The experimental software that Amazon had developed for recruiting systematically weeded out female candidates, so the company abandoned it. It is reported by Reuters, citing anonymous sources. Amazon tried to retrain its robot, but failed and disbanded the team that worked on it early last year. Details The team started developing software in 2014. The ultimate goal was to mechanize the process of reviewing resumes and finding the best candidates.

Shortly before his death from strangulation in March of this year, Nikolai Glushkov, a former associate of Boris Berezovsky, was going to prove in a London court that the intelligence services used Aeroflot as a cover, writes The Wall Street Journal. Details The publication was able to familiarize itself with the data of Glushkov’s case in a London court, including the plaintiff’s 51-page statement.

A London court has revealed the name of the first foreign woman whose property in Britain was subject to a government request on the origin of wealth that frightens wealthy Russians, allowing the property to be confiscated if the owner does not prove the legality of its origin. She turned out to be the wife of the ex-head of the Azerbaijani state bank, who spent £1.6 million a year at the London department store Harrods.

The British court revealed the details of the first case about the origin of foreign wealth. The same cases promised to open a hundred Russians British Tax Service. Photo: Wikimedia Commons The London Court revealed the name of the first foreigner whose property in Britain fell under the scary Russians a government request about the origin of wealth, which allows to confiscate property if the owner does not prove the legality of its origin.

"Fontanka" found out who the UK can declare Petrov and Boshirov's accomplice in the poisoning of the Skripals. According to the publication , this is 45-year-old Sergei Fedotov. The Telegraph previously wrote that there is a third suspect in the poisoning case. However, this information has not been officially confirmed.

Japanese fund SoftBank Group, owned by chief technology investor Masayoshi Son, wants to invest $15-20 billion in one of the world's largest co-working chains, WeWork, on top of $4.4 billion already invested, according to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg .

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin suggested that deputies develop a bill to ban top managers of banks that have been subject to reorganization from leaving the Russian Federation.

Increased sanctions pressure on Russian energy companies will lead to the collapse of the European energy system, said the head of BP Bob Dudley. Details If the United States imposes sanctions on Gazprom and Rosneft similar to those imposed on UC Rusal, this will lead to the collapse of the European energy system, the head of BP and a member of the board of directors of Rosneft said .

X5 Retail Group, the largest Russian retailer, opened a store laboratory for testing innovation at an early stage. X5 Lab is designed for quick technical testing, study and development of new technologies. Details The new store is located in the Pyaterochka premises on Nizhny Novgorod, 34 in the southeast of Moscow. The store is equipped for the quick launch of tested technologies in the trading floor.

Rospotrebnadzor temporarily closed 63 Moscow restaurants of the Sushi WOK network due to violations of sanitary rules, follows from the message of the department. Also, fines totaling 1.5 million rubles were imposed on the network. Details Based on the results of an unscheduled inspection in August-September 2018, it was decided to temporarily close 63 restaurants for up to three months. Protocols were also drawn up and submitted to the court on the ban on the work of 86 restaurants.

With its decision to raise the rate to 7.5%, the Central Bank diverted the market's attention from statements about the suspension of foreign currency purchases and pretended that it was still influencing the ruble exchange rate with the help of the interest rate, Natalia Orlova, chief economist at Alfa Bank, writes in a column for .

The BlaBlaCar companion search service has become paid for Russian users since Wednesday, writes Vedomosti , citing a company statement. Business in Russia has become quite large - 15 million users, now you can try to monetize the service, a BlaBlaCar representative explained. Details Passengers will pay for trips over 120 km, for booking you need to buy access to the service - 149 rubles per day or 199 rubles per month. Travel for distances less than 120 km will remain free.

The cost of compulsory motor liability insurance may increase significantly from next year, Vedomosti writes . The base rates on the basis of which the cost of the policy is calculated will increase, some of the adjustment factors will be canceled, but in return, insurers will be allowed to deviate by 30-40% from the Central Bank tariffs.

A new anti-money laundering campaign is planned in Russia. The authorities are dissatisfied with the way the articles of the Criminal Code directed against him are now working, and they are thinking how to tighten the law and extend liability to intermediaries - notaries, lawyers and accountants, Kommersant . learned Details A meeting is to be held today to discuss the issue of changing the wording of anti-money laundering articles, the newspaper writes.

In Russia, a new campaign to combat money laundering is planned. Who will suffer - in the mailing of The Bell Photo: kremlin.ru The authorities are going to reanimate the fight against washing, and the Kommersant found out . They are unhappy with how the articles of the Criminal Code are now working against laundering, and think about how to tighten the law and extend responsibility to intermediaries - notaries, lawyers and accountants.