Forbes Editorial Forbes Editorial Do young people still have any chances in business? We think so: our project includes Russians under 33 who founded companies with revenues of 200 million rubles or more or capitalization of over $10 million Despite another crisis, the second half of the 2000s gave young businessmen many opportunities for growth.

Photo by Reuters What are the main results of ten years of the YUKOS case? This year several dates coincided: the twentieth anniversary of the YUKOS company, the tenth anniversary of the beginning of its famous business, and the fiftieth anniversary of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The time is right for both memories and forecasts. Who else if not YUKOS? The main question that has been heard in all media since 2003 is why this happened specifically with YUKOS and Khodorkovsky.

photo Corbis/FOTO SA General Director of the hosting provider "Rusonics" Andrey Schwarzkopf on separating the voice from the keys, compiling a dossier on clients and the dangers of choice A call center is necessary for every company that has at least a dozen clients and a product that requires at least a minimum of special knowledge to use. For technology companies, the lack of a call center means the loss of customers, and perhaps even business.

At a meeting on Wednesday, the Federation Council approved a law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by same-sex couples and single citizens of countries where such marriages are legalized, Interfax reports . The law also simplifies the procedure for adoption of children by Russian citizens. In particular, the document establishes a 10-day period for the court decision on adoption to enter into force, whereas now this period is 30 days.

A photograph with traces of retouching was published on the website of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, as a result of which it was possible to visually “enlarge” the crowd of people who came to the service of Patriarch Kirill at the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius on June 23. The photo was published in the gallery dedicated to the visit of Patriarch Kirill to the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra on June 23, 2013.

American TV presenter and producer Oprah Winfrey topped the ranking of the 100 most influential celebrities in the world according to Forbes. The author of the cult talk show was on the first line of the list for the fifth time in history after two years of leadership by representatives of the music industry - Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez. Gaga this time took second place in the ranking, and the top 3 was completed by director and producer Steven Spielberg.

photo Reuters Marc Rich, founder of Glencore, has died in Switzerland at the age of 78. Forbes publishes an article about him, published in the magazine in 2007 This is the largest non-public company on the planet: its turnover in 2006 was $116.5 billion, one and a half times more than that of Gazprom. Her business fits into one simple scheme: she buys raw materials from mining companies and sells them to processors. Details?

More than 300 prisoners of correctional colony No. 3 for former law enforcement officers in Irkutsk gathered on the parade ground on Wednesday morning and cut themselves, Interfax reports , citing the press service of the regional Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service. “At 09.30 (04.30 Moscow time) 350 convicts gathered on the parade ground of the colony.

The Federation Council, at an offsite meeting in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, created a working group to investigate the situation with American companies providing personal data about Russian users to US intelligence agencies, Interfax reports . A proposal to create an interdepartmental working group to investigate the leak was previously made by senator from the Chelyabinsk region, head of the commission on information policy of the Federation Council Ruslan Gattarov.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia intends to support Rosneft's application to purchase the gas company Itera, the head of the department, Igor Artemyev, said on Wednesday on the sidelines of the IX national business forum "Betting on Competition", held by Business Russia. “I am sure that we will support the application,” Interfax quotes the head of the FAS . According to Artemyev, it is “wonderful” that the Gazprom holding is getting competitors.

At a meeting on Wednesday, the Federation Council approved a law banning the promotion of non-traditional sexual relationships among minors, ITAR-TASS reports . The law prohibits the dissemination of information “aimed at developing non-traditional sexual attitudes among minors.” For violation of this prohibition, administrative liability is established (if the actions of the violator do not constitute a criminal offense).

The Church Court of the Moscow City Diocese on Wednesday decided to defrock Hieromonk Elijah (Paul Semin), who was previously sentenced to three years in prison for an accident with two deaths, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia approved this decision, RIA Novosti reported, citing a statement from the head Patriarchal Press Service Deacon Alexander Volkov.

The Russian entrepreneur, founder of the Potok company (formerly Mirax Group) Sergei Polonsky “may not be” in Cambodia at present, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. one of the Cambodian lawyers who represented Polonsky’s interests in court According to the lawyer, a little over a month ago, Polonsky, temporarily released from prison on bail and a written undertaking not to leave the place, with the permission of the authorities, left Sihanouk province for treatment in Phnom Penh.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that a federal law that defines marriage only as a union between a man and a woman is inconsistent with the country's constitution, reported on Wednesday. the BBC Five of the nine judges of the Supreme Court supported this decision. The court's decision emphasizes that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) denies same-sex couples equal rights to heterosexual marriages and does not allow them to enjoy the same rights and benefits as traditional couples.

Police officers, according to preliminary data, did not violate the law when evicting human rights activists of the “For Human Rights” movement from their office in Moscow, Yuri Demidov, head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for ensuring the protection of public order and coordinating interaction with executive authorities, said on Wednesday at a meeting of the Presidential Council on human rights.