The Republics of Komi and Tyva, the Altai and Perm regions, as well as the Kurgan region, joined the pilot project to reduce poverty and increase real incomes of Russians.  It is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Labor.

OPEC ministers during the meeting in Vienna agreed to extend the restrictions on oil production by nine months.  Non-OPEC countries must ratify the agreement on Wednesday.

The regional offices of the St. Petersburg state institution "Center for the Organization of Social Services" began work in all areas of the city. 

Large Russian banks have purchased ATMs that are able to identify a person by face, and plan to install them by the end of this year.

Ford Sollers will continue to strengthen its position in the segment of light commercial vehicles, releasing Ford Transit and a line of special and social versions at its base at its own factory in Alabuga (Elabuga, Tatarstan). 

Kaspersky Lab has connected its VPN service to the registry of information prohibited in the Russian Federation to filter the access of its users to the resources it contains, the press service of Roskomnadzor told Interfax.

On Monday, July 1, microcredit rules developed by the Central Bank came into force.  Now the daily interest rate is limited to 1%.

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation proposes to make changes to the procedure for conducting preventive medical examinations of students in order to early detect the illegal consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

An international group of scientists, which included experts from the GI Institute of Computational Mathematics.  Marchuk, RAS, found out how the infection takes on a chronic form in the animal's body. 

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