The US Senate has confirmed the nomination of former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Mike Pompeo for the post of Secretary of State, Reuters reports. Pompeo will become the 70th US Secretary of State. 52 out of 100 senators voted for him. The voting is not over yet. Currently, Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan is serving as acting Secretary of State. The previous Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, was dismissed in March 2018.

The Volkswagen Group, together with its partners in China, will invest 15 billion euros in the development of vehicles running on new (alternative) energy sources (NEV) and driverless transport technologies by 2020. The automaker plans to introduce 15 qualitatively new car models to the Chinese market by 2020, and 40 models of vehicles running on new energy sources by 2025, Xinhua reports, citing Volkswagen Group China .

The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in the US elections, Associated Press reports . The document suggests that only the Justice Minister has the right to fire the special prosecutor if there are serious grounds for doing so. The document also gives the special prosecutor the right to request a legal justification for his dismissal within 10 days of the decision being made.

The Moscow Regional Duma adopted amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO) of the Moscow Region at a meeting on April 26. Now, Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports will begin issuing fines for violating the rules of conduct. Fines will also be issued to illegal taxi drivers, persons without a fixed abode, and those unauthorized on the territory of airports, TASS reports.

After years of escalating tensions, North Korean leader unexpectedly agreed to talks with South Korea and the US / Lee Jin-man / AP A meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is scheduled for Friday, April 27, in the demilitarized zone. The latter is also preparing for a meeting with US President Donald Trump and last week announced the end of all nuclear and missile tests.

Naumova came to X5 in 2013. It was under her that Pyaterochka updated its positioning, appearance and assortment / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti X5 Retail Group, without giving a reason, announced that Olga Naumova was leaving her post as CEO of the Pyaterochka chain of convenience stores, the main division of Russia's largest retail company in terms of revenue. A representative of X5 declined to comment. It was not possible to contact Naumova.

April 26, 2018, 14:49 / Finance Moscow Exchange shareholders approved the new composition of the supervisory board undefined Vedomosti Shareholders of the Moscow Exchange at the annual general meeting elected a new composition of the supervisory board. It included 12 people.

Varvara Grankova In March, an employee of the Yekaterinburg division called the Moscow Region office of compressor equipment manufacturer Dalgakiran-M. The man decided to quit after 2 years and 10 months of work as a specialist in sales of industrial refrigeration equipment. He stated that during his entire service, the head office did not add 15% Ural bonuses to his monthly salary. The employee demanded 275,000 rubles, otherwise he would go to court.

The Supreme Court of Russia postponed the consideration of the case on the recovery of 1.25 billion rubles from the Russian division of HSBC bank to May 7. tax debt of William Browder's former company - Far Steppe LLC, Interfax reports. In court, representatives of HSBC and the bankruptcy trustee of Far Steppe announced the parties’ readiness to enter into a settlement agreement. Details of the agreement are not disclosed.

April 26, 2018, 04:18 / Finance The Central Bank announced the reorganization of the Asia-Pacific Bank The bank, which has long been experiencing problems with capital and shareholders, will be transferred to the Banking Sector Consolidation Fund Daria Borisyak The Asia-Pacific Bank will be transferred to the Banking Sector Consolidation Fund / Sergey Porter / Vedomosti On the night of April 26, the Central Bank announced the reorganization of the Asian-Pacific Bank ( ATB ), it will be

Since 2014, the company "Khartia" has been collecting and removing garbage in two districts of Moscow / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The regional operator for handling municipal solid waste in part of the Tula region was LLC "Khartia", co-owned by Igor Chaika, the son of Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika. This is stated in the protocol on the results of the competition. The company had no competitors - only one application was submitted to participate in the bidding.

The British Parliament is set to vote next week on a bill that would provide for public disclosure of the names of beneficiaries of offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands, The Times reports . The adoption of the bill will make it possible to identify the owners of hidden assets in the British Overseas Territories from among the Russians, the newspaper writes. The bill was initiated by Labour's representative in the House of Commons, Margaret Hodge.

The blocking of Telegram has had too serious consequences; it complicates the further digitalization of the Russian economy, Alexei Kudrin, Chairman of the Center for Strategic Research, said in an interview with Interfax. According to Kudrin, Roskomnadzor's decision to block Telegram was not well thought out. " It was impossible to create a situation that would have such consequences for users, especially for those who are not associated with Telegram.

The U.S. Air Force conducted its first test of the year on April 25, the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, AirForceTimes reported. The missile was not equipped with a warhead. The launch was successful – the rocket did not deviate from the designated flight path, its instruments functioned properly, data was received from the sensors, and the warhead hit the designated point. The test was designed to test the system's readiness, effectiveness and accuracy.

The US Department of Defense is asking the US Congress to urgently pass an act on exceptions to anti-Russian sanctions for the purpose of selling American weapons to countries that purchase Russian weapons. This was stated by US Defense Secretary James Mattis, speaking to congressmen.