American senators Ted Cruz (Republican) and Jeanne Shaheen (Democrat) have prepared a bill on sanctions against European companies and ships involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. this reports Foreign Policy magazine with reference to a copy of the document . The corresponding document has not yet been published, but Bloomberg sources confirmed its existence.

May 14, 2019, 18:01 / Finance Sberbank earned 75 billion rubles in net profit in April The bank's profit was supported by the restructuring of the debt of the Croatian retailer Agrokor Anna Tretyak The bank's net interest income for four months increased by 0.6% / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti Sberbank has earned 293.4 billion rubles since the beginning of the year. net profit, of which in April - 75.2 billion rubles, follows from its reporting according to Russian standards.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed a possible meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, reports with reference to Lavrov’s statement. RIA Novosti Read on vedomosti.ru “We, of course, have heard President Trump’s statements that he expects to hold a meeting with President Putin, including as part of their participation in the G20 summit in Osaka.

May 14, 2019, 05:39 / Business / News American senators have prepared sanctions against Nord Stream 2 undefined Vedomosti American senators Ted Cruz (Republican) and Jeanne Shaheen (Democrat) have prepared a bill on sanctions against European companies and ships involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. this reports Foreign Policy magazine with reference to a copy of the document .

State Duma deputies adopted in the first reading a bill providing for imprisonment for up to 15 years for road accidents caused by drunk drivers. The decision was announced during a parliamentary meeting, which was broadcast on the State Duma website .

May 14, 2019, 08:29 / Finance / News The media learned about the accusation of the former top manager of Nota Bank for embezzlement of 25 billion rubles undefined Vedomosti The Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs filed charges of embezzlement of 25 billion rubles. to the former corporate director, member of the credit committee of Nota Bank Timur Iskhakov. about this writes Kommersant with reference to the investigation materials and its sources.

May 14, 2019, 17:29 / Business Gazprom shares showed the highest daily growth in 10 years Vedomosti Gazprom shares during trading on May 14 increased by 12.1% (to 182.73 rubles per share), which is the maximum daily price increase since November 2008, according to data on the Moscow Exchange. Share prices themselves reached their highest levels in more than seven years (since April 2012) on news of an increase in dividends for 2018.

According to a claim for 1 million rubles. On the protection of honor and dignity, which businessman Oleg Deripaska filed with the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in January, a settlement agreement was reached. Representatives of both sides spoke about this at a meeting of the Tverskoy Court in Moscow, reports . Interfax Read on vedomosti.ru The entrepreneur's representative announced that the parties had signed a joint statement of settlement agreement.

May 14, 2019, 19:41 / Finance The ruble strengthens on the Moscow Exchange Its growth was influenced by a reassessment of risks, rising oil prices and demand for Gazprom shares Anna Tretyak Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti After falling on Monday, the ruble began to strengthen. On Tuesday, May 14, at trading on the Moscow Exchange, the dollar fell by 46 kopecks. up to 64.97 rubles, euro – by 63 kopecks. up to 72.82 rub. (data as of 19.02 Moscow time).

May 14, 2019, 06:34 / Business Non-executive director of UC Rusal Valiev left his post undefined Vedomosti Non-executive director Timur Valiev left the board of directors of UC Rusal . He resigned on May 13 due to “other business commitments,” the Hong Kong Stock Exchange said in a statement on its website.

About ten years ago, business journalists regularly asked almost every private company in Russia whether they had plans to hold an IPO. Admitting that they had no such plans seemed almost indecent. The stock exchange – of course, American or British – was the cherry on the cake, recognition of success in business.

The practice of executing the Russian president's orders on a number of issues is "far from the most successful." This was stated by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a meeting on the execution of orders. According to him, the orders are not carried out on time, sometimes for "serious and objective" reasons, and sometimes - "they simply do not have time due to sloppiness" (quoted by Interfax). This should not happen, the prime minister added.

The White House has asked Congress to increase the budget of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) by $1.6 billion in the next fiscal year. US President Donald Trump on his Twitter The purpose of the request was formulated by : “We are returning to the Moon, and after that we are going to Mars.” Read on vedomosti.ru NASA's program to land on the surface of the Moon is designed until 2024, clarifies Reuters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the country's energy security doctrine. The corresponding decree was published on the official Internet portal of legal information. Read on vedomosti.ru The document lists the challenges and threats to Russia's energy security, the goals and objectives of ensuring it.

The Kremlin is monitoring the protests over the construction of a temple in Yekaterinburg, said presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. “We see media reports on this matter, we are familiar with these reports. From this point of view, of course, we are monitoring what is happening there,” he said.