Gas stations in a number of regions have raised prices by more than 1–1.5% since the beginning of January, which, as President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference in December, fuel prices may rise in January due to an increase in VAT.

Trump's conflict with Congress due to financing the construction of a wall with Mexico threatens the record suspension of the US government. There will be many consequences - including for Russia The suspension of the work of American government agencies (Shatdown) due to the conflict of Donald Trump with democrats around the financing of the wall on the border with Mexico, in two days, can become a record for the duration in the history of the United States.

The richest man in the world, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and his wife Mackenzie have filed for divorce after 25 years of marriage. Quote . “After a long relationship and an attempt to live separately, we have decided to file for divorce and remain friends,” the entrepreneur said in a tweet. As follows from the message signed by both spouses, they were happy to find each other and grateful for every year spent together.

During the 2016 election campaign, the former head of Donald Trump's campaign headquarters, Paul Manafort, passed polling data to his business partner Konstantin Kilimnik, who is considered in the United States to be associated with Russian military intelligence. This information came to light from a response from Manafort's lawyers to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating possible Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) exhibition in Las Vegas, IBM introduced an IBM Q System One. The company itself calls System One the world's first integrated quantum computing system created for scientific and commercial purposes. Read more. The IBM presentation does not mean that now anyone can install a quantum computer at home or at least at work. The device is a futuristic cube with a line of 2.75 m. IBM is not going to sell such cars.

Sergei Guriev, chief economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, assessed the main initiatives of the Russian authorities in the field of economics over the past two decades. In his interview with Vedomosti, the economist noted that recently the quality of state institutions has deteriorated significantly, the goals of the first May decrees were not fulfilled and unrealistic goals were set in the new decree.

The heads of seven committees of the House of Representatives of the US Congress demanded that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin postpone the lifting of sanctions against the companies of Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska - En + and Rusal and Eurosibenergo controlled by it. Congressmen want the department to discuss with them the details of the deal between the US authorities and the structures of the Russian businessman. More.

The authorities compensate the costs of the operator of the weight and size control system on federal highways, incurred due to protests, follows from the draft concession agreement. The beneficiary of this condition may be a potential operator of scales - the company RT-Invest Transport Systems (RTITS), owned by Arkady Rotenberg's son Igor and the RT-Invest fund, owned by Rostec and Andrey Shipelov. More.

The winery “Divnomorskoye Estate” near the so-called “Putin’s palace” near Gelendzhik found new owners who are perfect for its status: the company was bought by the structures of Gennady Timchenko and Vladimir Kolbin, whose names coincide with the data of the son of another friend of Putin - Pyotr Kolbin . Read more . The previous owner of the winery was the president of Abrau-Durso, the son of business ombudsman Boris Titov, Pavel.

New Year predictably begins with raising prices, and it is not limited to growth with VAT Photo: maxpixel.net / CC0 Public Domain 2019 begins with the rise in price of cars and smartphones: Apple and Samsung raised prices for their products along with the VAT rate, and the increase in prices for new cars did not limit it to it and reached 5%. Smartphones. From January 1, the cost of Apple products on the website of the Russian online store Apple.com increased by about 1.7%.

The Japanese SoftBank Group will soon invest $ 2 billion in the world's largest coworking network, writes Financial Times with reference to sources familiar with the upcoming deal. This is much less than $ 16 billion, which SoftBank was going to invest in WeWork at the end of last year. The Vision Fund created for the money of the Arabic sovereign funds, which is managed by SoftBank, will not participate in the new round of financing at all.

2019 begins with a rise in prices for cars and smartphones: Apple and Samsung raised prices for their products along with the VAT rate, and the price increase for new cars was not limited to it and reached 5%. Smartphones. Since January 1, the cost of Apple products on the website of the Russian online store Apple.com has grown by about 1.7%, Kommersant writes. So, if at the start of sales the iPhone XR cost from 64,990 rubles, now it costs from 66,092 rubles.