Putin at a meeting with business. Photo from the Kremlin website The closed part of the meeting of Vladimir Putin with large businessmen was not much different from the open 5-minute introduction of Vladimir Putin, the familiar of one of the participants in the meeting told The Bell.

In the network of alcoholmarkets with a revenue of 215 billion rubles, searches were held in the case of tax failure. In the Russian retail, tax claims are a traditional way to change the owner or bankruptcy The fastest growing Russian retailer, a network of alcoholic supermarkets "Red & White", fell under a criminal case. Today, the company was searches in the case of tax failure, the network itself states that its business is paralyzed.

The Russian search engine "Yandex" stopped displaying for users from Russia the official page of the Telegram messenger - Telegram.org (it is official in particular in an article in Wikipedia). Read more . It is this page that is displayed by the first in the search results of Goolge. But the official page does not appear in the search results of Yandex at the request of Telegram.

The security forces came with searches to the offices and warehouses of the Krasnoe & Beloe alcohol trading network in Moscow, the Moscow Region and Chelyabinsk. Read more . As the Internet publications 74.ru and 31TV.ru write, the FSB is involved in the operation in Chelyabinsk. About the searches at the company's warehouse in Podolsk near Moscow, says a RBC source in the alcohol market. TASS adds that investigative measures were also taken at warehouses in Moscow.

Vladimir Putin at a meeting with business. Photo from the Kremlin website Putin told large businessmen that citizens are counting on their participation in achieving a breakthrough necessary for Russia, and called for participation in national projects. Quote: “Of course, the most important area of ​​work is the implementation of national projects. In this great work, one of the key places belongs to business. Society counts on your involvement in achieving a breakthrough necessary for Russia.

Pyotr Aven, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa Bank, explained why he and the main owner of Alfa Group, Mikhail Fridman, did not get to meet with Vladimir Putin. Quote . “No conspiracy theories. Both are not in Moscow, far away, ”Aven wrote in response to a question from The Bell. Context .

On Wednesday, Mitsubishi became the second automaker after Volvo to officially announce an increase in car prices in Russia from January 1, 2019 due to the increase in VAT. Other major automotive companies are also planning to increase prices next year - AvtoVAZ, Nissan, Huyndai, Ford, Audi, Mercedes and Kia. More. Starting next year, all new Mitsubishi cars will rise in price for Russians by 25-50 thousand rubles, depending on the configuration, the company said .

Most Moscow shopping centers have an opaque ownership structure, half have an unclear management system, and ten shopping centers have no information about EMERCOM inspections. These conclusions were reached by the organization Transparency International Russia, which studied 65 of the most visited shopping centers in the capital.

In the context of the global economy, Russia is often associated with resources - hydrocarbons, metals, wood and other natural wealth. When describing the export structure of our country, comparisons with Moscow Russia of the 16th century involuntarily arise: abroad we supply products of the rental economy, goods “from the Earth”. In total, more than 85% of Russia's exports falls on the “resource” industries - from oil to wheat.

Yandex has published a list of the most unexpected and funny user requests.

Petro Poroshenko announced the termination of martial law in Ukraine. However, the entry ban imposed in connection with it for Russian men may remain. At least, earlier Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov allowed this. Quote: “Now at 14:00 [15:00 GMT], martial law ends. This is my principled decision, it is based on an analysis of all the components of the current security situation in the state,” the Ukrainian president said. Context.

The banking community does not exclude the introduction of new US sanctions against two large Russian banks in the spring of 2019, Mikhail Zadornov, head of Otkritie Bank, said in an interview with Rossiya 24. He did not name specific banks. Quote: “Until the end, no one can tell you what the US administration will do [in terms of imposing sanctions] and when it will do it ... in February or in the spring.

On Wednesday, the Russian currency fell below 79 rubles per euro and 69.4 rubles per dollar. Experts interviewed by The Bell say that the weakening of the ruble was due to the demand for the currency from Russian investors, who insure risks before the long New Year holidays. What's happened. Around 12:00, the ruble dropped to 79.09 rubles/euro and 69.42 rubles/$. The last time the ruble broke through the mark of 79 rubles / euro was in September 2018.

On Wednesday, the Moscow City Duma passed a law increasing the fine for non-payment of parking fees from 2,500 rubles to 5,000. The corresponding changes will be made to the Moscow Code of Administrative Offenses.

At 7:40 am on Wednesday, December 26, a Volkswagen car-sharing car crashed into a checkpoint at Domodedovo airport. The driver and the checkpoint guard were injured. According to preliminary information, the accident occurred after a robbery - unknown people pulled 10 million rubles out of the car, writes Interfax . The airport was not affected by the incident. https://twitter.com/360tv/status/1077815859203227648 More.