Photo: City News Agency Moscow The most unexpected news of the outgoing week was the amazing “return to power” of the former head of the administration and son -in -law Boris Yeltsin Valentin Yumashev. On Friday afternoon, Kremlin.ru published a short order on the appointment of Yumashev as an adviser on a voluntary basis in the new administration of Vladimir Putin.

The first week of the FIFA World Cup was the best for Russia. The national team performs better than anyone expected and made the playoffs for the first time in history, Moscow is doing an excellent job as the capital of the world's main sporting event, and skeptical American journalists write enthusiastic articles about Russia .

The first deputy head of the presidential administration Alexei Gromov insisted on the departure of TV commentator Vasily Utkin from Channel One, two sources told the BBC. According to the interlocutors of the publication, the Kremlin could have been asked about this by Gazprom-Media and the general producer of the TV channel Match TV, which is part of the holding, Tina Kandelaki.

The World Cup has already become the success of the Kremlin. Can Moscow use the moment to try to make peace with the West? Read that Bell's final newsletter in the final week. Fans of the Australian national team before the World Cup match in Samara. Photo: Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS The first week of the World Cup has developed for Russia as well as possible.

This week, Intel CEO Brian Krzhanich was forced to resign from his post, not because of the company's poor performance (they are more than fine), but because of an affair with a colleague in the past, and the relationship was consensual. The Board of Directors recalled that Intel rules prohibit personal relationships with employees and that this applies to all managers without exception.

The German government signed a letter about intent with Audi and Airbus. As part of this initiative in Ingolstadt (there is an Audi plant there), unmanned flying taxis will also be tested, which will also be able to move along the roads, writes Bloomberg. Details “Flying taxi is no longer a dream, they can take us to the new world of mobility.

Russia and Saudi Arabia are planning to create a new organization of oil exporting countries, which will include participants in an agreement to reduce oil production, Bloomberg has learned . Otherwise, this group of 24 countries is called OPEC+; this expanded composition of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) includes both direct members of the cartel and states cooperating with it.

In mid-May, Republican congressmen Iliana Ros-Lehtinen and Mark Walker asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to "promptly" check whether AFK Sistema CEO Vladimir Yevtushenkov meets the criteria for inclusion on the sanctions list. Sistema is illegally implementing various projects in Crimea, and the operator MTS, which it controls, was accused of corruption in Uzbekistan, the congressmen wrote in a letter published on Ros-Lehtinen's website.

President Vladimir Putin has appointed Boris Yeltsin's former chief of staff Valentin Yumashev as his adviser on a voluntary basis, the Kremlin press service reported on Friday. Details People who know Yumashev say that he has held this position for more than 18 years. This was confirmed by presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

The level of approval of the activities of Russian President Vladimir Putin in June during the week decreased by 5%, follows from a survey by VTsIOM. This was due to plans to raise the retirement age and rising gasoline prices. Details From May 14 to May 20, 80% of respondents approved of the president's activity, from June 4 to June 10 - 77%, and from June 11 to June 17 - 72.1%.

Competing retailers exchanged top managers - the former head of Pyaterochka, Olga Naumova, became the new CEO of Magnit, and the former head of one of the formats of the Magnit chain, Sergey Goncharov, was appointed CEO of the Pyaterochka chain of stores. Details Goncharov will take the post of general director of the chain of stores near the Pyaterochka house, which was previously occupied by Naumova.

The Central Bank revoked the license of Mosuralbank, accusing the organization of “serving the interests of shareholders” and providing false reporting. One of the co-owners of the bank is Igor Sechin’s ex-wife Marina. Details As follows from the list of owners on the Central Bank website, the main owners of the bank are several regional sales companies (“Vologda Sales Company”, “Roskommunenergo”, “Arkhangelsk Sales Company”, etc.), among their ultimate owners is Marina Sechina .

YouTube introduces the function of paid subscription to channels with more than 100 thousand subscribers. This was asked by bloggers-stars, since for them advertising was actually the only source of earnings on the platform, writes Bloomberg. Details The Channel Memberships function will allow viewers to issue a subscription for $ 4.99 per month and gain access to custom emoji, exclusive content and attributes.

Moody's was the first to estimate what the Russian economy would gain from raising the retirement age - a reform that 90% of Russians oppose, which will avoid the shocks of pension reform and increase the working-age population by 12 million people. Details Without pension reform, Russia would have lost 3.2 million working-age citizens by 2036; with it, their number will grow by more than 12 million – this is the main conclusion of the Moody's review , as retold by RBC.

Moody's first praised the government for pension reform, but this does not prevent the Kremlin from actively preparing for protests. Details - in the mailing of The Bell. The Moody's Agency was the first to assess what to give the Russian economy an increase in retirement age - a reform that is 90% of Russians against, will avoid shocks of pension reform and increase the number of able -bodied population by 12 million people.