Russia is waiting for increased pressure from the United States due to the situation in Ukraine: Washington plans to impose new sanctions “every month or two,” said US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker during a conference at the Atlantic Council in Washington. Details Quote: “The Trump administration is on this path and will continue to go: new sanctions will appear every month or two, as it has already happened,” Volker said.

News about interest from Sberbank left Yandex without $ 1 billion capitalization Exclusive As it became known to The Bell, Sberbank is negotiating a large package of Yandex shares - up to 30% of capital. Thus, the State Bank proposes to protect the company from possible problems with competitors and with the state. But investors did not appreciate the news - Yandex fell on Nasdaq by almost 10%, having lost $ 1 billion in capitalization.

The attack in Kerch is due to the lack of useful content for young people on the Internet, charters to Egyptian resorts will soon be launched, and the Russians are guaranteed to go to paradise in the event of a nuclear war. Vladimir Putin spoke about this on Thursday at the annual meeting within the framework of the Valdai Club, which was invented to form the correct image of Russia abroad.

As it became known to The Bell, Sberbank is negotiating a large package of Yandex shares - up to 30% of capital. Thus, the State Bank proposes to protect the company from possible problems with competitors and with the state. On this news, the capitalization of the Russian company decreased by NASDAQ by more than $ 1.8 billion. German Gref, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and founder of Yandex Arkady Volozh at the Open Innovation forum, October 16, 2018.

The state makes little content on the Internet for young people, which is why young people in the context of globalization create “false heroes” for themselves, said . Vladimir Putin Details Quote : “Young people with an unstable psyche create some kind of false heroes for themselves. This means that all of us together, not only in Russia, <...> do not create the necessary, interesting and useful content for young people. They grab this surrogate for heroism.

Politician Alexei Navalny responded to the appeal of the head of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov, which he wrote down to the oppositionist when he was serving an arrest for the January protest in Moscow. Details In the video, Navalny claims that Zolotov became a wealthy and powerful man, performing various dubious assignments for the president, such as building a "palace" in Gelendzhik, and also working for the St. Petersburg crime boss Roman Tsepov.

The problem of banking slavery in Russia still exists, it needs to be fought, said the head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina. Details Quote: “ Problems such as “bank slavery” still persist. We once said that the government is working to end “mobile slavery,” but “bank slavery” exists,” Nabiullina said. The head of the Central Bank emphasized that Russians should have the opportunity to choose services regardless of which bank the account is opened with.

The richest Russians did not feel the tightening of sanctions. The combined wealth of the ten richest people in the country since the beginning of 2018 has increased more than in other countries of the world, writes Bloomberg. Details The ten richest Russians, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires rating , increased their total wealth by 10.8%. Next come the Americans (+7.5%) and the British (+3.4%).

Silicon Valley could lose Saudi venture capital, which in 2017 was involved in every other major US tech deal. Due to the scandal over the alleged murder of opposition Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Japan's Softbank has admitted it will not raise Saudi money for a new fund to invest in technology startups, Vision Fund II, Softbank COO Marcelo Claure said. The Saudis invested up to half of the funds in the first Vision Fund of about $100 billion.

Behind the largest hack in the history of Facebook, which affected 30 million users, were spammers who wanted to make money from advertising, the WSJ found out . In the preliminary results of the investigation, no connection was recorded between the hacker attack and the authorities of foreign states.

A new state airline will appear in Russia. For the aviation market, this may be bad news Sberbank and VTB create its own airline, which according to the plan should be included in the five largest in Russia. Its specialization will be regional transportation - this is necessary in order to fulfill the “May Decree” of Vladimir Putin, which requires a share of air transportation without transplanting in Moscow to 50%.

A new state airline will appear in Russia. For the aviation market, this may be bad news Photo: pxhere/CC0 Public Domain Sberbank and VTB create its own airline, which according to the plan should be included in the five largest in Russia. Its specialization will be regional transportation - this is necessary in order to fulfill the “May Decree” of Vladimir Putin, which requires a share of air transportation without transplanting in Moscow to 50%.