The Presidents of the Russian Federation and Tajikistan, Vladimir Putin and Emomali Rahmon, had a telephone conversation, the Kremlin's press service reported on Friday.

Crimea is part of Russia because its population voted in favor of joining in a referendum, Lithuanian presidential candidate Eduardas Vaitkus said in an interview with the ELTA news agency.

The total trading volume on the Moscow Exchange markets in April 2024 increased by 38.4% compared to April 2023, to 124.9 trillion rubles

The White House is promoting a new idea in order to "get around this problem." According to Dalip Singh, Deputy National Security Adviser to the US President

MOEX, 03.05.2024, 17:59 MSK.  US dollar and euro exchange rates 

In Lipetsk, a lawyer of the Moscow Region Law Chamber was arrested on charges of handing over a multimillion-dollar bribe to the police. 

The average maximum interest rate on ruble deposits in the ten largest banks in the country, attracting the largest volume of deposits, approached the mark of 15 percent, the Bank of Russia reported.

Moscow Exchange (MOEX). Stock index and main Russian shares. 03.05.2024, 17:59 MSK

The leaders of the NATO countries are afraid of an alleged possible Russian attack on the countries of the alliance, but the likelihood of such a scenario in the coming years is not great.

Russian singer Niletto (real name — Danil Prytkov) was seriously injured. This is reported by the Telegram channel Shot.