The Ministry of Finance has prepared amendments to the law on the federal budget for 2018 and for the planning period of 2019 and 2020. The agency proposes to reduce expenses under the “Social Policy” section by 52.93 billion rubles, including reducing spending on pensions by 51.5 billion rubles. The document was published on the federal portal of regulatory legal acts. At the same time, the Pension Fund of Russia (PFR) will allocate 99 billion rubles to pay pensions this year.

In its current version, the wording proposed by the president will not be able to correct the system’s operation, says lawyer Maria Sernovets / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The audio recording of a court hearing should become the same evidence as the protocol of investigative and judicial actions, insists the Federal Chamber of Advocates in its response to the draft amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, submitted to the State Duma by the President in March of this year.

International trader Glencore and UC Rusal asked the London Metal Exchange (LME) to temporarily lift the restriction on transactions with aluminum of the Russian company, Reuters reports , citing sources. The agency's interlocutors did not provide any other details. From April 17, the London Metal Exchange stopped accepting aluminum produced and supplied by UC Rusal into its warehouses .

In the context of US sanctions, any forecast for the development of UC Rusal should be considered unreliable and may become irrelevant, the company says in its quarterly report . The current situation on the market largely depends on the US Treasury sanctions announced against the company on April 6, states UC Rusal . The Russian aluminum producer continues to take the position that the impact of US sanctions "could be materially adverse to the business" of the company.

Presidential Assistant Vladislav Surkov, who is responsible for the Ukrainian direction and cooperation with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, may leave his post as a result of reshuffles in the presidential administration. this reports RBC with reference to two sources close to the Kremlin. The information was confirmed to the publication by three more sources close to the department for socio-economic cooperation with the CIS countries, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

AFK Sistema can sell up to 50% in the company developing the ZIL-Yug project to third-party investors, it follows from the investment proposal of the holding, which Vedomosti has reviewed. It says that we are talking about Razvitie LLC, which was created by AFK Sistema and the LSR group specifically for the development of the plant’s territory. This company was the only participant in the competition for the purchase of 100% shares in ZIL-Yug LLC in December 2015.

Lukoil and the Basra Oil Company (Iraq) have signed a development plan for the West Qurna 2 field, providing for oil production of 800,000 barrels per day, the Russian company reported. The document assumes reaching a level of 480,000 barrels per day in 2020 and 800,000 barrels per day in 2025. Initially, peak production at the West Qurna 2 field assumed a production level of 1.8 million barrels per day, then it was reduced to 1.2 million barrels per day.

The Russian Consulate General in Hong Kong was evacuated due to a World War II bomb found near the diplomatic mission office. This is stated in a message on Facebook from the consulate. The bomb was discovered in the Wan Chai area during construction work. Nearby buildings were then evacuated as a precaution.

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11 May 2018, 18:11 / Economics The US scared European companies away from Iran But the Chinese and Russians can continue to cooperate with him, experts say Sam Fleming Sean Donnan Michael Peel Fear of falling under US sanctions will keep European companies from working in Iran, even if EU leaders achieve exceptions for them / Vahid Salemi / AP European leaders are preparing to ask the United States to exempt their countries from sanctions against Iran, but multinational companies have no desire

Before Victory Day on May 9, Russian special services detained a group of terrorists who were preparing an attack on the Immortal Regiment protests in the Russian capital. about this , TASS reports. spoke Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Oleg Syromolotov According to Syromolotov, several groups were detained - a total of 20 people who were traveling from Siberia and Novy Urengoy.

May 11, 2018, 16:56 / Personal account Banks took a pause in reducing ruble deposit rates How long will the May calm last Lyudmila Koval Emma Terchenko The seasonal factor is also playing a certain role / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti The massive reduction in ruble deposit rates by large retail banks has stopped. At least since the beginning of May, none of the banks included in the top 35 in terms of household deposit portfolios has reduced the yield on basic deposits.

United Russia discussed with party chairman and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev the nomination of former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to the post of chairman of the Accounts Chamber, said the head of the faction in the State Duma, Sergei Neverov. Interfax reports this. According to Neverov, the issue has been “agreed upon.” This allows members of United Russia to propose to the State Duma the candidacy of Kudrin for the post of chairman of the Accounts Chamber.

Russian singer Yulia Samoilova did not make it to the finals of the Eurovision music competition, which will be held in Lisbon this year. Based on the results of the second semi-final, which was broadcast live by Channel One, representatives from Serbia, Moldova, Hungary, Ukraine, Sweden, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Slovenia and Holland reached the finals of the competition. The final of the competition is scheduled for May 12.

Boston Dynamics has trained its humanoid robot Atlas to run. The company published a video on its YouTube channel where the robot runs down the street and also jumps over a log. Previously, the company trained Atlas to climb small steps and do somersaults from them. A video demonstrating the robot’s capabilities was also published on the Boston Dynamics YouTube channel under the title “What’s new, Atlas?” Other robot skills include the ability to balance on one leg and do backflips.