Telegram's position remains the same - the FSB's demands to hand over access to users' private correspondence are "unconstitutional, not based on law, technically and legally unenforceable", and accordingly, the demand to block the messenger in Russia is also unfounded. This was written in the Telegram channel by the head of the human rights organization Agora Pavel Chikov. Agora represents the interests of the messenger in court.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has commented on the new US sanctions. According to the Foreign Ministry, by imposing sanctions on Russian companies, the US is "hitting ordinary Americans, their own voters," destroying economic cooperation.

Before the plenary session, where Medvedev will speak, there will be three discussion platforms with the participation of relevant ministers / Andrey Gordeyev / Vedomosti The United Russia faction in the State Duma, at the initiative of the party chairman, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, will hold an extended meeting with the participation of members of the federal government on Friday at the Sberbank corporate university.

06 April 2018, 09:28 / Business The favorite in the presidential elections in Mexico intends to reconsider contracts with oil companies undefined Vedomosti The favorite in the upcoming presidential elections in Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, if elected, plans to renegotiate all ineffective government contracts with oil companies, state news agency Notimex reports . “If contracts are unfair and harmful to national interests, they will be changed.

06 April 2018, 12:23 / Business Novak expects gasoline prices to rise within inflation in 2018 undefined Vedomosti Retail prices for petroleum products in Russia in 2018 will rise approximately at the level of inflation, Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters. “As for the rise in prices for petroleum products, it occurs in accordance with the inflationary component and the tax decisions that have been made. There are no additional factors.

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06 April 2018, 14:01 / Business Novatek began gas supplies from Yamal LNG under long-term contracts undefined Vedomosti Chairman of the Board of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson announced the start of supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Yamal LNG plant under long-term contracts. Deliveries have been carried out since April 1, Interfax reports his words.

People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Mashkov has become the artistic director of the Tabakerka theater studio created by Oleg Tabakov, Interfax reports from the presentation of the new artistic director to the theater staff. "I am sure that we have an interesting life ahead of us, I have nowhere to retreat. I have seen many interesting, useful things for myself in the life of a free actor. Now I have a different responsibility," said Mashkov.

Electronics' headquarters Prosecutors searched after-sales service offices at Samsung in Suwon, Yonhap news agency reported , citing the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office. The searches come as part of a renewed investigation into allegations that the South Korean company was sabotaging workers' efforts to form an independent union. A Samsung spokesman confirmed that prosecutors had seized the documents.

This week, cellular communications in the world turned 45 years old – the first call from a cellular phone was made on April 3, 1973 in New York. During these five years, almost half a century, cellular phones have shown themselves to be very peculiar: they have practically destroyed all other portable electronics around them. The 1970s–2000s were an incredibly rich, fruitful, and happy time for gadget makers and users.

British authorities have notified Victoria Skripal, the niece of former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal, that she will not be granted a visa, the television and radio company reports, citing a source in the British government. BBC correspondent James Landale wrote this on Twitter . "It appears that the Russian authorities are trying to use Victoria as a pawn. If she is under the influence or coercion of the Kremlin, she has become another victim," the source said.

April 06, 2018, 05:29 / Business / News Uber is negotiating with Ingosstrakh and Allianz on passenger insurance undefined Vedomosti Taxi ordering service Uber is negotiating life and health insurance for passengers during the trip. about this writes Kommersant with reference to a representative of the online service. “We're really thinking about it and talking to insurance companies,” he said.

The European Commission approved the creation of a joint venture (JV) between the Russian Rosneft and the American General Electric. The companies decided to create a joint venture to develop the industrial Internet in Russia and introduce modern digital solutions at Rosneft facilities and in the country’s oil and gas industry. This is stated in a press release from the European Commission. The Commission concluded that the joint venture would have “negligible” activities in the eurozone.

Alfa Group will be able to earn up to 20 billion rubles for assets owned by DVI Group and Norman Asset / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Alfa Group controls almost all the assets of the developer DVI Group, two consultants who worked with it told Vedomosti. Vyacheslav Kaminsky's DVI Group had four Komsomol shopping centers with a total area of ​​306,000 sq. m - in Yekaterinburg, Volgograd, Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk, two Stolitsa shopping complexes (64,000 sq.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered the completion of work on delimiting the outer border of Russia's continental shelf. He made the announcement at an expanded meeting of the Russian Security Council. The issue of establishing Russia's jurisdiction over additional territory in the Arctic has been discussed at the UN since 2001, when the Russian side was asked to provide additional scientific arguments to justify its demands.