Not the most famous Russian billionaire, co-owner of the N-Trans group, Konstantin Nikolaev, became the hero of the week in the United States - all thanks to Maria Butina, who was arrested in the United States, whose work, as it turned out , he sponsored.

Founder Facebook Mark Zuckerberg. Photo from the White House website The collapse of Facebook and Twitter, a record in the history of the American stock market, raised the question this week: is it not the beginning of the end of the rapid growth of the technological market, which bankers, economists and traders have been warning about for many months in a row.

Facebook and Twitter lost 20% of capitalization in two days. Is this the end of the growth of the technological market? Photo: Pexels The main thing in a week The collapse of Facebook and Twitter, a record in the history of the American stock market, raised the question this week: is it not the beginning of the end of the rapid growth of the technological market, which bankers, economists and traders have been warning about for many months in a row.

The introduction of a recycling fee on bicycles turned out to be no joke. The government is really working on this issue. Details As the RIA Novosti agency was told in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, now they are studying possible options for introducing a fee. Officials of the department are going to discuss the final versions with the Ministry of Natural Resources.

The Central Election Commission rejected the Communist Party's proposal to hold a referendum on raising the retirement age. This decision was made by the CEC members at a meeting on Friday. Details The Central Election Commission recognized the wording of the question that the Communist Party of the Russian Federation proposes to submit to an all-Russian referendum against raising the retirement age as not complying with the requirements of the law.

The second quarter was unsuccessful not only for Facebook: Twitter on Friday reported to reduce the number of users by 1 million, predicting an even greater fall in the near future. Twitter explains: a similar outflow of subscribers is a consequence of the fight against spam, fake accounts and the aggressive rhetoric of some users. The market reacted to the company's quarterly report negatively - Twitter shares fell by more than 17%.

It wasn't just Facebook that had a bad second quarter: Twitter on Friday reported a decline of 1 million users, predicting an even bigger drop in the near future. Twitter explains: such an outflow of subscribers is a consequence of the fight against spam, fake accounts and aggressive rhetoric of some users. The market reacted negatively to the company's quarterly report - Twitter shares fell by more than 17%.

The second quarter was unsuccessful not only for Facebook: Twitter on Friday reported to reduce the number of users by 1 million, predicting an even greater fall in the near future. Twitter explains: a similar outflow of subscribers is a consequence of the fight against spam, fake accounts and the aggressive rhetoric of some users. The market reacted to the company's quarterly report negatively - Twitter shares fell by more than 17%.

Vladimir Putin invited Donald Trump to hold a meeting in Moscow. about this The Russian president spoke at a press conference following the BRICS summit. Details Quote: “We are ready to invite President Trump to Moscow, he has, by the way, such an invitation, I told him about it,” stressed Putin .

As analysts predicted, the Bank of Russia on Friday kept its key rate at 7.25% per annum. its decision The regulator explained by the fact that it sees the risks of acceleration of inflation in 2019 above 4% due to the increase in VAT. In addition, the Central Bank allowed a surge in volatility in the financial and currency markets.

Photo: Flickr / CC by-SA 2.0 Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen can testify against the president. According to CNN sources, Cohen claims that Trump was in the know and approved the meeting of his representatives with lawyer Natalya Veselnitskaya. She promised to convey to Trump closely compromising information to Hillary Clinton. Details Now the famous meeting in Trump Tower took place in June 2016, in the midst of the election race. The son of the future president Donald Trump-Jr.

Starting next year, sellers of smartphones and computers in Russia may be required to pre-install domestic analogues of browsers, mail, audio players and other applications on them. Devices themselves can eventually rise in price. Details The author of this bold idea is the Federal Antimonopoly Service. According to Kommersant , such a proposal is included in the final version of the road map for the development of competition for 2018–2020.

Do you want to see only domestic applications in your smartphone? Details - in the mailing of The Bell Photo: Dailypay page on Facebook Starting next year, sellers of smartphones and computers in Russia may oblige domestic analogues of browsers, mail, audiopleers and other applications to them. The devices themselves can eventually rise in price. The author of this bold idea is the Federal Antimonopoly Service.

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