June 13, 2018, 22:09 / Business Bloomberg learned about Siemens plans to sell gas turbine production Vedomosti The German concern Siemens may sell its business producing gas turbines for power plants, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. According to sources, no final decision has been made. The company can maintain the business and develop it in the future. Siemens is considering various options, including mergers with competing companies.

Tesla announced the imminent dismissal of about 9% of its employees, that is, more than 4,000 people. Thus, Tesla Chairman and CEO Elon Musk hopes to reduce business costs and maintain the profitability of electric vehicle production. this He announced on Twitter. The businessman noted that he decided to post an internal corporate circular on the microblog, since this document had already been published in the press.

The Royal Spanish Football Federation fired Julen Lopetegui as head coach of the football team the day before the start of the FIFA World Cup. Lopetegui's dismissal was announced at a press conference on June 13 in Krasnodar by Federation President Luis Rubiales. Lopetegui was appointed head coach of Real Madrid yesterday. “We were forced to interrupt our cooperation with national team coach Julen Lopetegui. We wish him good luck.

The Ministry of Energy announced the complete restoration of power supply to Crimea. This is stated in a press release from the department. The electricity supply in the Republic of Crimea was restored at 17.22 Moscow time, “with the exception of rural settlements in the Krasnogvardeisky district,” the Ministry of Energy specified. “ The situation is under special control of the Ministry of Energy and the government commission for ensuring the safety of electricity supply,” the message says.

The UK will begin issuing special visas to founders of high-tech startups in the spring of 2019, The Guardian reports . The newspaper notes that Prime Minister Theresa May will hold a round table on June 13 with the participation of about 180 executives and representatives of technology companies and start-ups to tell them about business opportunities in the UK, including after the country leaves the European Union ( Brexit), notes The Independent.

The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) expects to earn $6.1 billion from the 2018 World Cup (held from June 14 to July 15), The New York Times reports , citing FIFA financial documents. A FIFA representative has not yet responded to Vedomosti’s request. This amount is 10% higher than the forecast previously given by FIFA, and 20% more than the amount earned from the World Cup in Brazil ($5.1 billion, according to FIFA's 2014 financial statements).

The Quadrum restaurant will house a pizza and mozzarella bar Quarantotto all summer / Four Seasons Hotel Moscow Quadrum, the flagship restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel in Moscow, will update its concept for the summer. Until mid-September, it will operate as a pizza and mozzarella bar called Quarantotto.

The owners of about 20% of such apartments are at a crossroads - either try to sell now, or rent out inexpensively while waiting for new housing. Read on vedomosti.ru Price slides When it became known about the renovation plans, some sellers of apartments in Khrushchev-era apartments increased the price, assuming that buyers would now view the purchase of such housing as a long-term investment.

Patriarch Kirill hopes that the World Cup in Russia will be successful and will have a positive impact on the mood of Russians. He stated this at the opening of a meeting of the Supreme Church Council; a video of his address was posted on the official website of the Moscow Patriarchate. According to the patriarch, the success of the tournament will largely depend on the performance of the Russian national football team.

The state seems to have figured out how to provide services without requiring citizens to present an original passport to confirm their identity. From July 1, the Unified Biometric System will be launched in Russia, where Russians will be able to submit facial images and voice copies if they wish.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, appreciated the comic song of the showman Semyon Slepakov about the Russian national football team. According to the plot of the song, the head of Chechnya becomes the coach of the Russian team, but even this does not help and the team is inferior to Saudi Arabia in the first match of the World Cup. Kadyrov leaves the post of the team coach, leaving a pistol in the locker room. Kadyrov said that he liked Slepakov’s song.

On Wednesday, the Duma will adopt a package of four bills introduced by the Supreme Court to reform procedural legislation and improve conciliation court procedures. The bills introduce elements of electronic justice, and two documents are devoted to the possibility of participation of judges and court staff in conciliation procedures. Earlier on May 23, the Duma approved in the first reading three presidential bills aimed at increasing the openness and transparency of the judicial system.

The transport and logistics holding Sovfracht, whose employees were accused by the US authorities of violating the sanctions regime in Syria, will present arguments that prove the innocence of the company and employees. Interfax reports this with reference to the company's press service. They emphasized that the actions of the company’s employees do not violate international law and decisions of international organizations of the UN system.

Yandex Found $100 Million for Shareholders / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Yandex plans to conduct a share buyback for up to $100 million. The company's board of directors made this decision, the search engine reported. The company intends to buy back its own Class A shares on the open market.

June 13, 2018, 17:09 / Business / News New Deputy Defense Minister Krivoruchko got rid of his stake in Aeroexpress undefined Vedomosti Former CEO of Aeroexpress LLC Alexey Krivoruchko, appointed Deputy Minister of Defense on Wednesday, resigned from the company's shareholders, Interfax reported. According to SPARK-Interfax, Krivoruchko’s share in the company decreased from 4.16% to zero, and the share of businessman Andrei Bokarev in direct ownership increased from 7.5 to 11.66%.