VTB suspended trading in controversial shares The second day of trading in VTB shares on the MICEX began with the fact that trading in securities was stopped again. This time by order of the issuer himself. The bank's management appealed to the stock exchange with a request to suspend trading in the main issue of shares. Transactions with these securities on the MICEX will not be carried out until the end of August.

The Netherlands is preparing an emergency conference at Russia's request Yesterday, the government of the Netherlands, which is the depositary, that is, the custodian of the original text of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), accepted for execution Russia's request to convene an emergency conference of the states parties to the treaty . The conference is expected to take place in mid-June.

Russia began issuing visas to certain categories of Georgians Yesterday Russia made a political gesture towards Georgia, somewhat easing the restrictions introduced in the fall of 2006 . The issuance of visas to Georgian citizens has been partially resumed.

In the first quarter of this year, the population unexpectedly more actively took money to banks: according to the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), the growth rate of deposits, which usually decreases from year to year, suddenly began to increase. This was facilitated by income growth, an increase in insurance guarantees on deposits , as well as an increase in rates on bank deposits in the first quarter.

“Mothers of Beslan” staged a pogrom to protest against the acquittal of police officers The Pravoberezhny District Court of North Ossetia yesterday granted amnesty to the former leaders of the Pravoberezhny District Department of Internal Affairs, accused of negligence that contributed to the terrible terrorist attack , which resulted in the death of 331 people in the Beslan school No. 1 captured by terrorists on September 1, 2004.

From May 31 on Moscow screens “28 Weeks Later” (UK, 2007, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo). Continuation of the magnificent British dystopian horror film “28 Days Later”. True, this time the director was not the original author Danny Boyle (who retained only the position of executive producer), but the Spaniard Fresnadillo (“Intacto”).

Chronicle of sporting events Basketball. NBA. Playoffs. Western Conference Finals . “Utah” – “San Antonio” – 79:91 (series score 1:3). “Utah” suffered a home defeat for the first time in the current playoffs. In addition, the Jazzmen had never lost to the Spurs at home in the cup stage of the overseas league, having won all nine previous matches. In the fourth meeting of the series, San Antonio basketball players went to the free throw line twice as often as the hosts.

The IPO boom caused an increase in the profits of their organizers from the Old World European banks have practically caught up with their competitors from the United States in terms of the volume of profits raised in the process of conducting IPOs of various companies. At the same time, the total amount of money raised in Europe during initial public offerings since the beginning of this year was 78% more significant than in the United States.

Relations with Finland fell under the ax of Russian forest duties Finnish woodcutters do not want to understand the Russian Lefty. They are categorically not satisfied with the protective duties imposed by Russia on the export of round timber . But the Russians insist. Therefore, the current visit of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov to Helsinki was extremely relevant both for them and for us.

Even elevator stops are explained by weather anomalies Another temperature record set yesterday in Moscow - the weather station at the All-Russian Exhibition Center recorded plus 32.1 degrees - has not yet disabled the capital's power supply system. But utility services are now inclined to attribute any disruptions in the operation of their farms to the heat. For example, widespread cases of elevator shutdowns in high-rise buildings.

The Public Chamber became interested in the “dacha amnesty” The new dacha season, it seems, will not yet please the owners of land plots who are trying to register their ownership of the three to six hundred square meters received under the Soviet Union.

Transneft's dividends were one third lower than last year's The Board of Directors of Transneft has shown traditional stinginess in relation to the owners of the company's preferred shares (as is known, they belong to private structures and constitute 25% of the authorized capital). He recommended that the shareholders' meeting approve dividends on preferred shares in the amount of only 350 million rubles. (RUB 225.42 per share), which is 24% lower than a year ago.

Rakhat Aliyev faces divorce from the presidential daughter The Kazakh authorities are determined to arrest and bring home the internationally wanted Rakhat Aliyev (pictured) . At the end of last week, a criminal case was opened against the husband of President Nazarbayev’s eldest daughter, Dariga, on charges of kidnapping, as well as economic crimes. Following this, he was removed from his post as Kazakhstan's ambassador to Austria and the OSCE.

Yuri Luzhkov approved the socio-economic priorities of the capital until 2010 On the eve of the transfer of the capital's housing stock directly into the hands of apartment owners, the Moscow authorities admitted that a significant part of the buildings in the city were hopelessly neglected. Despite the fact that Muscovites for the most part regularly pay for utilities, 2% of which should be allocated for major repairs, reconstruction work will require considerable budgetary injections.

Only on the third day of the tournament did the tennis players concentrate on the game The torrential rains, which were a real test for fans and tennis players, were replaced by cool but sunny weather for those gathered in the French capital. By current Moscow standards, where the thermometer is off the charts at 35 Celsius, in Paris it is now quite cool - only 18 degrees.