Secretary of National Security and Defense of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov today denied media reports that the latest successes of North Korea's missile program are connected with the delivery of rocket engines from Ukraine's Yuzhmash. "This information has no basis and is provocative in its content," he emphasized. "Ukraine has not supplied rocket engines or any rocket technology to North Korea.

14 August 2017, 19:39 / Finance Moscow authorities approved a rally of Ugra depositors in Hyde Park Vedomosti The Moscow City Hall approved a meeting of depositors of the bankrupt Ugra Bank. The protest will take place on August 23 in Hyde Park in Sokolniki, but the number of participants has been reduced to 500 people, said Vladimir Chernikov, head of the capital’s regional security department. Investors applied three times to hold a rally in the city center.

On Monday, the Supreme Court of Bashkiria approved the decision of the Leninsky District Court, which in early June declared illegal the long-term incentive program for Bashneft management, adopted in December 2015. A court representative told Vedomosti about this. The claim was rejected without consideration, he clarified, since the Supreme Court of Bashkortostan was approached by a person whose interests were not affected during the case.

About 20 people have died in Sierra Leone after a landslide and floods hit the capital Freetown, Reuters reported, citing a Red Cross representative. A landslide occurred early Monday morning in the city of Regent, near Freetown. Dozens of houses were flooded. According to media reports, several hundred people may be under the rubble. The cause of the emergency was heavy rainfall. Later, the country's authorities officially confirmed that more than 200 people had died.

Vladimir Todorov was appointed editor-in-chief of the news site Lenta.ru instead of Alexander Belonovsky. The publication's website has already updated the output information . Read on vedomosti.ru Vedomosti was told by two sources in the Internet holding Rambler & Co that Vladimir Todorov will become the new editor-in-chief of Lenta.ru from August 14. Belonovsky has led the online publication since the beginning of 2016.

The show "The Voice", according to TNS Russia, has been one of the most popular on Russian television for several years now, TASS reports . In 2016, the most popular program on Russian television was the show "The Voice. Children", Interfax reported, citing TNS data.

Operating and closed landfills in the Moscow region will be inspected from the air, the website of the Moscow Region Ministry of Ecology reports. At the request of the Ministry of Ecology of the Moscow Region, aerial photography will be conducted, as well as space photography of all waste disposal sites in the region. The work will be carried out by Geoinform+ LLC. It is necessary to photograph 40 waste disposal sites that are operating and closed in different years.

The bodies of 312 people have been found in the capital of Sierra Leone, Fratiauna. The day before, a landslide hit the city, and heavy rains caused flooding in the region, AFP reports, citing data from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

August 14, 2017, 11:14 am / Finance Khotyn: a Saudi prince can enter the capital of Ugra undefined Vedomosti Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal expressed his readiness to explore participation in the capital of Ugra Bank if the work of the credit institution is restored. to RIA Novosti This was reported by the press service of Yugra co-owner Alexei Khotin. They recalled that the prince is the largest shareholder of Citigroup (more than 6% of shares).

Investigative authorities opened 13 cases against the former chairman of the board of Tatfondbank, Robert Musin, on grounds of abuse of power. “They are related to the theft of funds from PJSC Tatfondbank through the withdrawal of collateral under a number of loan agreements in the amount of more than 18 billion rubles,” the department said in a statement.

Aeroflot Gazprom was forced to include a backup scheme for providing fuel from its own reserves as a result of difficulties with the supply of fuel to Neft , writes Kommersant, citing interlocutors in the industry. The supplier accounts for about 40% of the airline's fuel supply.

There are few free frequencies left in the range where JSC Glonass will operate / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti The State Commission on Radio Frequencies (SCRF) may transfer a frequency band in the 800 MHz range to the joint-stock company GLONASS without a tender or auction, employees of two operators told Vedomosti, and a person close to SCRF confirmed.

August 14, 2017, 20:45 / Business Media: gasoline shortage continues in Crimea Vedomosti In large cities of Crimea, there remains a shortage of gasoline, journalist Vladislav Osipov reported on the Dozhd TV channel . He explained that his colleagues from Simferopol say that there are shortages of A-95 gasoline in the city. “I am now in Sevastopol. There is no 95-grade gasoline here and 92-grade gasoline is already starting to disappear somewhere.

Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim may completely withdraw from the capital of UC Rusal in September-October by selling its remaining 6.7%, writes Kommersant , citing an informed source. According to him, the deal is planned before the November rebalancing of the MSCI index, the package will be sold to the market, and there are preliminary agreements that about 3% of the shares can be purchased by one of the banks.

The United States does not have a fourth consulate general on Russian territory, since Washington itself has not opened one, although Russia proposed it many years ago, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. She called the possible talk that “parity has been violated for many years” and “it is time to equalize it” an absolute bluff.