The crew of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane that crashed at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport made several mistakes during landing, according to a document from the Federal Air Transport Agency, the text of which is cited by RIA Novosti. Read on vedomosti.ru In particular, the pilots, contrary to instructions, did not release the flaps while the plane was descending.

Life style The architect of the Louvre's glass pyramid dies 17.05.2019 American architect of Chinese origin Bei Yuming (sometimes his name is translated as Yeo Ming Pei - Vedomosti's note) has died at the age of 102, the BBC reports . Read on vedomosti.ru The news is being updated...

The Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) is faced with a large-scale scheme for the withdrawal of assets from Yugra Bank, according to the report of the director of the expert and analytical department of the DIA, Yulia Medvedeva. “We encountered a rare but large-scale scheme in which a business was largely acquired using money raised from unrelated banks and pledged there as collateral for debt,” the report said.

Russia will retaliate against new US sanctions imposed against five Russians and the Terek special rapid reaction unit, the said Russian Embassy in the US in a statement posted on Facebook . Read on vedomosti.ru The US actions are an attempt to impose unilateral coercive measures that are contrary to international law and cannot be considered as a civilized way of communication between countries, the embassy believes.

May 17, 2019, 16:29 / Business / News Rosaviatsia spoke about violation of instructions by pilots during landing of the SSJ100 undefined Vedomosti The Federal Air Transport Agency spoke about the violation of instructions by the pilots during the landing of the SSJ100, which burned down at Sheremetyevo airport on May 5, reports RIA Novosti with reference to the relevant document.

May 18, 2019, 11:11 / Personal account Exclusively by subscription How to take advantage of the right to a mortgage holiday Suspending loan payments will not be as easy as it seems Emma Terchenko Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The mortgage holiday law comes into force on August 1. It allows the borrower to contact the bank at any time with a request to suspend or reduce payments for up to six months, including for previously issued loans.

US President Donald Trump has unveiled a new immigration reform plan that includes the abolition of the green card lottery, the announcement was published on the White House website. The US government holds an annual lottery to encourage migration from countries whose immigrants are underrepresented in the US. Participation in the lottery is free, winners are selected randomly and receive permanent residence with the opportunity to work.

The Moscow City Duma elections look like an opportunity to expand the geography of discontent at the expense of Moscow One can imagine two hypothetical scenarios of growing discontent with the Kremlin's policies in the country. One is the notorious "Novocherkassk-2009", roughly described by Yevgeny Gontmakher.

President Vladimir Putin's proposal to conduct a survey on the construction of a church in Yekaterinburg that has sparked protests was not interference in the affairs of local authorities, the head of state's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. "The President did not interfere. The President was asked by journalists, and the President spoke about his [vision]. The President met with regional journalists yesterday [May 16], and they asked him a question.

17 May 2019, 13:55 / Business Forbes compared the spending of Russian companies on bonuses for top managers undefined Vedomosti Norilsk Nickel spent 6.8 billion rubles. at the end of last year, to pay bonuses to the company's top managers, becoming the leader among Russian companies in terms of the amount of remuneration paid to management personnel, Forbes writes .

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) will buy supercomputer maker Cray for $1.3 billion. Cray investors will receive $35 per share in cash, according to a statement on the company's website. That's 17% above its last closing price. The parties plan to close the deal in 2020. Today, HPE's main competitor in the high-performance computing segment is IBM.

The largest Russian retailer X5 Retail Group told how its main format – Pyaterochka convenience stores – will look in an updated form. Read on vedomosti.ru The last major update was in 2013, which largely helped Pyaterochka restore business growth, recalled Sergei Goncharov, general director of the convenience store chain. But the life of the concept is about 5 years, the buyer gets tired of the old, he explained, so the retailer began to update the design and value proposition to customers.

SpaceX has postponed the launch of the Falcon 9 heavy rocket with 60 Internet satellites for the Starlink project for the second time, according to the company's website. Read on vedomosti.ru SpaceX said that they plan to update the satellite software and recheck everything. The next rocket launch attempt will take place in a week. SpaceX initially planned to launch on Thursday morning Moscow time. It was postponed to the morning of May 17 due to strong winds.

The net profit of the Moscow Exchange in the first quarter fell to 3.096 billion rubles, according to its reporting according to international standards. This is almost 30% less than a year earlier, but more than analysts’ forecast: they, according to a consensus forecast carried out by Interfax, expected 2.9 billion rubles. based on the results of the quarter. Read on vedomosti.ru In the first quarter, the exchange had to reserve 2.36 billion rubles.

May 17, 2019, 18:17 / Business Uralkali changed its dividend policy undefined Vedomosti Fertilizer producer Uralkali has made changes to its dividend policy, making it possible to pay shareholders from retained net profit. Interfax reports this with reference to the company. On May 17, the Board of Directors approved the new edition of the dividend policy.