Sanctions remain a key risk for the Russian market, but since they are already built into the price of assets, the absence of new shocks could lead to a rise in the market, Bank of America Merrill Lynch predicts. Read more. US sanctions against Russia will remain the main risk—a “black swan”—for Russia in 2019, according to the “Swan Lake 2019” bulletin, published by an investment bank (available to The Bell).

In the US-China trade talks that began today, a breakthrough could occur: Beijing is ready to make concessions on two fundamental issues at once - duties on American cars and a plan to conquer the global artificial intelligence market. Markets reacted to the news with a sharp rise, which quickly fizzled out - a bad sign, analysts warn. The most significant concession is duties on American cars, which are now set at 40% in China (for the rest of the world - 15%).

China is ready to give up positions in the trade war with the United States. But even this cannot make markets grow for more than an hour Xi Jinping at a meeting with Donald Trump. Photo: Wikimedia Commons In the American-Chinese trade negotiations that have begun today, a breakthrough may occur: Beijing is ready to make concessions in two fundamental issues at once-duties on American cars and plan to conquer the global artificial intelligence market.

The UK authorities have not suspended the program for the issuance of investment visas (Tier 1) for wealthy investors, despite the promises of the country's Home Office, according to The Independent. Read more . The Tier 1 visa program is not currently on hold, but the Interior Ministry remains committed to the upcoming rule change, a ministry official said Tuesday, announcing another announcement on the matter "in due course." What is a Tier 1 visa?

Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the situation with Maria Butina during a meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights. Quote . “She faces 15 years in prison. For what? When I heard what was going on around her<...> I interviewed the leaders of our special services... Nobody knows anything about her at all. Only in the Federation Council does anyone know about her, she worked for someone as a deputy, or something ...

Sberbank may remove the word "bank" from the name, said . German Gref Quote : “We are really discussing this, it’s too early to say this, we are now discussing this topic,” Gref said. Now Sberbank is “significantly larger than a bank” — it is already a whole ecosystem, Gref explained. However, in financial documents, the name "bank" must be present by law, the banker noted. Context . about plans to remove the word “bank” from the name of Tinkoff Bank in 2019 also spoke Oleg Tinkov .

Cyprus will tighten the verification procedure for wealthy foreigners who want to obtain citizenship of the country in exchange for investment, reported local CNA news agency . The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country announced a tender for auditors who will study the origin of the applicants' funds, as well as their possible links to crime. Details. Cyprus has announced a tender, the winners of which (1-3 companies) will study the applications of investors.

Source: LG LG has announced its own capsule "home brewery" LG Homebrew. It will be first demonstrated at the CES conference, which will be held in January. The process of preparing beer in Homebrew is essentially anything other than the duration, it does not differ from the process of making coffee in similar machines: after loading the capsule, the machine itself will weld beer, five tastes are offered to choose from. Details.

Google has discovered the second breach in the programming interface of its Google+ social network in three months. The new leak affected 52.5 million users and was probably unexpected as Google has now decided to close the interface for 90 days and the entire service in April 2019 instead of August. The previous leak put hundreds of millions of users at risk. It was discovered in March 2018 as part of a large-scale test of development tools and was hidden for a long time.

In just six years, Anna Urnova managed to work in the team of two vice-mayors of Moscow and in the department of Sergei Kapkov, making a successful career as an official, to abandon her and start all over again, heading the office of a large international company in New York at the age of 29. From students to officials "Hello!

The government wants to oblige all Russians who use the central gas supply to install new "smart meters" of gas, Kommersant found out. Each meter costs about 4,000–5,000 rubles, and almost 130 billion may be needed to purchase them for the whole country. The largest operator and the first manufacturer of such meters in Russia, Modern Radio Technologies, whose main shareholder Igor Rotenberg became in October, drew attention " Open Media. Details.

Google was fined 500 thousand rubles for non-compliance with Russian legislation, said the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov. More. Thus, the company was punished for refusing to connect to the registry of banned sites. There are collected sites that need to be excluded from search results. Zharov noted that if the company fails to comply with Russian legislation, another administrative case may be initiated against it. Context.

The Project has uncovered yet another connection between businessman Oleg Deripaska and an investigation into alleged Russian interference in the US election. According to the newspaper, the businessman met with American lobbyist Adam Waldman before he visited Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. More. The publication found Waldman on a video that was secretly filmed by Nastya Rybka and shown on Alex Leslie's video on Youtube.

Director of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov filed a lawsuit for the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation against Alexei Navalny demanding to recover 1 million rubles from him. Read more . The lawsuit was filed with the Lublin court.

The ABC TV channel found out the details of Maria Butina's deal with the American investigation. Tomorrow evening, the Russian woman will plead guilty to collusion with a Russian official, in which the former deputy chairman of the Central Bank, Alexander Torshin, is guessed. The purpose of the conspiracy was "to establish informal channels of communication with Americans who wielded power and influence in US politics." What Butina confesses.