Pavel Durov has a serious competitor - Facebook decided to launch his own cryptocurrency and payment system Photo: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson The example of Telegram is contagious-now Facebook has decided to develop its cryptocurrency based on its own blockchain platform, which is already working on a special unit of the company led by the former head of the Messenger unit and the best instagram developers.

Pavel Durov has a serious competitor - Facebook decided to launch his own cryptocurrency and payment system Photo: Blogger The example of Telegram is contagious-now Facebook has decided to develop its cryptocurrency based on its own blockchain platform, which is already working on a special unit of the company led by the former head of the Messenger unit and the best instagram developers.

Punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to four years for the implementation of foreign sanctions on the territory of Russia, as well as for assistance in their development, is proposed by a bill prepared in the State Duma, Interfax reported, citing its . source Details The document, which will be submitted to the State Duma on Monday morning, introduces a new article to the Criminal Code.

Presidential aide Vladislav Surkov may leave his post, RBC reports citing five sources - two interlocutors close to the Kremlin, and three sources close to the department for socio-economic cooperation with the CIS countries, Abkhazia and South Ossetia (the department is supervised by Surkov).

Former Minister of Finance, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Strategic Research (CSR) Alexei Kudrin agreed to head the Accounts Chamber, three sources told RBC and confirmed The Bell's interlocutor in the government. Kudrin's press secretary Pavel Kuznetsov did not comment on the information that Kudrin had already agreed, saying that the head of the CSR promised to consider the proposal and continues to consider it.

The cost of Facebook shares at the auction on Thursday exceeded $ 185, and this is more than on Friday, March 16. Already on March 19, the company's shares began to fall sharply - it became known about the leakage of data from millions of users of the social network (this information was at the disposal of Cambridge Analytica, who participated in the Donald Trump campaign).

Dmitry Rogozin, who oversaw the defense industry, and whom Dmitry Medvedev did not name among the candidates for the post of deputy prime minister in the new government, may be appointed presidential envoy to the Central Federal District (CFD), two sources told Vedomosti. Details Since December 2017, this position has been occupied by Alexey Gordeyev, who previously served as governor of the Voronezh region and held the post of head of the Ministry of Agriculture.

The investigation "recently" brought official charges against the co-owners of the Summa Group, brothers Ziyavudin and Magomed Magomedov, for organizing a criminal community to steal budget funds, Kommersant writes . They have already been interrogated in a new procedural status. Details They are suspected of committing crimes under Articles 210, 159 and 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of a criminal community, especially large-scale embezzlement and fraud).

Kudrin was waiting for the presidential administration, and waited in the Accounts Chamber. Ziyavudin Magomedov is accused of that instead of business he was engaged in economics in a criminal community. The new US Ambassador to Russia calls everyone to the forum in St. Petersburg. Photo: government.ru The return of Alexei Kudrin to power is expected as a signal to the beginning of reforms. But so far, from the officially known to him, only the post of head of the Accounts Chamber is proposed.

Apple will partner with Goldman Sachs to issue a credit card with the Apple Pay logo, The Wall Street Journal writes (paid material), citing sources. The joint project is an attempt to stop the decline in income from core businesses. Details Growth in sales of Apple's flagship product, the iPhone, is slowing, and the company is focusing on microtransaction services: mobile payments, paying for music subscriptions to Apple Music, shopping in the App Store.