New rules will allow users to completely refuse to accept so-called cookies from Internet services / Pixabay Major European publishers have criticised new rules on the use of users' personal data. The rules could be adopted by the European Union and, according to the publishers, will give Internet giants more opportunities to make money from online advertising - to the detriment of the media themselves.

On Monday morning in Khakassia, due to a personnel error, the 500 kV substation “Oznachenny”, part of the FGC MES of Siberia branch, went offline. The Ministry of Energy reported this. As a result, substations at owned by UC Rusal the Sayanogorsk and Khakass aluminum smelters were de-energized. The reduction in load on factories amounted to 1,433 MW, the Ministry of Energy reported, and a failure of technological processes was recorded.

Mike Dubke, the communications director for US President Donald Trump's administration, has resigned, Dubke himself told Politico . A prominent Republican and veteran public relations strategist, Dubke submitted his resignation letter on May 18, and Trump immediately approved it, he said. But under an agreement with the administration, Dubke worked Trump's first overseas trip to ensure a proper transition.

A number of banks have already tried to achieve the goal of using paint and not using armed guards and armored vehicles / Maksim Stulov / Vedomosti Cash collectors will be able to use cash packaging devices that paint the banknotes in case of unauthorized opening, instead of specially equipped vehicles and armed guards. This is stated in the draft regulation of the Central Bank, published on Monday.

May 30, 2017, 12:07 / Finance / News Gref expects negative returns from low inflation in 2019 undefined Vedomosti The President of the Board of Sberbank, German Gref, called the rapid decline in inflation an unhealthy process for the economy. As TASS reports , he said this on the Rossiya 24 TV channel. “It’s obvious that we have already paid for this and will continue to pay more,” he said. – The benefits of low inflation will not appear immediately, but after several years.

Business ombudsman Boris Titov, who heads the Stolypin Club expert group, said that his like-minded people are against increasing the retirement age. “We, the Stolypin Club, believe that the material and financial benefits that we receive from extending and increasing the retirement age in no way compensate for the negative social effect for our society,” he said after a meeting with the president at which the issue was discussed.

The Ministry of Transport has initiated an unscheduled inspection of the St. Petersburg metro following the terrorist attack that killed 16 people. According to investigators, a suicide bomber brought a homemade bomb into the metro and detonated it in a train car. An operational headquarters has been created in the Ministry of Transport to coordinate transport departments and organizations, and Deputy Minister of Transport Nikolai Zakhryapin has been appointed to lead it.

On May 30, the new turf was laid at the Saint Petersburg stadium (former Krestovsky and former Zenit Arena), Fontanka.ru reports . Photos of the new field have already appeared on social networks. According to the publication, a meeting began at the stadium on Tuesday with the participation of Deputy Sports Minister Pavel Novikov and Vice Governor of Saint Petersburg Igor Albin. The quality of the new stadium's turf began to raise questions in May.

Sales of the S8 should gradually spread to approximately 150 countries / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti The latest Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone is a big hit with Koreans – sales of this flagship model reached 1 million units in about a month since its release. For previous Galaxy models, this period was twice as long. The debut of the S8 shows that Samsung managed to quickly recover from the recall of the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7.

The coordinator of the Krasnodar branch of Open Russia, Yana Antonova, reported that an administrative case had been opened against her for allegedly cooperating with an undesirable organization. As reported by the Open Russia portal, the case against the activist was opened under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

May 29, 2017, 23:57 / Economics Exclusively by subscription According to CIS rules, Russia needs to switch to electronic government procurement a year earlier The ratified CIS protocol gives a period until 2018 Ekaterina Mereminskaya The President also instructed that all government procurement be converted into electronic form after a meeting on April 12 / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Government procurement of the CIS countries must switch to an electronic format by January 1, 2018 - and we are

Minus 3 million people The economically active population of Russia will decrease by 1 million people by 2020, and the number of able-bodied citizens will decrease by 3 million, according to a forecast by the Ministry of Economic Development prepared for amendments to the 2017 budget.

May 30, 2017, 00:40 / Finance Exclusively by subscription Getting a loan online will become more difficult The Central Bank wants to tighten the identification of online borrowers: only those registered on the government services portal will be able to receive a loan remotely Olga Adamchuk The document assumes that banks will be able to identify borrowers without the latter having to visit branches / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti The Central Bank proposes to identify online borrowers using the

May 30, 2017, 01:32 / Business America's main transport Most of the cargo in the USA is transported by road, this is a huge and demonopolized market Gennady Anisimov American truckers do not skimp on the finishing of their road trains. In the photo: customized Kenworth W900 / Kenworth Hundreds of companies are developing sleeping cabins.

May 30, 2017, 14:26 / Business VIM-avia reported on resolving the problem with massive flight delays Vedomosti The flight schedule of VIM-Avia is beginning to stabilize, the carrier itself said. In the last days of May, there were massive flight delays, and the transport prosecutor's office became interested in the situation. “The first of three aircraft, delayed beyond schedule for scheduled maintenance, has returned to the airline’s service, quotes ” Interfax the company’s message.