US President Donald Trump signed the US budget bill for the 2018 fiscal year, Reuters reports. The president noted that he did so reluctantly because there were many things in the document that he was unhappy with. "Because it is important to our national security, I signed this budget bill," Trump explained. He warned that he would not sign future budgets if they contained so many provisions he did not agree with.

March 23, 2018, 17:03 / Business Lotte chairman convicted of bribery re-elected to board of directors undefined Vedomosti Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong Bin was re-elected to the boards of directors of two key divisions of the holding - Lotte Shopping Co. and Lotte Confectionery Co., reports the Financial Times . Shin Dong Bin is currently in prison; in February he was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for giving a bribe.

People's Deputy of Ukraine Nadezhda Savchenko, previously detained on suspicion of preparing a coup d'etat and terrorist attacks, has declared a hunger strike. On Friday, March 23, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kiev is to choose a measure of restraint for her, writes "Ukrainska Pravda" . "It's not scary for me anymore, I've been through this," she said in court. In December 2014, while in a Moscow pretrial detention center, Savchenko had already declared a hunger strike.

Former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton will become US President Donald Trump's new national security adviser on April 9. Trump himself announced this on his Twitter. "I am very grateful for the service of [current adviser] General [Herbert] McMaster, who has done an outstanding job and will always be a friend," he wrote . Bolton will be Trump's third national security adviser. In mid-March, CNN sources reported McMaster's upcoming resignation.

The market value of Riviera could be $350-450 million, according to Colliers International partner Stanislav Bibik / Dmitry Novozhilov / Vedomosti The Federal Antimonopoly Service has approved the application of KLS Eurasia Venture Fund to acquire the rights to Riviera LLC, the FAS reported. Riviera owns a shopping center of the same name on the former territory of the ZiL plant on Avtozavodskaya Street. Its total area is 298,000 sq. m, of which 100,000 sq. m is leased.

The Swiss Attorney General's Office has opened a criminal case against the state defense corporation RUAG on suspicion of illegal arms supplies to Russia, Tribune de Geneve reports . The press secretary of the Swiss Attorney General's Office, André Marty, confirmed this information to RIA Novosti.

The commissioning of new ships of the main combat classes according to the state armaments program until 2020 (GPV-2020, adopted in 2011), as well as repairs, failed. The journal of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies “Arms Export” comes to such conclusions by comparing the stated plans and their actual implementation. There is no reason to expect a significant improvement in the situation over the remaining two years, states the author of the article, Maxim Shepovalenko.

March 23, 2018, 07:41 pm / Business / Lifestyle Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo are among the top 100 airports in the world Vedomosti Singapore Changi International Airport has topped the World Airport Awards ranking , compiled by British marketing company Skytrax based on passenger feedback, for the sixth year in a row. South Korean Incheon took second place. It swapped places with Tokyo's Haneda Airport, which was in third place this year.

March 23, 2018, 18:44 / Updated March 26, 2018, 03:43 / Technologies Roskomnadzor seeks to block Amazon IP addresses This is the only way to completely shut down the Zello Internet radio, which was blocked last year Pavel Kantyshev Roskomnadzor seeks to block Amazon IP addresses / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti Roskomnadzor issued recommendations to telecom operators to block the Zello voice messenger.

The wave of reduction in ruble deposit rates has reached the largest banks in terms of the volume of funds attracted from the population. This week, five of the top 10 banks, according to the terms of deposits of which the Central Bank calculates the weighted average maximum rate, reduced the yield on ruble deposits for individuals.

March 23, 2018, 16:57 / Business Alekperov spoke about the contents of his will The heirs will not be able to divide his stake in Lukoil Galina Starinskaya Alina Didkovskaya Alekperov has a succession plan / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti The main shareholder and president of Lukoil, Vagit Alekperov, said at an investor day in London that he is worried about the future of the company and has already taken care of the fate of his stake. A Vedomosti correspondent reports this.

In the south of France, in the city of Trebes near Carcassonne, an unknown person armed with a firearm took hostages in a Super U supermarket. This was reported by local and international agencies, including AFP. The official Twitter account of the Aude prefecture says that the scene has been cordoned off and a police operation is underway. The authorities are calling on citizens not to spread rumors and unverified information.

People with a developed ego, obsessed with powerful taste preferences, can give joy not only to themselves, but also to others People with a developed ego, obsessed with powerful taste preferences, can give joy not only to themselves, but also to others. Behind the Leiden Collection, part of which will soon be open for viewing at Moscow's Pushkin Museum, stands an amazing married couple of collectors.

The private oil producing company Lukoil on Friday briefly overtook Gazprom in terms of capitalization, becoming the third Russian company by this indicator during trading. On the Moscow Exchange, Lukoil shares grew by 0.2%, the company’s capitalization reached 3.2939 trillion rubles. The capitalization of Gazprom (-0.1%) on Friday amounted to 3.2901 trillion rubles, Rosneft (-1%) - 3.319 trillion rubles, Sberbank (taking into account both types of shares) - 5.866 trillion rubles.

March 23, 2018, 16:13 / Business / News FAS uncovered a conspiracy of food suppliers for the Ministry of Internal Affairs undefined Vedomosti The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) has uncovered a cartel of food suppliers for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). This is stated in the service message . “The collusion of Khleb LLC and Etalon LLC led to the maintenance of the contract price at the auction...