Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with members of the expert council of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and representatives of the international investment community, Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Tuesday. The meeting will take place at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF), which will take place in St. Petersburg on June 6–8.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky announced his readiness for negotiations with Russia, reports Interfax-Ukraine . “We are ready to negotiate with Russia, we are ready to implement the Minsk agreements, but first we must be able to protect ourselves and become stronger in an economic, political and military sense,” Zelensky said following a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels.

05 June 2019, 00:55 / Economics The US Federal Reserve may be forced to lower interest rates The growth of the American economy, which has been going on for 10 years, is under threat Alexey Nevelsky Despite the record duration of economic growth in the United States, it has been quite slow / Mike Segar / REUTERS In June, the current US GDP growth will turn 10 years old, and in July it should become the longest in the country's history.

Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti In April, the State Commission on Radio Frequencies (SCRF) was supposed to extend, but did not extend, the validity of 5G pilot zones in the most attractive frequency range for deploying this technology – 3.4–3.8 GHz. While the fight for this range is still ongoing – Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov asked President Vladimir Putin to give instructions to clear it – SCRF can expand the capabilities for testing 5G in another range.

The debt burden of the Antipinsky Refinery turned out to be significantly greater than Sberbank expected when building relations with the plant, told TASS. the bank’s press service “Naturally, this is a problem for us,” said Sberbank, noting that this could be one of the reasons for the current situation at the plant.

In Ukraine, they proposed confiscating property from residents of Donbass who received Russian passports. The corresponding bill was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by deputy Oleg Musiy. Read on vedomosti.ru The text of the initiative and the explanatory note to it have not yet been published. On April 24, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing residents of certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine to obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified manner.

Sound-visual effects are not so common in avant-garde music: it is believed that they have become obsolete along with naive romanticism. However, Morton Feldman, when he wrote the play “Madame Press Died Last Week at the Age of 90” in memory of his Russian teacher Vera Ivanovna Maurina-Press in 1970, ordered the flute to honestly crow 90 times in a row.

05 June 2019, 01:11 / Business Exclusively by subscription Severstal will launch an online trading platform for the selection of building materials The marketplace will allow the company to earn an additional $400,000 EBITDA per year Polina Trifonova Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti In 2019, Severstal , owned by Alexey Mordashov, plans to launch a marketplace for the selection of building materials and solutions in the field of housing construction, a company representative said.

The share of Alexey Mordashov's Severgroup in the large Russian food retailer Lenta has reached 78.73%, both companies reported. Read on vedomosti.ru Until 13:00 London time (15:00 Moscow time) on June 4, 2019, Severgroup was purchasing securities from minority shareholders of Lenta.

Oil producer Royal Dutch Shell Plc plans to pay shareholders at least $125 billion in dividends and share buybacks over the next five years. This is stated in the company's updated strategy. At the same time, over the five years ending in 2020, Shell plans to pay shareholders about $90 billion. The size of dividends will be increased after the completion of the $25 billion share repurchase program, the document notes.

Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The FSK Group of Companies (formerly FSK Leader) is launching a partnership program that involves helping third-party developers and landowners with the development of their sites, Vladimir Voronin, president of the group, told Vedomosti.

A group of unknown persons entered the territory of the Energia rocket and space corporation in Korolev, Moscow Region, and stole equipment, a source in Roscosmos told RBC . Read on vedomosti.ru RSC Energia press secretary Vladimir Ustimenko confirmed the fact of “illegal entry of unauthorized persons” into the territory of the state corporation. He noted that all materials on this incident were transferred to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Russia appealed to the Supreme Court of Switzerland the arbitration decisions on the claims of Ukrnafta, Stabil and other Ukrainian companies over Crimea, the Russian Ministry of Justice said in a statement . The Russian side filed a petition to cancel the arbitration awards on May 27. “On May 31, the court confirmed receipt of the applications,” the department’s press service clarified.

June 04, 2019, 12:03 / Business / News Sechin launched production at the West Erginskoye field undefined Vedomosti Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin and Rosneft shareholders launched production at the West Erginskoye field. The launch of production took place right at the annual meeting of shareholders. Sechin usually launches production at fields in the presence of President Vladimir Putin or reports on the launch to the head of state via telecommunication.

The narrowing of the public policy field in Russia and the deterioration of relations with the outside world have created a situation in which many important trends in foreign and domestic policy are indicated indirectly, through symbolic gestures and signals. However, the inconsistency of these signals due to the ongoing internal apparatus struggle makes it difficult to understand and predict the Kremlin’s next steps.