Seven reasons for the current modest growth and seven risks that can destroy everything Photo: sergei karpukhin / reuters At the fracture of 2014-2015, it seemed that the Russian economy could not resist. But, looking back, we see that she did not crumble to smithereens. And the question of what saved her is completely appropriate.

The Investigative Committee initiated the case of deliberate bankruptcy (Article 196 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) of the VIM-Avia Airlines. This is stated on the SK website. According to investigators, the company's management, including the general director, instructed employees of accounting to distort the reports in order to hide the high debt and losses of the company. This was done to hide the real state of affairs in the company from creditors.

Clients of the sanitized bank “Opening” continued to pick up funds from the bank. This is written by "Vedomosti". For September, legal entities took about 60 billion rubles from the bank, and the funds of customers at brokerage services were reduced by 35 billion rubles. It is noted that individuals stopped withdrawing funds from the bank, in a month the funds of the population in the “opening” increased by 1.1 billion rubles. The outflow of funds, however, slowed down three times.

On the afternoon of October 17, Syrian rebels supported by the United States announced that after four -month battles they completely released Rakka from the militants of the Islamic State. When terrorists declared the city to their capital several years ago, ISIS controlled over 100 thousand square kilometers at the junction of Iraq and Syria. Under the control of terrorists were over 10 million people living on these lands.

The world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones, Qualcomm reported on successful tests of the first modem capable of transmitting data on 5G networks. About this writes The Verge. The tests of the Snapdragon X50 modem. It is reported that the company managed to reach the loading speed of more than one gigabit per second. The device is capable of transmitting data at speeds up to five gigabits per second. Qualcomm also introduced a smartphone supporting 5G.

The company "March Group" has developed shields with an electric shock. Russian law enforcement agencies can adopt them by the end of 2018. This was told by the general director of the company Ekaterina Stolyarevskaya, Interfax reports. “Electronics is inserted into the handle, which allows you to transmit electricity, like an ordinary electric shock, to the surface of the shield.

Nationalist Alexander Belov (Potkin) filed a complaint with the European Court of Rights of Man (ECHR) against politically motivated persecution. This was his lawyer Irina Khrunova told Vedomosti. The verdict became the revenge of the authorities on his nationalist activity, as well as the requirements of the resignation of President Vladimir Putin and the holding of honest elections, the nationalist believes.

To represent the interests of Telegram in Russian courts on the dispute about the fine of the messenger 800 thousand rubles will be the Human Rights of the Agora. About this, the founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov wrote to VKontakte. “Agora” is a team of 30 lawyers who have been defending human rights in Russia since the beginning of 2000. They have experience in affairs against the FSB and annually publish reports on the freedom of the Internet in Russia, ”Durov explained his decision.

In Malta, as a result of the explosion of the car, journalist Daphne Karuan Galicia died. It is reported by The Guardian. According to the publication, the explosion was so powerful that the car was thrown outside the road, and its fragments scattered several meters. The journalist was investigating Panama offshore. According to the publication, its last investigation concerned the Prime Minister of Maltra Joseph Muscat and his two assistants.

Photo: Jon Hicks / Corbis / Getty images It is generally accepted that Vladimir Putin slows down structural reforms, including social transformations, fearing the growth of tension and negative consequences for his rating. Even in the context of the past oil and gas well -being, the president preferred not to rush and wait until Russian society ripens for reforms.

Photo: Elena Palm / Interpress / TASS This is an adapted translation of the Leonid Bershid column to Bloomberg View. Other materials of the publication can be read at the link . Russia and China are considering the idea of ​​national cryptocurrencies. Why is the technology that threaten to decentralize money seems so attractive to this highly centralized authoritarian regimes?

Recently, the American astronomer set Shostak, working at the Seti Institute (non -state organization engaged in the search for extraterrestrial life), said that contact with alien reasonable creatures is the prospect of the shortest future. Allegedly, this will happen over the next 20 years. Alien microorganisms can be found even earlier. Including in our solar system. Consciously his assessments , there are at least seven celestial bodies on which life can exist.

On October 17, RBC published a large investigation about the activities of the so -called “troll factory” during the campaign in the United States. For almost two years, employees of the company from St. Petersburg led and promoted communities on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks dedicated to the main social problems in the United States. The total expenses of the department for the entire existence amounted to about $ 2.3 million.

Two opponents specified in the dissertation of the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky did not participate in the protection of his work. They told about this to Novaya Gazeta. Members of the Expert Council through which the work went through, also stated that they did not prepare a positive review. “He was not even discussed ... They just said: here is the Medinsky dissertation, it must be discussed.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) admitted that the court in the case of Yves Rocher against Alexei and Oleg Navalny went with violations of their rights. The decision is published on the court website. Navalny brothers will receive € 76 thousand compensation. The court admitted that during the trial, Article 6 (the right to a fair trial) and 7 (punishment solely on the basis of the law) of the Human Rights were violated.