Photo from the Kremlin website, archive The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to completely break off relations with the Patriarchate of Constantinople. This is the largest split in the millennial history of Orthodoxy, which will cause a serious blow to the idea of ​​the “Russian world” promoted by Moscow. Observers also warn about the real threat of bloodshed in Ukraine. The largest split in 1000 years The meeting of the Synod convened in Minsk lasted more than seven hours.

In the first conclusion to the draft budget under the draft budget, the Accounts Chamber criticized the government In their first conclusion under Alexei Kudrin, the auditors of the Accounts Chamber criticized the government draft budget until 2021. The “budget rule”, which is mechanically followed by the government and the Central Bank, creates new risks for the national currency course, and the ruble plans laid down in the budget are too optimistic, according to the Accounts Chamber.

The legendary American retailer SEARS, the “Icon of Generations of American Buyers” with a 125-year history, filed bankruptcy. The network, which until 1990 for several decades was the largest in the world, became the most eminent victim of the boat of the online retail and the attack of Amazon for traditional merchants. But the mistakes that the SEArs pulled to the bottom were made back in the 1980s. Bankruptcy SEARS HOLDINGS CORP.

The threat to the global oil market is now not only the expected US sanctions against Iran. The oil shortage could also provoke an escalation in tensions over the alleged murder of The Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi during his visit to the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. If the US imposes sanctions over the journalist's disappearance, it could push prices above $200 a barrel, warned .

Alexey Kudrin The ruble exchange rate was untied from oil, and the budget rule, which is “mechanically” followed by the government and the Central Bank, creates new risks for the national currency course, the Accounts Chamber believes: the department has criticized the government draft budget until 2021.

Former deputy director of the Rosneft investor relations department Andrey Gromadin will head the analytical department for the oil and gas sector at Sberbank CIB, the Sberbank press service told Vedomosti. Previously, this position was held by Alexander Fak, who was fired due to the scandalous report on Gazprom and criticized Igor Sechin’s leadership style at Rosneft.

The disappearance of the opposition Saudi journalist Jamal Khashkaji can cost Saudi Arabia expensive - after all, Saudi investors invested billions of dollars in US startups. Only a visit to the Silicon Valley could force Prince Muhammad Ben Salman (on the right, on the left is the co -founder of Google Sergey Brin) to change traditional clothes with a European suit.

Russian officials will not disclose the plan to de-dollarize the economy, which will be approved by the government. About this, according to Reuters , said Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev. Details According to Moiseev, the plan that the government is preparing will contain the signature stamp "For official use" (For official use). Moiseev confirmed that the plan would be presented to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a later date.

US authorities have recognized the Natural Cycles app as a contraceptive. This will allow the app to be advertised as a medical device that prevents pregnancy. Details The method underlying the application is, to put it mildly, not innovative and has been known since the beginning of the twentieth century. It determines the period of ovulation in women by basal body temperature (the lowest temperature during rest, measured manually immediately after sleep).

The Council of the European Union approved a new sanctions regime against the use and proliferation of chemical weapons, according to a press release from the department. Details Now the EU will be able to impose sanctions against individuals and organizations involved in the use and distribution of chemical weapons, regardless of the place of the violation and the citizenship of the persons against whom the weapons are directed, the press service reports.

The Ministry of Economic Development has prepared a list of measures to improve the conditions for doing business in Russia - the Transformation of the Business Climate (BCC) plan, which includes about a hundred initiatives proposed by business. The measures, among other things, involve simplifying business inspections and reducing reporting.

The disappearance of the opposition Saudi journalist Jamal Khashkaji can cost Saudi Arabia expensive - after all, Saudi investors invested billions of dollars in US startups. “Technical companies can no longer turn a blind eye to violations of human rights to one of their largest investors,” writes Anand Giridharadas in The New York Times, the author of the book “The Winner receives everything” about the unfair distribution of wealth.

Due to the fight against laundering, the business of cashing into restaurants and car dealerships. Now the Central Bank promises them problems The Central Bank’s campaign against washing has a new goal-car dealerships, shops and wholesale and retail markets that the business began to use for cashing instead of banks. The Central Bank sent a letter to banks with a recommendation to closely monitor their work and block accounts at the slightest suspicion.

The Central Bank's campaign against money laundering has a new target - car dealerships, shops and wholesale and retail markets, which businesses began to use for cashing instead of banks. The Central Bank sent a letter to banks with a recommendation to closely monitor their work and block accounts at the slightest suspicion.