Politics Putin and Medvedev laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Heavy rain did not interfere with the ceremony 06/22/2017 Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow... kremlin.ru During the ceremony it began to rain heavily kremlin.ru Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko was with the president and prime minister...

For about 20 years, millions of workers from India and other South Asian countries have sought better-paying jobs in the oil-rich Gulf states. But against the backdrop of low oil prices, these states are concerned about the employment of their own citizens, so foreign workers now send less money home.

Philipp Stepin shone as James in La Sylphide / Natasha Razina / State Academic Mariinsky Theatre The main theme of the Whitsun Festival in Salzburg this year was Scottish motifs. They do not immediately come to mind when mentioning the words "baroque" or "bel canto" - the main ones, it would seem, in the creative biography of the festival's intendant Cecilia Bartoli. But, having looked closely at the poster, you understand how accurate the seemingly unexpected choice is.

The Duma Committee on Information Policy recommended that deputies adopt in the first reading a bill banning in Russia means of bypassing blocking to access prohibited sites. This is reported by Interfax. The bill was introduced into the chamber on June 8 by deputies from three factions. It is aimed at combating the use of workarounds to access sites that are found not to comply with Russian legislation.

Owner of the winning yacht Vadim Yakimenko (center) with Freccia Rossa crew members during the awards ceremony / Rolex The winner of the Giraglia Rolex Cup sailing regatta was a Russian team for the first time. The Freccia Rossa crew of 13 sailors competed on the 52-foot racing boat Transpaс (abbreviated TP52), owned by Vadim Yakimenko. This is the second success of Freccia Rossa at the Giraglia Rolex Cup: last year, the sailors won the IRC class in the sum of all four races.

June 22, 2017, 01:33 / Business Boris Titov will treat you to real champagne Champagne house Chateau d'Avize of the family of the business ombudsman releases the first batch of personalized millesime Svetlana Yastrebova Irina Skrynnik The French champagne house Chateau d'Avize of the family of business ombudsman Boris Titov released the first commercial batch of personalized millesim champagne / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The French champagne house Chateau d'Avize of the family of business

Earlier today it was reported that the court had seized the property of the former governor of Udmurtia, Aleksandr Solovyov, who is accused of accepting bribes. He was detained in April. He is accused of two counts of a crime under Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

About 1.6 million Russians are restricted in their right to travel abroad due to unpaid debts, Dmitry Aristov, director of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) of Russia, told RIA Novosti in an interview.

The U.S. Department of Defense has allocated $93.81 to purchase forest-colored uniforms for troops in Afghanistan, where forest-colored terrain accounts for barely 2% of the country's military, according to a report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) oversight committee. The funds were allocated between November 2008 and January 2017.

Volvo will make its Polestar division a separate electric car brand. It will have to compete with Tesla. It shows the expanding ambitions of Geely, Volvo's Chinese owner read on FT.com Politics Russian hackers attacked the election systems of 21 states last year in an attempt to interfere in the US presidential election, Department of Homeland Security officials told a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

The government has submitted a bill to the State Duma proposing to allow multifunctional centers (MFCs) to accept funds from applicants to pay for the provision of state and municipal services and other payments. Now payments for the provision of public services are accepted at bank branches, ATMs and payment terminals.

June 22, 2017, 14:55 / Business Putin instructed to redistribute revenues from excise taxes on fuel in favor of the regions Vedomosti President Vladimir Putin instructed Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to quickly resolve the issue of redistributing excise taxes on fuel in favor of regional budgets. According to TASS, he said this at a meeting with government members on June 22.

The number of unemployed people registered with the Moscow employment service has decreased by 32.3% over the past year. "From January to May 2016, the number of unemployed people was 45,122 people, and from September 2016 to May 2017 - 30,570 people. The decrease was 32.3%," said Andrey Beshtanko, deputy head of the Moscow Department of Labor and Social Protection.

The Duma Committee on State Construction and Legislation recommended adopting amendments to the Code of Administrative Violations to introduce fines of up to 1 million rubles. for failure to comply with the law on regulating the activities of electronic messaging services (messengers).

King Salman wanted to make this change two years ago, but the conditions for this were not ripe at that time and it would have been difficult to pass such a decision in the Oath Council / Wang Bo / Zuma / TASS Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday named his 31-year-old son Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud as the first heir to the throne.