Herbert Diess will become the CEO of the German automaker Volkswagen Group. This is stated in the company's press release . “The management and supervisory board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft have decided to further comprehensively develop the group’s management structure,” the statement said. Personnel changes will be made to the board to ensure the sustainable implementation of the new structure. “Matthias Müller is resigning as CEO by mutual agreement.

Saratov Airlines has eliminated all violations that Rosaviatsiya identified during an inspection after the An-148 crash in the Moscow region. This was announced by the airline's general director Igor Natykan. “After the tragedy, there was an extraordinary inspection of the Federal Air Transport Agency, a report was drawn up that listed a number of violations and inconsistencies against the company, and an order was issued to reduce the validity of the company’s certificate until April 27.

“Things are not easy for us” – this is how the post published on UC Rusal’s Facebook page on April 9 began. The company reported that it was considering various options for dealing with the current situation. The post was later deleted. However, this does not mean that UC Rusal’s affairs are getting better – quite the opposite. Due to the sanctions, the company is facing the full threat of losing at least part of its foreign markets.

The Basmanny Court has received a petition to arrest the CEO of National Telematic Systems, Alexey Nashchekin, who is accused of abuse of office, which entailed grave consequences (Part 3, Article 285 of the Criminal Code), the press secretary of the Basmanny Court told Vedomosti. Nashchekin is suspected of aiding and abetting a crime (Part 5, Article 33 of the Criminal Code).

The Russian payment system Mir was unable to reach an agreement with Google and Apple to connect its cards to their phone wallets, so it began developing its own solution for mobile devices. The general director of the company, Vladimir Komlev, spoke about this on the radio station “Moscow Speaks” . The service received the code name “World of Pay”. “We are talking about a system where you can download an image of a card into your mobile phone and pay with it contactlessly.

There is no such thing as too much positivity, especially if you are the Prime Minister on the eve of announcing a new composition. Summing up the results of six years of work of his cabinet in the State Duma, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev outdid even the recent address of the President to the Federal Assembly in optimism, reporting on the many successes of the country in general and the economy in particular.

The head of the press service of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, State Duma deputy Alexander Yushchenko, denied the media reports about the hospitalization of the leader of the party and its faction in the State Duma, Gennady Zyuganov. "This is all speculation on some Telegram channels, this is all nonsense, there is no hospitalization," Yushchenko told Interfax .

“In six years, we have covered a path that many countries have spent decades on – and in conditions when no one was pressuring them, when they were in a calm state.” Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the Russian Government "The main result of the government's work is that our country continues to lag behind the pace of development in the world. <...> We may fall behind forever." Gennady Zyuganov, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation

April 12, 2018, 19:23 / Finance Profits of Russian banks grew by only 3.8% The sector's performance is being pressured by the regulator's reorganization of banks and the decline in margins Danis Yumabaev At the end of the year, the net profit of banks, at best, will remain at the level of 2017, believes Lukashuk / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti The profit of the Russian banking sector in the first quarter of this year increased from 339 billion to 352 billion rubles, Deputy Chairman of the Central

AP The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has published a report on the results of its investigation into the incident in the UK, where former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal, his daughter Yulia and a British police officer were poisoned on March 4.

Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin testified in the Moscow City Court during the trial of former Minister Alexei Ulyukaev. Sechin gave explanations to the court for more than an hour and a half and in closed session. After the interrogation, journalists were allowed back into the courtroom, Vedomosti correspondents report.

April 12, 2018, 18:28 / Business Rostelecom is developing a transport platform for megacities Vedomosti Rostelecom is developing a mobile system Mobility as a Service (MaaS) , which will allow you to use various types of public and private transport, paying for trips through a single account using a special application, said company president Mikhail Oseevsky, TASS reports . At this stage, work is underway in the field of research and testing, he specified.

On Friday, April 13, the court will consider Roskomnadzor’s claim against Telegram, which threatens to block the service in Russia. Meanwhile, Telegram users began to prepare for this event. In the last two days, the number of installations of proxy services has sharply increased (using a proxy server allows you to replace the user’s location with another country and thereby bypass restrictions on access to sites and services), noted developers interviewed by Vedomosti.

Media company Hearst bought 20% of ratings agency Fitch Group from Fimalac, thereby increasing its stake to 100%. The deal is valued at $2.8 billion, Hearst said in a statement . The media company first showed interest in Fitch Group in 2006; by 2015, its share in the company was already 80%. The Fitch Group includes three companies - Fitch Ratings, Fitch Solutions and Fitch Learning.

Yulia Skripal's statement about refusing assistance from the Russian embassy in the UK has raised "more questions than answers" among its representatives. This is stated in a commentary by the Russian diplomatic mission. "The published document only strengthens fears that we are dealing with the forced isolation of a Russian citizen.