How to make a business in Russia of the sanctions? Ask Alisher Usmanov Alexander Shokhin (left), Mikhail Friedman and Alisher Usmanov (right) at a meeting in the Kremlin in 2009. Photo: kremlin.ru The man of the week Alisher Usmanov This is not to say that this week everyone was only discussing Alisher Usmanov, and the businessman did not do any high -profile ads.

The CStore chain of stores, which is part of the united company Euroset-Svyaznoy, has begun exchanging old MacBook laptops for new ones with an additional charge. Until now, trade-in has mainly applied to smartphones, and this service has been in demand among Russians.

The United States has published a notice imposing new sanctions against Russia for the use of the Novichok poisoning agent in the UK. The restrictions come into effect on August 27. They provide for a ban on the provision of foreign aid to Russia, as well as the sale of dual-use goods and technologies.

Microsoft is set to become the global election cyberguard, Netflix and Fortnite are reluctant to share revenue with Google and Apple, and ecosystems have entered the fray for the user's vote. About this and much more - in The Bell mailing list about technological breakthroughs, their place in business and our lives. Global corporations will protect the elections. Microsoft President Brad Smith spoke about the corporation's initiatives to counter hostile influences on democracy.

Mail.Ru Group of Alisher Usmanov, the Chinese Alibaba Group and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) are negotiating the creation of a joint venture in the field of online retail, The Bell has found out. Previously, Alibaba was unable to agree on a similar partnership with Sberbank, which preferred to work with Yandex.

Presidential aide Andrei Belousov met with metallurgists and chemists, from whom he had previously proposed seizing 500 billion rubles in surplus income to finance Putin’s May decree. Belousov’s letter to the president, which contained this proposal, was not discussed by the meeting participants, said the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Alexander Shokhin. Instead, they agreed to look for other effective ways to increase investment without damaging business.

The Central Bank's measures to stop buying foreign currency brought the expected effect - the ruble is strengthening. The rate of the Russian currency rose to close by 40 kopecks against the dollar. Details As of 11:30 Moscow time, the dollar exchange rate is 67.79 rubles/$, minus 40 kopecks to the closing rate of 68.19 rubles/$. The euro fell against the ruble to 78.40 rubles/€, minus 35 kopecks against the closing rate of 78.75 rubles/€.

The Central Bank will become the seventh body that will have the right to include sites in the register of prohibited information and seek their blocking without trial, Vedomosti learned . The regulator can already pre-trial block sites with phishing and malware, but only in the .ru and .рф domain zones, and now wants to receive similar powers in relation to foreign sites.

The summer ends not only with the actual departure of the oldest tour operator Natalie Tours from the market, but also with problems for the online agency Sindbad, one of the largest online agencies for the sale of air tickets on the Russian market. Yesterday, a stub with telephone numbers and e-mails of the support service was posted on his website , writes Kommersant. The service has not yet resumed. Sindbad is one of the most popular websites for purchasing airline tickets.

In Russia, one of the largest online airline tickets was suspended. Details - in the mailing of The Bell Pobeda aircraft. Photo from the site of the airline The summer ends not only in fact leaving the market of the oldest tour operator Natalie Tours, but also in the problems of the SindBAD online agency, one of the largest online air tickets in the Russian market. Yesterday, a plug with phones and e-mail support service was posted on his site . The work of the service has not resumed so far.