Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has taken the suggestion that his visit to Washington is somehow connected to the firing of FBI Director James Comey with humor. At a meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in the American capital, one of the journalists asked the Russian minister whether his visit was connected with Comey’s dismissal, to which Lavrov replied: “Are you kidding?” Earlier it became known that US President Donald Trump fired James Comey as FBI Director.

May 10, 2017, 21:12 / Finance The Central Bank allowed insurers not to get rid of bonds without an appropriate rating for another year Previously, the regulator feared that companies would have to transfer assets worth 237 billion rubles in a short time Ilya Usov Olga Adamchuk The Central Bank allowed insurers not to get rid of bonds without an appropriate rating for another year / M.

Member of the Public Chamber of Russia Pavel Sychev asked Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika and the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov to check the legality of selling SIM cards of the international mobile operator Simtravel through machines at airports. "The sale and activation of SIM cards of this company often occurs without the buyer providing any documents. At the same time, there is no process of concluding an agreement between the user and the operator as such," Sychev believes.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) received a request to purchase 65.43% of the shares of the RBC holding; the application was submitted on April 28, 2017, Nikolai Kartashov, head of the FAS Advertising and Unfair Competition Control Department, told Vedomosti. “The request for approval of the purchase of 65.43% of the shares was received from Sotol Project JSC,” a representative of the FAS clarified. The Sotol Project company was registered in September 2016.

May 10, 2017, 01:16 / Business Today the court will decide the fate of Lenenergo top managers Criminal cases of abuse of power are more often filed against managers of state-owned companies Dmitry Gorshenin The court will decide the fate of Lenenergo top managers / E. Egorov / Vedomosti The investigation accuses the ex-general director of PJSC Lenenergo (67.5% owned by PJSC Rosseti, 28.8% owned by KIO St.

The actions of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) towards Russia are discrimination based on nationality, says Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin. In particular, he interprets the adoption by the “political leadership” of a complete cessation of new investments in the Russian economy from July 2014, TASS reports , citing the minister’s statement.

Politics “The president manages the news, and I help deliver updates.” White House press secretary Sean Spicer has a difficult boss.

Rushing to rehearsal, the actress runs up the audience stairs. This doesn't happen in real life – but it's beautiful / kinopoisk.ru The plot is a fairy tale about a provincial Cinderella who gets into the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, where she competes with a capital girl from a rich family. Both of them are aiming to be prima ballerinas, which is recognized by both teachers and classmates.

DJ Robert Miles, one of the founders of the dream house genre and the author of one of the most popular hits of the nineties - Children, has died at the age of 47, The Telegraph reports, citing DJ Mag Italia. An Italian music producer has died in Ibiza after an illness, the BBC reports. The hit Children was released in 1995. The composition became an international sensation, topping the music charts in 12 countries.

May 10, 2017, 01:12 / Real estate Third Park will invest 500 million rubles in the reconstruction of Fort Constantine The company rented the fort until 2050 Maria Buravtseva The investor expects to attract federal funds / E.

May 10, 2017, 12:27 / Finance / Politics On May 11, the leadership of the National Bank of Ukraine will change Vedomosti First Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Yakov Smoliy will take up his duties as head of the National Bank on May 11, Ukrainian News reports citing the regulator’s press service. May 10 is the last working day of the current NBU chairman Valeria Gontareva; she announced her resignation a month before.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov forwarded to the government the question about the size of bonuses to members of the Rosneft board. “This question is not for us. And from the point of view of voting directives for state representatives, this is still a question for the government,” he said. Rosneft paid 1.5 billion rubles to board members for the first quarter. bonuses, according to the company’s report under RAS.

May 10, 2017, 10:49 / Finance / News Sberbank increased its net profit by 1.5 times in January–April undefined Vedomosti Sberbank In the first four months of 2017, of Russia increased its net profit under RAS by 1.46 times, to RUB 207.1 billion. compared to RUB 142.3 billion. for the same period in 2016, the bank said in a statement. In April 2017, Sberbank received a net profit of 52.1 billion rubles.

Quotes of AFK Sistema increased at the beginning of trading on the Moscow Exchange by 6% after a collapse last week due to the claim of Rosneft and Bashneft against the company. By 10.24 Moscow time, Sistema shares had risen in price by 6.04% to RUB 15,370. per piece At the opening of trading, the company's share price reached 17 rubles.

The vast majority of members of the board of governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) agreed at a meeting on Wednesday that the bank complied with its rules when interacting with Russia, said bank president Suma Chakrabarti (quoted by Interfax ). The issue of unfreezing investments in Russia was not discussed at the meeting of the bank’s board of governors, but the bank is not going to completely sever relations with the country, he added.