Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Unity spacecraft has reached the edge of space for the first time and successfully returned to earth, reports CNBC . This is a turning point for commercial spaceflight: it now only takes two or three test flights before Virgin Galactic can send its first tourists on a suborbital flight. Read more . A two-pilot Unity test flight took place over the Mojave Desert in southern California.

Morgan Stanley, who has survived in Russia a crisis of 1998 and 2008, reduces the Russian unit Photo: Flicr Once the most successful foreign bank in Russia turns part of the business in Moscow - Morgan Stanley transfers currency, trading and operations to trade shares to the London office. About 40 people worked in the closing divisions of Morgan Stanley in Moscow, writes Bloomberg.

Arrested in Washington, Russian woman Maria Butina pleaded guilty in a District of Columbia court to conspiring against the United States and working in the country as an unregistered foreign agent, reports . CNN More. Butina said that she acted "under the direction" of a Russian official (apparently, we are talking about the former deputy chairman of the Central Bank, Alexander Torshin).

Vladimir Putin continued the discussion about the role of business in society and its relations with the authorities, which became the focus of attention after Saturday's speech by Rosnano head Anatoly Chubais. Speaking at an all-Russian open lesson at the ProekTORia forum in Yaroslavl, the President spoke about how the attitude to business in society should change, what types of entrepreneurs exist in Russia, and why it is necessary to invest in projects like the Crimean Bridge.

The European Central Bank completed a quantitative easing program that was aimed at boosting the economy and dispersing inflation in the eurozone, and cost the regulator €2.6 trillion, or $3 trillion. The curtailment of the program, under which the ECB has been buying eurozone bonds since 2015, was announced in June, but now the European economy is not in the best shape to end the experiment, notes .

The National Guard’s own security service is conducting an internal investigation into food supply contracts concluded by the agency in 2017-2018. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Guard in response to the publication of RBC. Read more . On Monday, RBC reported that the military prosecutor's office and the Federal Antimonopoly Service are checking a single food supplier for the National Guard.

The authorities of Chechnya could achieve great results if the region were increased funding from the federal budget and "do not interfere," said Ramzan Kadyrov. Quote: “People think that Russia gives Kadyrov a lot of money, so the Chechen Republic flourishes and flourishes. If the necessary funds had been allocated to us under the [federal target] program, we would have done more.

BMW and Porsche presented a prototype of the new station, which can charge the electric car in less than three minutes, the Porsche press release said . Source: Porsche press service Read more. Charging in three minutes will be enough to drive 100 km. To charge the battery by 80%, you need 15 minutes. The prototype was developed as part of the FAST ChaRGE project, in which the BMW and Porsche auto manufacturers participate, as well as Siemens, Allego and Phoenix Contact E-Mobile.

In 2018, the Russian electronic trade market reached a volume of 2 trillion rubles, the study of the Russian Association of Electronic Communication “Economics Runet 2018” is indicated in the study of the Russian Association of Electronic Communication. Read more. Compared to 2017, the market of the Russian E-commerce and finance grew by 16%.

Morgan Stanley is closing its trading division and will stop working on the stock and currency markets in Moscow, writes Bloomberg. Some of the positions in the Moscow branches will be reduced, some of the employees of Morgan Stanley will be transferred to London. From the 1998 crisis until the mid-2000s, it was the most successful foreign bank in Russia. More. About 40 people worked in the closing divisions of Morgan Stanley in Moscow, the agency writes.

Viktor Pelevin became an individual entrepreneur, writes Open Media , citing data from the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs. Most likely, the writer did this to save on taxes. Pelevin does not appear in public, so many even doubt his existence, but the data of the tax authorities confirm this. More. IP in the name of the Russian Pelevin Viktor Olegovich was registered on October 5 in Moscow.

Gazprom shares are falling after the European Parliament adopted a resolution on Wednesday calling for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to be stopped, calling it a "political project" and a threat to Europe's energy security. A similar document was previously approved by the House of Representatives of the US Congress, demanding that Donald Trump impose sanctions against Nord Stream 2. More.

Sberbank is not going to introduce a cashback system, because it will bring big losses for it, said the head of the bank, German Gref. More. Answering the question why the state bank does not exchange bonuses of the Thank You program for real money, Gref said that the organization does not yet have marketing mechanisms that would allow it to do this without big losses. And without this, the “Thank you” bonus program brings a big loss to the state bank.

Roman Abramovich's Evraz, Andrey Bokarev's Kuzbassrazrezugol and Transmashholding, and Dmitry Pumpyansky's Sinara have submitted preliminary applications for financing the Moscow-Kazan high-speed railway (HSR) construction project, RBC writes , citing two sources close to the working group on the implementation of new state investment projects . What is the project?

The CUB.com project, the main product of which are short videos with a cash inquired sound, launches a global redesign on December 13, the company representatives told The Bell. This will look like a new COUB design The central essence of the new concept will be thematic communities. The creators compare the new product with the video-realdit (the largest community in the USA, the 5th attendance of the country's site).