POLITICS
Over half of heads of Russia’s regions have already submitted information on their income and property for 2010. Head of Russian republic of Bashkortostan Rustem Khamitov reported an income of 11 million rubles ($390,000)
(Kommersant)
A draft agreement on the strategic partnership between Russia and Serbia is ready and the document is expected to be signed this June during the visit of Serbian President Boris Tadic to Moscow
(Kommersant)
The ruling United Russia party has registered with the Justice Ministry the pro-modernization "Go Russia!" movement
(Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Kommersant)
The State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, passed in the second reading a bill that envisages bigger fines for officials who take bribes
(Kommersant)
An interview with Kremlin property manager Vladimir Kozhin on Olympic construction in Russia, new presidential aircraft and other issues
(Kommersant)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Tycoon Alexander Mamut has acquired a 3.5% stake in Russia's largest fertilizer producer Uralkali for an undisclosed sum
(Vedomosti, Kommersant)
Nomos Bank, one of Russia's top 30 banks, has placed 22% of its stock in an initial public offering (IPO) to raise $718 million and become the first Russian private bank listed in London
(Vedomosti)
An interview with former president of Bank of Moscow Andrei Borodin, a key figure in a criminal probe into a 12.76 billion ruble loan ($455 million) granted by the bank to an obscure real estate company
(Vedomosti)
ENERGY
Russian state nuclear energy agency Rosatom may review its strategy of nuclear energy development following the accident at Japan’s Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant. A number of old nuclear reactors in Russia may be closed.
(Kommersant)
WORLD
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko hit out at Western powers for "not sending condolences" to the people of Belarus following a deadly bomb attack in the capital
(Kommersant)
The Belarusian ruble could face a 20% devaluation, after the nation's central bank announced the launch of a second foreign exchange trading session on Tuesday, in which the local ruble rate will not be regulated by the authorities
(Vedomosti)
REAL ESTATE
The U.K.'s most expensive apartment has been bought for more than $220 million by Donetsk-based holding company System Capital Management (SCM), owned by Ukrainian tycoon Rinat Akhmetov
(Vedomosti)
MOSCOW
Russia's largest high-tech company Sitronics won tender to create an intellectual transportation system that would help the Russian capital get rid of traffic jams
(Vedomosti)
Moscow is Europe's biggest city, with a population that has swelled by 1.1 million people over the past eight years, but mostly due to an inflow of migrants attracted by the best wages in the country, new statistics show
(The Moscow Times)
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