 57.57 rubles/$. Dollar savings rose in price by about 1%. Euro 62.73 The euro exchange rate set by the Central Bank increased by 56 kopecks. On Friday, 1 euro is worth 62.73 rubles. The value of assets denominated in euros increased by 0.9%.

May 05, 2017, 14:40 / Business / News Aeroflot supported the position of the Federal Air Transport Agency in the dispute with pilots over the revocation of flight certificates undefined Vedomosti Aeroflot airline supports the decision of the Federal Air Transport Agency to cancel pilot licenses obtained using forged documents or falsified data, the told ’s press service the Moscow agency.

Most often, promobots are used at exhibitions – to attract the attention of visitors / Personal Archive While still at university, the entrepreneurs learned about the benefits that residents of the Skolkovo Foundation receive. But Promobot managed to become a Skolkovo resident only on the third attempt: the fund's experts were initially not satisfied with small sales, then with the lack of international experience of the developers.

Chinese state-owned company ChemChina has achieved “more than sufficient” shareholder support to purchase Swiss pesticide and seed producer Syngenta for $43 billion, Reuters quoted a joint statement from the companies. More than 80% of voting shareholders were in favor, the Financial Times clarifies. Syngenta shares rose 0.4% on Friday. The deal, if it goes through, would be China's largest foreign takeover in history.