Since November 1, Sberbank of Russia has tightened the terms of lending programs for individuals on housing and consumer loans, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the bank's press service. The maximum loan amount under the Young Family program (family with a child) has been reduced to no more than 80% from 90% of the value of the property. For other housing loan programs, the maximum amount is set at no more than 70% (previously it could be higher depending on the rate).

A small room: huge windows, white tiles on the walls, gray-blue leatherette chairs. In the chairs are five short-haired cadets and a Newsweek correspondent. One cadet is typing sms on his phone, the rest are looking bored at cartoons on a small screen that hangs just under the ceiling. All of them have their sleeves rolled up, each has a thin tube attached to his left arm. “We work with our hands! - every now and then reminds a young nurse. - It is not difficult".

I was asked a question: under what conditions would I (48 years old, former senior researcher at the USSR Academy of Sciences, later an employee of the IBM research center, author of 5 scientific books) agree to return to Russia? The subject is painful for me. For 15 years of living in America, I have not been inspired by the local way of life and I am skeptical of many things, although my career can be considered successful: fame, monographs, publications, conferences.

Life was in full swing, and help was on the way: last week, Vnesheconombank issued $4.5 billion to Oleg Deripaska's structures, $2 billion to Alfa Group. his Beeline. According to Newsweek, since last Monday, a representative of the Norwegian company Telenor sat in Deutsche Bank with a check for the same $ 2 billion to buy Beeline cheaply. Vnesheconombank did not have time to give money to Alfa in time, and then the Omsk court helped.

During the three years of his life in Moscow, the molecular biologist Konstantin Severinov managed to change his attitude towards Russian science several times.