On Thursday, the anniversary of the opening of the First Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR (May 25, 1989), the Inliberty portal launched the Seven Dates project, offering a new look at the history of Russia, where there are "not only victories over external and internal enemies, expansion of territory and overcoming turmoil, but also experience of success in defending individual rights and freedoms." The dates include the abolition of serfdom, the publication of the 1905 Manifesto on the

Binnopharm and Nacimbio signed an agreement National Immunobiological Company A subsidiary of the Rostec state corporation, the National Immunobiological Company (Natsimbio) and the pharmaceutical company Binnopharm (74% of shares owned by AFK Sistema ) will jointly develop a multicomponent vaccine with an anti-hepatitis component. The cooperation agreement was signed today, Nacimbio said in a statement. A representative of Binnopharm confirmed this information.

A five-year employment contract has been signed with the new head of the Moscow Metro, Viktor Kozlovsky, according to an order from the capital's government signed by Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. "To appoint Viktor Nikolaevich Kozlovsky as the head of the State Unitary Enterprise of the City of Moscow "Moscow Order of Lenin and the Red Banner of Labor Metro named after V. I. Lenin" with the conclusion of an employment contract for a period of five years," the document says.

The death toll from an attack by armed men on two buses carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt's Minya province has risen to 35, the inter-Arab television channel Al-Arabiya reports. Children were among the victims of the attack, and at least 26 others were injured. The attack involved about 10 people in uniforms similar to military ones. The attackers traveled in two cars and used machine guns in the attack. The believers were heading to the monastery of St.

Lenovo Loses Global PC Market Leadership for First Time in Four Years / Lenovo Yesterday, Chinese Lenovo reported on the results of the fiscal year that ended at the end of March. According to its results, the corporation's revenue amounted to $43 billion, which is 4.2% less than the result of the previous year. In Q1 2017, Lenovo, according to IDC, for the first time in four years lost its leadership in the global personal computer (PC) market to Hewlett-Packard (HP), which held second place.

Sberbank will not further reduce branches in rural areas, bank president German Gref said during the annual general meeting of Sberbank shareholders in Moscow. “We have decided not to further reduce our branch network in rural areas,” Gref said. Now the state bank is experimenting with various formats: cooperation with stores, mobile bus points. They can be combined with retail outlets: such an outlet, for example, will be able to bring food to villages, Gref explained.

May 26, 2017, 00:57 / Business The Ministry of Finance decided not to retroactively charge additional excise taxes to importers of wines with protected geography To achieve this, changes will be made to the legislation Ekaterina Burlakova At the beginning of May, the Ministry of Finance signed an order that such imported wines will no longer be able to benefit from a reduced excise tax rate / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti The Ministry of Finance considers it unfair to charge additional excise tax

Voting on including houses in the capital's housing renovation program should not be conducted until the federal law is adopted, believes Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova. “It seems that until all significant renovation issues are regulated by federal law, it is premature to suggest that citizens decide the fate of their homes and their future,” says Moskalkova’s statement, published on the ombudsman’s website.

Pressure from the state on workers in the creative sector is unacceptable, but inspection of their activities by tax authorities in general cannot be considered pressure, said presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. Read on vedomosti.ru “As for the information about the tax audit of the company of [director Alexei] Uchitel, then, of course, putting pressure on creativity is absolutely unacceptable,” Peskov told reporters, recalling that the president thinks the same.

Russia is considered an enemy of the United States by 64% of American respondents polled by Fox News. The poll was conducted by telephone and involved more than 1,000 people. The most vivid image of the enemy for Americans is North Korea, 93% of respondents are convinced of its unfriendliness, followed by Iran - 80% and Syria - 76%. Russia ranks fourth in this rating.

May 26, 2017, 19:50 / Business Bashneft will pay dividends at the end of the year undefined Vedomosti The Board of Directors of Bashneft recommended that shareholders send 3 million rubles. for dividends on preferred shares for 2016, the company said in a statement. The dividend register closes on July 12, 2017.

The Russian Foreign Ministry considers today's expulsion by Estonia of the Russian Consul General in Narva Dmitry Kazennov and an employee of this consulate general Andrei Surgaev to be a provocation. This was stated in a commentary by the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. "We regard this step by Tallinn as provocative and unfounded. Of course, it will not go unanswered.

Foreign suppliers have left the market due to sanctions, and Turkey is the main competitor / Andrey Gordeyev / Vedomosti Greenhouse Complex (TC) "Monino" plans to build a greenhouse complex in the Leningrad Region with an autonomous power unit operating from the thermal processing of solid municipal waste.

Politics The FBI is investigating ties to Russia of Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser.

Casper to Sell Its Products in 1,200 Target Department Stores Across America / Casper Mattress and bedding company Casper Sleep once stunned competitors with a bed assembly kit that it sold online with free shipping. For three years, Casper promoted its products on social media, and its sales grew. But now the company has decided it can no longer ignore brick-and-mortar stores.