Cyprus closes the accounts of Russians, Abramovich in Israel, robots in journalism

Cyprus begins the fight against Russian accounts. Why did this happen and what to do now - read in the mailing room The Bell

Following the Baltic states , another jurisdiction popular with us begins to get rid of Russian money - Cyprus. After a visit to the country of representatives of the US Treasury, local regulators tighten control over Russian accounts, and commercial banks offer Russians either to close accounts or transfer them to a local bank, the largest shareholder of which is VTB.

• The problems of Russians with accounts in Cyprus banks began after a visit to the country in early May of the OFAC delegation, the sanctions unit of the US Department of Finance, said Fun & Profit telegram channel, which is conducted by financial journalist Elena Tofanyuk.
• The Communist Party of the US Ministry of Finance in ultimatum demanded to get rid of the accounts of Russians in Cyprus banks, the source of Fun & Profit said and confirms the source of The Bell, familiar with one of the participants in the meeting. According to him, it was not only about Russian citizens, but also about the Russians who received a Cyprus passport.
• Immediately after negotiations with the Americans, the local financial regulator Cysec warned the country's company about the need to carefully monitor compliance with American sanctions, and the associations of lawyers and auditors sent letters about special caution with Russian money, the local publication Cyprus Mail wrote . It recalls that 9.27% ​​of the shares of the largest Bank of Cyprus in the country belongs to Viktor Vekselberg who fell under US sanctions.
• Now Cyprus banks offer Customer Customers the following choice: either close the account or transfer funds to the RCB bank, which is the Majorian shareholder of which is VTB, writes Fun & Profit and confirms the source of The Bell. In case of refusal, the score is closed forcibly. Formally, VTB belongs to less than 50% RCB, but the interlocutor The Bell is afraid of new sanctions against the Cyprus daughter of the Russian State Bank.

What am I to me?

An example of Latvia, in which the emissaries of the US Treasury also visited, shows: difficulties with accounts in Cyprus for Russians are not a temporary phenomenon. If the bank puts you before the closing of the account, it is worth returning the funds in Russia, and then transfer them to another jurisdiction, not forgetting to participate in the amnesty of capital in Russia, says Paragon Advisors, Alexander Zakharov. The general director of the Personal Capital group Vladimir Savenok advises to find a more calm jurisdiction - for example, Liechtenstein: the contents of the account there will cost more than in Cyprus, but for the investor this is a more calm option.

MONEY

Abramovich became the richest citizen of Israel

Roman Abramovich today submitted documents for Israeli citizenship and has already received a temporary identity card, almost all the largest Israeli media reported today, noting that the Russian businessman immediately became the richest citizen of Israel. In the evening, information about the receipt of citizenship was confirmed by the Minister of Internal Affairs of the country. The representative of the billionaire refused to comment. For the first time, the information that Abramovich was going to receive an Israeli passport appeared last week - after The Bell found out that the businessman did not extend the investor visa to the UK.

Magomedovs were arrested along with accounts

The life of the group “Sum”, the owner of which Ziyavudin Magomedov today extended the arrest until August 5, is becoming increasingly difficult. Today it became known that not only Magomedov was arrested, but also the accounts of the company “Sum” that appeared in the criminal case. However, the largest assets related to the group - first of all, the Novorossiysk Sea Commercial Port - did not touch the arrest.

Signals

Roskomnadzor against Apple

We have already ceased to notice this, but Roskomnadzor continues to fight Telegram - despite the fact that the audience of the messenger after the start of blocking, instead of degrading , sets records . Now the Russian authorities have taken up the App Store-Roskomnadzor demanded that Apple exclude the messenger from his Appendix store and stop sending out the notifications with which Telegram sends new settings to circumvent users.

There is no information about the answer yet, but heavy artillery connected to the problem in the person of the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin - confusing brands and toponyms, he demanded to “close Instagram”, with the help of which the “terrorist attack in Leningrad” was performed. We already understood: reports of new measures against Telegram are becoming the same information background elements as news about Bastrykin's resignation.

PRACTICE

We will finally be replaced

When in February last year the whole world was stirred up the news of the murder of the half -brother Kim Jong -un, the Japanese became eyewitnesses of the new stage in the development of the media. In Japan, not large information agencies, but a small media startup of the entrepreneur Katsukhiro Yoneshige (Katsuhiro Yoneshige), were the first to cover the news of the resonant attempt. Having released the material half an hour earlier than other publications, his company JS Press Corp. I earned a positive reputation in the market of Japanese media. The secret of the operational work of the startup is to use social networks and artificial intelligence in the preparation of news notes. The essence of the actual “journalistic” work in the company of Yoneshig is that a special algorithm helps to find a message about an emergency in social networks, which then turns into full -fledged news. The success history of the Japanese startup tells Bloomberg.

View in exchange for coffee

The Papa John's and Cofix coffee shop network will begin to test the purchase payment using a person recognition system. The buyer who wants to pay for coffee or pizza will just have to look at the camera at the checkout. Only in order to use this service, it will be necessary to take several preliminary steps - install the SWIP application, tie a plastic card to it and upload your photo there. If the system decides that the buyer’s profile coincides with his photograph, the money will automatically write off the account. At the testing stage, the system will work in one establishment of each network. If this helps to accelerate customer service, Papa John's and Cofix will connect it in other institutions.

Peter Mironenko