Vladimir Putin told volunteers in Kaliningrad about pension reform. Photo from the Kremlin website Vladimir Putin did not wait long to play the long -awaited role of the “good king” on the issue of raising the retirement age. As soon as the Duma was adopted by the relevant law in the first reading, as it turned out - Putin did not want anything like that, and there was no final decision yet.

Vladimir Putin once again outplayed everyone. What will now be with pension reform is incomprehensible. Vladimir Putin will not give an increase in the retirement age to bring down his rating. Photo from the Kremlin website Vladimir Putin did not wait long to play the long -awaited role of the “good king” on the issue of raising the retirement age.

Pension reform brought down the ratings of the authorities as a whole and Vladimir Putin in particular - even the successful World Cup in football did not help (the tournament was announced on raising the retirement age). According to the VTsIOM, after a public statement of reform, the confidence rating began to fall and as a result fell below 38% (after the election in March it was 53%).

The Ministry of Labor has compiled a holiday schedule for 2019. Russians expect a long New Year and May weekend. According to the proposed schedule, non-working days will last from January 1 to January 8, and December 29 and 30, 2018 are also days off. The days off of January 5-6 and the public holiday on February 23, which falls on Saturday, are transferred to May. Thus, in May, the holidays will last first from the 1st to the 5th, and then from the 9th to the 12th.

Frank Research Group, specializing in the analytics of retail banking services, has introduced a new rating of the best cards for travelers. The Bell got acquainted with him the first. The study shows how profitable the bank card is taking into account not only the points and bonuses received on it, but also the customer’s expenses for its service. As they thought Frank RG calculated the client’s pure benefit - the difference between points received on it and bonuses and maintenance costs.

Vladimir Putin told volunteers in Kaliningrad about pension reform. Photo from the Kremlin website Vladimir Putin first spoke about his attitude to pension reform during a meeting with volunteers at the Kaliningrad stadium. According to the president, he does not like raising the retirement age, like most citizens. Quote: “And when they asked me, and now they ask which of the various options I like? I then and now I can say - no. I do not like it, associated with an increase in age.

Blackfly photo: Opener Last week, the Canadian Opener startup, which was developed in secret, was a secret. As The Verge found out and later confirmed the company itself, Opener belongs to the co -founder of Google Larry Page, who, in addition to the Canadian startup, controls two more projects to create personal electric flying devices under the Kittyhawk brand.

A new spy scandal, only now not in the US, but in Russia. Kommersant has learned that the FSB is conducting searches in two structures of Roskosmos, whose employees are suspected of passing classified information about Russian hypersonic projects to foreign intelligence agencies. Details The searches began on Friday morning, Kommersant writes.

Russia can again be accused of trying to interfere in the US election campaign. The reason may be a statement by Microsoft Vice President Tom Burt. Speaking at a security forum in Aspen, he said that the same hackers that attacked the Democrats in 2016 tried to hack at least three candidates in the 2018 midterms, according to the company. Details Microsoft has detected attempts to take advantage of its fake domains, Burt said.

Putin offered Trump a new plan in Ukraine. Details - in the mailing of The Bell Photo: kremlin.ru What Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump talked about for more than two hours in Helsinki, even the head of American national intelligence Daniel Coutts does not know . But here is the first leak - Putin invited Trump to hold a new referendum on the status of the DPR and LPR.

The details of the negotiations in Helsinki are still unknown to the general public, with the exception of one: Vladimir Putin at a meeting invited Donald Trump to hold a referendum in eastern Ukraine to resolve the four-year military conflict, learned Bloomberg . At the same time, Trump asked not to announce it publicly so that he would have time to think about the proposal.