Kommersant - President Dmitry Medvedev at his first question - and answer session

President Dmitry Medvedev at his first question - and answer session of his presidency answered some questions frankly and in detail, but in his expected answers to other questions he offered only hints .The story in Kommersant features this news conference focusing on the most interesting answers of the president. In Kommersant interview Mironov comments his resignation. The Central Bank in his "VestnikŠ" published on Wednesday presented his new recommendations saying how to control the withdrawal of capital from Russia through the Belarussian schemes. The Investigative Committee has detained another two former prosecutors in Moscow region - Roman Nishchemenko and Oleg Bazylyab - convicting them of receiving bribes for guarding the local underground gambling business. Thus, the prosecutor criminal group already has six participants , and the investigation is continuing. The resigned Federation Council Speaker, Sergei Mironov, intends to head the State Duma faction of his party A Just Russia, and his post in Federation Council may be occupied by Sergei Shoigu, the deserved member of United Russia and one of its founders.
The Levada-Center public opinion poll of 1600 respondents in April found out only 75 people in this way or another is interested in politics. Bashkiria's head of state Rustem Khamitov is seeking the prime minister, who may be without 15-year experience. Local spin doctor Albert Miftakhov commented on the issue. As many as 120 organizations have joined the All-Russia People's Front (ONF) today . The Congress of Russian communes may be in this number. Its ideologue Dmitry Rogozin, now Russia's representative in NATO views the ONF ideas as "original" and demanding qualitative filling. President Dmitry Medvedev determined the further fate of auto technical inspection, saying it would be preserved and passed it over for control from GIBDD to the Insurers Union. The international Amnesty International human rights organization for the second time has refused to recognize MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY AND PLATON LEBEDEV as the prisoners of conscience. Kommersant has explained the reason. The Finance Ministry today will determine the volume of additional placement on foreign markets of new ruble Eurobonds. It can amount to 40 billion rubles - considering the previously placed similar securities, the program of foreign borrowings for 2011 reduced to $3 billion will be fully fulfilled. The European Central Bank, taking into consideration the situation with the state debt of Greece, already stated that the idea of default is too radical for the euro zone. Full story in Kommersant.
Rosstat on Wednesday reported that industrial production in April grew in annual measurement by 4.5 percent and by March of 2011 - by 0.3 percent. Aeroflot and Russian Technologies have adjusted the main deal parameters to pass over the state-run corporation's aviation assets, the estimation of which completed last week. Six regional airlines were estimated at 2.5 billion rubles, which allows Russian Technologies to receive in exchange 3.61 percent of shares of Aeroflot. This information today will be made public at a joint news conference heads of Russian Technologies and Aeroflot of Sergei Chemezov and Vitaly Savelyev. The charter airline Nord Wind that is in the first ten of the Russian airlines may reduce its flights from Moscow down to 70 percent. The carrier is revising its flight programs due to the claims of Rosaviatsia that has accused Nord Wind of a big number of delays. Three Moscow leading alcohol enterprises (they are named) that were considered the property of Bank of Moscow have found themselves in a personal possession of its former head ANDREI BORODIN. The Deposits Insurance Agency in the first quarter found about 29 banks pursuing aggressive policy aimed at attracting deposits of individuals. Thanks to too high rates, several players' deposits during the quarter grew by 700 percent against the background of market slowing down growth rates of deposits. A new product has emerged on the Russian market of retail crediting. XKF - bank has decided to give its borrowers the possibility during 10 days after signing the agreement to return the credit to the bank without any sanctions. The new service is offered by the bank during the period of a lowering rates of issuing credits, experts point out.
The main obstacles for merging the two large stock exchanges - MICEX and RTS - have been lifted. All members of the non-commercial partnership RTS approved the sale of the property necessary for completing the merger deal for $37 million. Kommersant says. Sberbank in 2011 hopes to receive 250 billion rubles in net profit, bank head German Gref stated in Astana on Wednesday. He added that in January- April, the bank's net profit exceeded 110 billion rubles. Leading airport Domodedovo has announced IPO in London. The number of shares to be placed may reach 30 percent that will be sold by Domodedovo's only owner Dmitry Kamenshchik, though up to now Valery Kogan was also named among its co-owners. Severstal would like to buy the Raspadskaya company that is also claimed by Mechel. Raspadskaya owners hope to sell the asset in the next three months. The auction to sell 73 percent of state-owned shares of OAO Vanino Marine Port will take place in Moscow today. The starting price of the package is 934 million. Belarus on Wednesday suspended its deliveries to Russia of dry milk and milk whey. The decision has been made by the Belarussian Agriculture Ministry after the negotiations Russian Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik. Kommersant comments on the negotiations results. DST Global II, one of the investors of which is entrepreneur Alisher Usmanov, has attracted $1 billions. The fund that was also created with the help of Goldman Sachs has already funded the deal the American Groupon service and is now in talks on a purchase of a share in the European musical Spotify service.