Demolishing a five-story building that has already been disconnected from utilities in Moscow costs at least 20 million rubles. This was stated to Interfax by Vadim Prokofyev, head of the department for the formation of programs for the demolition and reconstruction of five-story and dilapidated housing stock at the Moscow Department of Construction. He cited the department's experience and warned that the 20 million rubles only include construction work on dismantling.

May 19, 2017, 18:42 / Economics The Ministry of Finance submitted to the government a proposal on a budget rule with a cut-off price of $40 undefined Vedomosti The Ministry of Finance has submitted to the government a proposal for a budget rule, the cut-off price for it is set at $40 per barrel, adjusted for inflation of world currencies, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on the sidelines of the Vladimir Economic Forum.

By the end of June, the Moscow City Hall will draw up a list of sites for the construction of new housing for residents of the demolished five-story buildings; work on the selection of sites is already underway. There are known areas that could become the first in the renovation program. When constructing new neighborhoods, the transport issue will also be taken into account, so the situation should improve as a result.

The Investigative Committee is conducting searches at the head office of the investment company O1 Properties , a law enforcement source said. A representative of the latter confirmed the fact of investigative actions and noted that they are not related to the activities of O1 Properties, but are being carried out as part of a criminal case against employees of the Dynamo sports society. “We are providing full cooperation to the investigation,” a company representative said.

Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky believes that Russian film distribution needs state protection. "We have a wild, I would say cave-like, film distribution market," Interfax quotes him as saying. "There is a virtually complete absence of a state protection system, state protectionism in the film distribution and distribution sphere. It shouldn't be like this." If the state does not support the domestic film industry, it will be swallowed up by Hollywood, the minister warned.

The head of the board of the Center for Strategic Research, Alexei Kudrin, said that he intends to present the economic strategy for Russia's development to the president at the end of May. “We will present it to the president in May, at the end of May. The corresponding meeting will now be announced in the coming days,” he said.

The new mechanism for bank rehabilitation – the Banking Sector Consolidation Fund – will most likely be managed by the director of the Central Bank’s supervisory department, Anna Orlenko / D.

WikiLeaks publishes documents about the CIA's Athena project, the organization's website says. This system is capable of connecting to computers running Microsoft Windows (from Windows XP to Windows 10) and infecting them with malware in order to transfer files from it. The malware was developed by the CIA in collaboration with Siege Technologies. In early May, WikiLeaks published information about the Archimedes software package, which it claims was created by the CIA.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov called the US-led coalition's strike on Syrian government forces unacceptable. "Any military actions that lead to an escalation of the situation in Syria certainly affect the course of the political process. Especially such actions that were committed against the Syrian armed forces... This is completely unacceptable, this is a violation of Syria's sovereignty. And, of course, it does not contribute to the political process," Gatilov said.

The driver who drove into a crowd in New York's Times Square has been charged with manslaughter, dangerous driving and attempted multiple murder, NBC News reported , citing police. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the incident did not appear to be terrorist-related. When he was arrested, the accused allegedly told police that he had been told to ram the crowd by the "voice of God" and that he expected the police to shoot him, a CNN source in law enforcement told CNN .

Leonid Levin said that a huge number of publications cast doubt on the “democratic nature of the electoral system in Russia” / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti The State Duma heard a report from the Committee on Information Policy on the inspection of the activities of American media for compliance with Russian legislation. Following the results, the deputies decided to involve the FSB in the investigation.

The renovation program in Moscow will help improve the city's transport situation, said Deputy Mayor of the capital for urban development policy and construction Marat Khusnullin. He believes that as a result of the renovation, "a large number of district roads and connections will appear, and the residential areas themselves will become more accessible," ( quoted by Interfax).

The Rambler & Co company announced the launch of a portal in the Ukrainian segment of the Internet. "The work of the rambler.ua portal is built on the same principles of quality and independence. From all the news noise, we select the main news of Ukraine for our audience in this country around the clock, with subsequent publication of them on the main page of the service," RNS quotes the company's message.

In a letter to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, proposed initiating the introduction to the State Duma of a separate federal law regulating the termination of property rights to land plots in Crimea and Sevastopol issued by Ukrainian government agencies. This was reported by Kommersant, citing the letter and a copy of the draft law.

May 19, 2017, 18:46 / Business BSH increased the production of refrigerators and washing machines in St. Petersburg by 16% The company's Russian production is 90% loaded Dmitry Gorshenin Two factories in St. Petersburg produce refrigerators and washing machines under the Bosch and Siemens brands / Ruslan Shamukov / ITAR-TASS The volume of production at the factories of BSH Russia, the Russian subsidiary of the German group Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete, in St.