40% of entrepreneurs believe that in Russia it is impossible to “run a successful business honestly, in accordance with the law,” a joint survey by PwC and the analytical center NAFI ( .pdf ) showed. 58% said that running an honest business is possible. Two thirds of respondents (60%) believe that in the 1990s, business in Russia could not be conducted honestly either. Another 34% of respondents think otherwise.

The media also learned that he was holding children in Konura Wilbert Bijzitter / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Investigators on a farm in Ruinerwell, where the family of Herrit-Yana Van D. October 30, 2019 lived The State Prosecutor's Office of the Netherlands charged with sexual violence to the 67-year-old father of six children, who since 2010 lived in isolation on a farm in Ruinerwold in the province of Drenta. Herrit-Yang Van D. is accused of violence against two of his three older children.

The head of the Federal Tax Service for the Arkhangelsk Region and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Sergei Rodionov, was detained as part of a case of taking a bribe. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the UK. FSB officers detained Rodionov when he received a bribe in the amount of eight million rubles, writes , citing a source. Interfax On November 29, the head of the regional tax office may be charged, writes 29.ru, citing a source.

The architectural concept for the reconstruction of the Solovei cinema center on Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow, developed in 2017, is outdated, the Moscow Committee for Architecture stated. "This territory requires a more modern and detailed approach," a representative of the department told RIA Novosti. The Moscow Committee for Architecture told RBC that they intend to resume negotiations with the developer to revise the project concept.

US President Donald Trump arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit, according to the Associated Press and AFP . Trump came to the country to meet with the US military in honor of Thanksgiving Day, which is celebrated on November 28. The Washington Post writes that this is Trump's first visit to Afghanistan. This is Trump's second visit to a country in which hostilities are taking place. In December 2018, also on an unannounced visit, he visited Iraq.

The Dresden police announced a reward of 500 thousand euros for help in investigating the robbery of exhibits from the treasury of the Saxon kings "Green Vault". The reward is promised for information that will help solve a crime, catch criminals or find stolen goods. If the necessary information comes from several people, then the reward will be divided.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a law imposing personal liability on officials for corruption crimes of their subordinates. This was reported on the President's website. According to the law, the heads of state bodies must resign within 10 days after the court verdict against their subordinates came into force or the criminal case was closed on non-rehabilitating grounds, Tengrinews.kz wrote earlier .

The British newspaper The Guardian publishes the obituary of famous musicians written by the English critic Alan Blue. It was he who said goodbye to Montserrat Kabalier (died in 2018), Anna Reynolds (died in 2014) and Giuseppe Di Stefano (died in 2008). But Blit himself died back in 2007. At the same time, his texts still go to The Guardian. By the way, there you can read the obit obit one there. The critic and author of the book “Farmat. Conversation with composers »Alexei Munipov.

Update. Baza and Interfax write that Vladimir Finko committed suicide. In Krasnodar, the former head of the internal affairs department of the village of Kushchevskaya, Vladimir Finko, was found dead, Kommersant reports. According to a TASS source, there are traces of violent death on Finko's body.

St. Petersburg director Marat Gatsalov will head the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre on December 1, the theatre’s website reports. Gatsalov will become the chief director, this is a new position, it was established after the dismissal of Teodor Currentzis - he was the artistic director of the theater. After Currentzis's departure, the theater switched to a new management model.

A fragment of the book about the Museum of Political Repression "Perm-36". It was created by enthusiasts, and officials turned into a museum of the Gulag workers Mikhail Galustov / The New York Times / Scanpix / Leta former camp for political prisoners Perm-36. July 2011 On November 28, the Astster publishing house is published by the book of Perm journalist Andrei Nikitin on Perm-36-the Public Museum of the History of Political Repression.

The US authorities have decided to cut their contributions to the NATO budget from 22% to 16%. this was the first to report CNN , citing sources. NATO member countries have supported the new cost-sharing formula, AFP reports citing a NATO spokesman. Previously, the US provided 22.1% of the direct defense alliance budget, which was $2.5 billion in 2019. At the same time, Germany contributed 14.8% of the budget.

The Magistrate's Court of Precinct No. 263 in Khimki, Moscow Region, sentenced Golos activist Roman Udot to 320 hours of community service. It is reported by IA "Law". Udot was found guilty of threatening to kill because of the words spoken to the employee of the NTV channel Alexandra Miroshnichenko. Udot claimed that NTV journalists had been following him for several years.

In Russia, high -quality drugs for patients with cystic fibrosis end. One of the reasons is import substitution BSIP SA / ALAMY / VIDA PRESS Picture of a patient with cystic fiber In Russia, several thousand people are sick with cystic fibrosis. Doctors talk about the insufficient quality of treatment for them Cycassocidosis is a genetic disease in which thick mucus accumulates in different organs, which, in particular, prevents breathing and causes a predisposition to infections.

Jony Ive, who was Apple's chief designer, no longer works for the corporation. Information about Quince, writes The Verge, was removed from the page about the leadership on the Apple website. The fact that Ive leaves Apple was announced at the end of June, but the exact date of the resignation of the chief designer was not called. Jony Ive has been with Apple since 1992. Under his leadership, the design of the iPod, iPhone and Macbook was developed, among other things.