This week, Alexander Beglov replaced Georgy Poltavchenko as governor of St. Petersburg. Poltavchenko has become the biggest victim of the Kremlin's regional policy crisis . He was planning to run for reelection for another term in the summer, but the Kremlin apparently decided that it was better not to take risks in traditionally protest-minded St. Petersburg. Who was chosen as his successor?

Whom Vladimir Putin chose a successor in St. Petersburg. Details - in the mailing room The Bell Photo: kremlin.ru The man of the week Alexander Beglov This week, Alexander Beglov replaced George Poltavchenko as the governor of St. Petersburg. Poltavchenko became the largest victim of the crisis of the Kremlin regional policy. In the summer, he was going to re -elect for a new term, but in the Kremlin, obviously, they considered that it was better not to risk it in traditionally protested St.

The social network "VKontakte" presented a special section on working with personal data of users and the procedure for interacting with government agencies. Details A special page presents the principles of information protection, the procedure for managing data and the process of processing requests within the framework of the laws “On the Police”, “On the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation” and “On Investigative Activities”.

The New York Times this week published a lot of material about the financial fraud of Donald Trump and his family. In particular, the publication claims that Donald Trump and his father, Fred Trump, organized tax evasion schemes for hundreds of millions of dollars. In addition, the current president helped his father develop a strategy to conceal the true value of a family business empire in the field of real estate.

In August, clients of state banks, due to fear of new sanctions, withdrew more than $5 billion from foreign currency accounts, according to a review by Fitch. Moreover, in Sberbank, which in August suffered more than others from the departure of foreign currency depositors, the outflow continued in September: private depositors alone took almost $1 billion, Frank RG analysts note.

The Moscow District Military Court (MOVS) will consider criminal cases against former FSB colonel Sergei Mikhailov and three of his accomplices behind closed doors, found out Kommersant . They are accused of treason and, as The Bell wrote in the investigation, may be involved in the leak of information about the attack on the servers of the US Democratic Party, which started the scandal with Russian interference in the US elections.

Sberbank began to fully compete with the Central Bank for the collection of biometric data of Russians - for this, the bank is creating its own platform with biometric information from customers (the Central Bank launched its own in the summer). Bank users this week began receiving invitations to submit a voice sample in order to “verify identity faster and more securely” when calling a call center.

Why will alcohol be returned to gas stations? Details - in the mailing room The Bell The government compensates the oil industry workers to freeze fuel prices: they will again be allowed to sell weak alcohol at gas stations and will give subsidies to further contain gas prices. In order to limit the increase in gas prices, the government is ready to allow oil workers to trade alcohol at gas stations again.

What can a financier and a dating service have in common? Victor Remsha, who is worth close to a billion dollars, could remain a boring stock investor. But then he would not be "Russian norms." 12 years ago, the founder of Finam invested in the Badoo startup, and now he has tens of millions of acquaintances a year on his conscience. Now Remsha lives in New York and invests in financial startups.

The government will compensate oil workers for the freeze on fuel prices: they will again be allowed to sell weak alcohol at gas stations and will be given subsidies to further curb gasoline prices. Details To limit the rise in gasoline prices, the government is ready to allow oil companies to sell alcohol at gas stations again.