Two citizens of Ukraine want to buy out shares in Prominvestbank (PIB), the Ukrainian subsidiary of the Russian Vnesheconombank (VEB), the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported on Friday. One of them, Verkhovna Rada deputy Maxim Mikitas, told Vedomosti that he had submitted an application to purchase a 25% stake in PIB; the deal had yet to be approved by the Antimonopoly Committee (AMCU) and the NBU (its representative confirmed receipt of the documents).

President Vladimir Putin held a press conference after the Belt and Road Forum and answered, among other things, Vedomosti’s question about how many dividends Gazprom will pay this year. Since last year, all state-owned companies must pay 50%; this year the government has already issued an order from the Ministry of Economic Development to target 50% of profits according to IFRS for all state-owned companies (except for Rosneft, which is not formally a state-owned company).

President Vladimir Putin did not expect the video of him playing melodies on the piano before a meeting with North Korean Chairman Xi Jinping to be published, and he modestly noted that he could not say that he was “playing” at the time: “I was simply pressing two or three fingers on the keys while waiting for our Chinese friend and partner.” According to Interfax, he commented on this at a final press conference after his visit to China. "I'm sorry that the piano was very badly out of tune.

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Rosstandart announced a recall of 4,466 Lada cars (Kalina, Granta Sport). The recall affects vehicles purchased between September 3, 2015 and today. The reason for the recall is chafing of the fuel/steam pipe by the clutch cable (for vehicles equipped with a manual transmission). AvtoVAZ will inform owners of vehicles affected by the recall by telephone or by sending letters. They will be asked to visit their nearest dealership for repair work.

Rosneftegaz, which owns large blocks of shares in Rosneft, Gazprom, and Inter RAO , will not pay dividends for the entire 2016 in addition to the interim dividends paid during the year in the amount of 717 billion rubles. due to the loss incurred last year. As a source familiar with the preparation of the document told Interfax, the Federal Property Management Agency and the Ministry of Energy have already agreed on a draft corresponding directive.

Real estate Moscow added guarantees to residents of demolished houses But a number of major issues, including forced eviction, are still not resolved 05/15/2017 Bela Lyauw, Elena Vinogradova, Irina Gruzinova Protesters demanded to reject the bill on the renovation of Khrushchev buildings Photo: Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti Today, May 15, residents of five-story buildings will begin voting in Moscow on the inclusion of their houses in the renovation program.

Paris and Berlin intend to give new momentum to bilateral cooperation, from working together on European domestic issues to security policy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron. "Specifically, we talked about three big topics, which we continued to discuss over lunch, on which we want to cooperate. Firstly, these are current European topics that we want to work on together, this is...

The maternal mortality rate in Russia has decreased by half over the past five years, and infant mortality by 20% thanks to the development of a project to build perinatal centers. This statement was made by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. "As a result - and this is probably the most important thing - we have reduced the number of cases of infant and maternal mortality.

The set reproduces the interior of the famous hospital of the Wiener Staatsoper GmbH / Michael Pohn In Western theatres it is not customary to applaud the artist immediately after the curtain opens, but the audience has every right to let out an "ooh" sound.

May 15, 2017, 08:23 / Technologies / News Toyota will invest 40 million yen in the development of the Skydrive flying car undefined Vedomosti Toyota announced that it will invest 40 million yen ($375,000) over three years in the Cartivator project to develop the Skydrive flying car, UPI reports . The project was launched on a voluntary basis by 30 Toyota employees, and until now it has been funded mainly through crowdfunding.

The export duty on oil from June 1, 2017 will decrease from $84 to $80 per ton, according to the materials of the Russian Ministry of Finance. At the same time, the duty on high-viscosity oil will drop to $12.2 from $12.9, the duty on light petroleum products and oils will be $24 (currently $25.2 per ton), and on dark oils – $80 ($84). Read on vedomosti.ru The export duty on commercial gasoline will drop to $24 from $25.2, straight-run (naphtha) - to $44 from $46.2, coke - to $5.2 from $5.4.

Alexander Vinokurov, who headed the investment division of Alfa Group - A1 - left the company, reports RBC with reference to himself. This position will be taken by the former top manager of Rosbuilding, managing director of A1 since 2015, Andrey Tyasto. Tyasto, according to him, sees his tasks in increasing the number of projects and increasing the level of their capital intensity.

Crimean agricultural producers will miss over 20% of their harvest of apples, pears, cherries and cherries in 2017 due to April frosts, TASS reports. The damage is tentatively estimated at 188 million rubles, the region’s Minister of Agriculture, Andrei Ryumshin, said at a meeting of the Presidium of the Crimean Parliament. On April 26-27, unusually cold weather was observed in Crimea for this time of year - snow fell in the region, the air temperature was minus 6 degrees.

Read also: Shops are starting to reopen on Tverskaya after reconstruction and crisis The Moscow City Hall explained why the trees planted last year on Tverskaya Street are still bare. "According to experts, the trees that were planted in November - early December last year survived the winter well, but "wake up" later than those that have been growing in the city for a long time and are now green," an employee of the press service of the city's capital repairs department told Interfax.