In 2018, 3% of the most wealthy population Russia accounted for 89% of all financial assets, 92% of all urgent deposits and 89% of all cash savings in the country, Kommersant reports with reference to analysts of the Higher School of Economics and the Institute of Research and Expertise of Vneshephon Bank. The results of a study based on data from consumer finances of the population and banking statistics were presented at the XX April Economic Conference of the Higher School of Economics.

Dmitry Butrin Money in the bank photo Moscow Moscow/Flickr.com In 2018, 3% of the most wealthy population Russia accounted for 89% of all financial assets, 92% of all urgent deposits and 89% of all cash savings in the country, Kommersant reports with reference to analysts of the Higher School of Economics and the Institute of Research and Expertise of Vneshephon Bank.

The father of the founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange John Shipton said that his son should be sent to his homeland, to Australia, reports Herald Sun. Recall that Assange was arrested at the Embassy of Ecuador in London, where he had been hiding since 2012 - after the Equador refused him to extend the political asylum. The United States sent an Assange's extradition request, Sweden can also be issued it.

US President Donald Trump criticized the federal reserve system (financial regulator acting as an American Central Bank), accusing it of “killing” the stock market with an incompetent policy. “If the Fed did its work properly, [now] it doesn’t do that, the stock market would have grown by 5000-10,000 additional points,” the head of state wrote on his Twitter page.

South of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, in the Ain-Zara region, the fighter of the Libyan National Army, headed by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, crashed, reports Reuters with reference to military sources.

In 2018, more than 43 million Russians went on vacation - 13 million more than in 2017, Nafi data. At the same time, more Russians began to travel both domestically (from 26% to 38%) and abroad (from 13% to 20%). Most often, residents of Russian capitals, as well as people aged 25 to 34 years, went on trips in Russia and abroad. Less often, residents of villages and small settlements traveled, as well as Russians over 50 years old.

US Minister of Finance Stephen Mnuchin said the United States and China are close to the final round of trade negotiations, Reuters reports. Mnuchin noted: “We achieve progress, I want to be careful. These are not public negotiations <...> this is a very, very detailed agreement that covers issues that have never been considered before.

Elena Sycheva Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook https://www.instagram.com/zuck/ Large shareholders of Facebook, INK make a proposal to shift the creator of the social network of Mark Zuckerberg from the post of chairman of the board of directors at the nearest annual meeting. About this writes the publication Business Insider .

The head of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, Alexei Kudrin, believes that the task set by President Vladimir Putin is to increase investments up to 25% of GDP by 2024-2025-most likely will not be fulfilled by the Russian government. In this opinion, Kudrin shared with reporters in Washington, RIA Novosti reports. “If the investments are large, then this will give an impetus to the introduction of this kind of technology.

The chairman of the Rusnano board Anatoly Chubais on the air of the Russia 1 television channel commented on the convertible phrase “Chubais is to blame for everything”. Chubais noted: “Of course, I would like it better to be better, but it happened that it was me, I got somewhere, you know, there, in the area of ​​Baba Yaga and Koshchei immortal, well, it turned out-it means that it turned out. We will live with this ”(quote for RBC ).

Jennifer Robinson’s lawyer said on behalf of the founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange that her client agreed to cooperate with the Swedish authorities if they resume the 2010 case about sexual crimes, Reuters reports. The lawyer said: "We will be extremely happy to answer questions when and if they follow." At the same time, Robinson emphasized that the Assange requires Sweden guarantees that it will not be issued to the United States.

The current President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko responded to the absence of his rival in the election of the head of state - the showman Vladimir Zelensky - on the debate at the Kiev Olympic stadium, performing two songs. The first politician sang with the vocalist of the Ukrainian rock band Kozak System Ivan Lanho.

The presidential candidate, showman Vladimir Zelensky did not appear at the Olympic stadium in Kyiv, where the current head of state Petro Poroshenko called him to the debate. Poroshenko demanded that Zelensky appear no later than 15:00 - although earlier the showman directly said that he would not participate in the debate on April 14, since the date was initially agreed on April 19.

The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation is quoted by the director of the Losynie Island National Park Igor Sarafanov, according to whom, the cause of the fire in the park could be arson, TASS reports. Sarafanov noted: “ We assume that this is arson. On the territory of the park, work was carried out on cleaning of dry and trees, destroyed by a biblical trait in 2018. The dead trees were sawn and stored along the road, prepared for export.

On April 13, a fire broke out in the Losynaya Island National Park. It was possible to eliminate the fire only in the morning of the next day. The director of the park voiced the version of the arson. However, visitors to the park and residents of the surrounding areas believe that it should not only blame the alleged attacker. Messages about the fire in the Losin Island from the Balashikha near Moscow in the region of the Pehra-Pokrovskoye quarter appeared on the evening of Saturday.