The explosion that occurred at the A.F. Military Space Academy Mozhaisky in St. Petersburg, the investigation may qualify it as a terrorist attack, the Kommersant newspaper writes , citing sources. According to the newspaper's sources, the cadets discovered a suspicious package at approximately 1:30 p.m. under one of the stairs in the academy building. Academy students reported the discovery to their teachers, among whom was Colonel Rifat Zakirov.

The largest poultry meat producer in Russia, Cherkizovo, is negotiating the purchase of a Belgorod competitor, the Prioskolye company (the main owner is Gennady Bobritsky - Vedomosti), writes Reuters , citing two sources in the industry and one close to the administration of the Belgorod region . Read on vedomosti.ru “The process has already been going on for quite some time,” one of the sources said. He refused to disclose details of the negotiations.

The Central Bank proposes to prohibit microfinance organizations from issuing loans secured by housing, Central Bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina announced at a meeting of the Interregional Banking Council under the Federation Council (she was quoted by Interfax). According to Nabiullina, the ban is needed to prevent real estate fraud.

April 02, 2019, 16:34 / Auto Ford lowered car prices before closing factories in Russia undefined Vedomosti Ford Sollers is reducing car prices after deciding to stop producing passenger cars in Russia, the company's press service reports. Buy with a discount of up to RUB 585,000. Fiesta, Focus, Kuga and Explorer models are available , the company claims. We are talking about benefits – taking into account various marketing programs.

The volume of user data that fell into the hands of criminals or simply third parties has halved over the past year / Andrey Gordeyev / Vedomosti In 2018, the volume of user data that fell into the hands of attackers or simply third parties and ceased to be confidential and protected decreased almost by half. This is the conclusion reached by analysts from the information security company Infowatch following a global study of public leaks.

April 02, 2019, 16:46 / Economy / News Analysts have raised their forecast for oil prices in 2019 undefined Vedomosti Analysts at 12 investment banks surveyed by The Wall Street Journal in March raised their forecast for Brent oil prices. According to their consensus forecast, its average price this year will be just over $68 per barrel. During the previous survey in February, the forecast was $67. The forecast for North American WTI remained around $60 per barrel.

April 02, 2019, 21:00 / Business Exclusively by subscription The government will not impose domestic MS-21 aircraft on Pobeda It is enough that they will be operated by the parent company of the low-cost airline - Aeroflot Alexander Vorobyov Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti On April 2, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov held a meeting on the possibility of supplying Russian MC-21 aircraft instead of 30 Boeing 737 Max aircraft to Aeroflot’s 100% subsidiary, the Pobeda low-cost airline.

The relevant State Duma committee has prepared amendments to the bill on the “sovereign RuNet”, which, if adopted, will make it mandatory to use Russian cryptography for all traffic in the domestic segment. this reports RBC with reference to the draft amendments signed by the chairman of the information policy committee Leonid Levin.

At the Military Space Academy named after A.F. Mozhaisky in St. Petersburg, an unidentified non-shelled object exploded, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Three people were injured, they received medical assistance, their lives are not in danger, the department clarified. The explosion occurred at approximately 13:30 in one of the office premises of the academy building, the Ministry of Defense noted.

Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev arrived on a visit to North Korea. This was reported by the official media of the DPRK - the Korean Central News Agency. Read on vedomosti.ru Kolokoltsev and the officials accompanying him arrived in Pyongyang late in the evening of April 1 from Irkutsk, TASS reports , citing a representative of the Russian Embassy in the DPRK. They will stay in North Korea until April 3.

The United States has suspended the supply of equipment for American F-35 fighter-bombers to Turkey due to its plans to buy S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from Russia. This was stated by Pentagon spokesman Mike Andrews, reports .

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The total number of Russian prisoners in 2018 was 602,176 people – more than anywhere else in Europe / Petr Kovalev / TASS Russia retains its leading position in Europe in terms of the share of the prison population, according to a report published on Tuesday by experts from the University of Lausanne, prepared for the Council of Europe.

The Ukrainian Central Election Commission presented on its website the results of counting 100% of the protocols for the presidential elections. TV presenter Vladimir Zelensky scored the most, with 30.24% of the votes. The second place is occupied by the current President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko with 15.95% of the votes, and the third place is taken by the leader of Batkivshchyna, Yulia Tymoshenko, who received 13.4% of the votes.

Politics Putin will hold first talks with the new president of Kazakhstan 02.04.2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on April 3, according to the Kremlin website. Read on vedomosti.ru Negotiations will take place in Russia. This will be Tokayev's first foreign trip after taking office as President of Kazakhstan.