April 17, 2019, 14:30 / Business Abramovich Jr.'s company changed its mind about growing vegetables in the Far East The conditions turned out to be unattractive Natalya Ishchenko Abramovich Jr. has been involved in greenhouses since 2016. He already has a project in the Belgorod region / Evgeny Biyatov / RIA Novosti The Greenhouse company has abandoned the construction of a greenhouse enterprise in the Far East, its statement says.

Actor Vladimir Zelensky, the Ukrainian presidential candidate who received the most votes in the first round, recorded a video for Instagram in which he spoke about disagreements with the team of his rival, the current head of state Petro Poroshenko, over the organization of election debates at the Olimpiysky stadium in Kiev. Read on vedomosti.ru “We continue to have debates before the debates. First we discussed the date, then the NSC Olimpiysky.

The French government has published on its website a list of organizations that are officially collecting donations for the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral. Read on vedomosti.ru The report notes that four organizations are interacting with the state: the Center of National Monuments, the Notre Dame Foundation, the Heritage Foundation and the France Foundation. Tax benefits are available for those who make a donation. On the evening of April 15, a fire started in the cathedral.

The premiere of Pavel Lungin's film about the war in Afghanistan was postponed to May 10, TASS reports , citing Elena Brodskaya, vice president for marketing of Disney films in Russia and the CIS. The film's distributor in Russia is WDSSPR (a joint distribution company of Disney and Sony Pictures).

April 17, 2019, 17:59 / Business Europe began to buy less Russian gas Gazprom reported a decrease in injection into underground gas storage facilities due to warm weather Anna Chervonnaya In 2018, Gazprom set a third consecutive export record to Europe and Turkey – over 200 billion cubic meters. m /ap Europe's demand for Russian gas for injection into underground gas storage facilities (UGS) will be significantly lower than in previous years, Gazprom reported on Wednesday .

Former President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev may be offered the post of honorary chairman of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), reports , citing sources in the organization’s structures. Kommersant Read on vedomosti.ru So far there is no such position in the EAEU, so what exactly Nazarbayev’s future powers may consist of is unknown.

April 18, 2019, 01:02 / Economics Exclusively by subscription Authorities will help regions spend federal money faster The government proposes to change the rules for receiving transfers Ekaterina Mereminskaya The rules for spending money that the regions received from the Ministry of Finance will be simplified / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti The money that comes from the federal budget to the regions should be turned into new kindergartens, clinics, and roads as quickly as possible, said Prime

Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia, 69, has died in a Lima hospital, Reuters reports . Current head of state Martin Vizcarra expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased. Earlier, local newspaper El Comercio reported that early Wednesday morning, police officers arrived at Garcia's home. The former president was to be arrested for 10 days by court order. Garcia refused to talk to the police until his lawyer arrived and locked himself in his bedroom.

The national theatre awards "Golden Mask" were presented. The jury was convinced that the time has come for new formats, new generations and other big changes in the Russian theatre / Maksim Stulov / Vedomosti After last year's Golden Mask, it was said that the main prizes were won by Kirill Serebrennikov and other defendants in the Seventh Studio case, who could not attend the ceremony due to house arrest, but were supported by all the speakers.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaking in the State Duma, called an interesting and reasonable idea to include compulsory motor liability insurance risks in a comprehensive insurance policy without increasing the cost of a voluntary insurance policy. Deputy Vyacheslav Lysakov addressed the prime minister with such a proposal.

April 17, 2019, 09:14 / Finance The Central Bank took control of another bank Vokbank will be transferred for reorganization to the Alexander Chunov Fund for Consolidation of the Banking Sector Evgeniy Razumny/Vedomosti The Central Bank transferred the Nizhny Novgorod Vokbank for reorganization to the Banking Sector Consolidation Fund (FCBS), according to the regulator’s website.

April 18, 2019, 01:00 / Economics Less than half of Russians consider themselves middle class The indicator has decreased over several years from 60 to 47%, a Sberbank CIB survey showed Tatyana Lomskaya The crisis has crushed the income of the population / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti Years of crisis and falling real incomes have seriously hit the middle class.

Valery Markelov, accused of giving bribes to Interior Ministry Colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko, has withdrawn from the capital of the 1520 group of companies, according to SPARK-Interfax data. to this was the first to draw attention RBC . Markelov owned 28.33% of the group. On April 15, his share was transferred to Alexey Krapivin, who increased his stake to 56.66%. VEB .RF plans to buy out a significant stake in the 1520 group of companies, reported Vedomosti on April 15.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called the idea of ​​merging the two oldest theaters in Russia - the Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg and the Volkov Theater in Yaroslavl - undeveloped, Interfax reports. Read on vedomosti.ru According to Medvedev, the procedure for merging theaters had not been worked out “neither from a historical, nor from a humanitarian, nor from any other point of view,” so he rejected it and suspended it.

Finance / Banking Dutch ING is asking the price of Commerzbank This is already the second foreign bank that can cross the path of Deutsche Bank April 17 18:10 Mikhail Overchenko / Vedomosti Share this article with your friends! This material is available only to paid subscribers of Vedomosti.