Dixy shareholders buy a network of Alcomarkets Krasnoye & White. As a result of the transaction, the third largest retailer will appear on the Russian market In the Russian retail market is the most sudden and major merger. The Dixie and Bristol networks of the billionaires Igor Kesaev and Sergei Katsiev are united with the fastest growing Russian retailer, the Red & White Alcomarkets of the Chelyabinsk businessman Sergei Studynikov.

Alexei Navalny has published files that he calls wiretapping of telephone conversations between Oleg Deripaska and people associated with him. The notes are about Nastya Rybka. It follows from them that the representatives of the businessman could contribute to her retention in a prison in Thailand. Where is the listening . As Navalny writes, the recordings were published in the public domain on YouTube.

Shareholders of "Dixie" buy a network of liquor stores "Krasnoe&Beloe". As a result of the transaction, the third largest retailer will appear on the Russian market In the Russian retail market - the most sudden and largest merger. The Dixy and Bristol networks of billionaires Igor Kesaev and Sergey Katsiev are merging with Russia's fastest growing retailer, the Krasnoe&Beloe liquor store chain of Chelyabinsk businessman Sergey Studennikov.

The profile committee of the State Duma recommended the adoption in the first reading of a package of bills introducing fines for disseminating false information online, as well as equating materials with “obvious disrespect” to state authorities to petty hooliganism. More. Speaking on behalf of the authors of the bills, Dmitry Vyatkin said that comments on initiatives from other state authorities could be taken into account when preparing the document for the second reading.

The head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina spoke about the details of the new accumulative system of individual pension capital (IPC) at the hearings in the State Duma. In the new system, the accumulative pension, according to her , will be formed not only from contributions from citizens, but also from funds from employers who are ready to co-finance the contributions of employees. What is it about?

The manager of the production center of Gerard Depardieu, Yuri Mosman, called the enforcement proceedings opened by the bailiffs against the actor's company unexpected. More.

In Russia, the first criminal case has been initiated against an organization recognized as undesirable in the country, said Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora International Human Rights Group. Its defendants were activists of the "Open Russia" Mikhail Khodorkovsky. More.

The Apple Corporation resumed production and returned the iPhone SE - a four -inch smartphone with a processor from the iPhone 6S, the production of which was stopped in September 2018. The devices received on sale are new, not restored, writes Digital Trends. iPhone se is absent on the main page and in the iPhone section on the Apple website. He got into the special offers section , and is also available among reseller.

Some websites of Russian departments and government agencies may be unavailable from February 1. On this day, there will be a transition to a new DNS protocol standard, which may disrupt access to the websites of companies and government agencies. Sites located on servers that do not support the EDNS standard will not be accessible to users. You can check the readiness of budgetary institutions and businesses for DNS flag day on the website of the same name. Read more .

Photo from the Kremlin website This year, PJSC RusHydro will redirect the charitable assistance in the amount of about 15 million rubles to the Pskov diocese instead of the Sretensky Monastery, two sources familiar with the plans of the company told The Bell. Last spring, the former governor of the Sretensky monastery Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov), who is often called the “confessor” of Vladimir Putin, became the head of the Pskov Metropolitan. Read more.

The discussion about Russian electricity prices, which began with Anatoly Chubais' speech at the Gaidar Forum, traditionally quickly escalated into a debate about poverty in Russia and Chubais's personal role in creating the conditions for it. Today, the head of Rosnano responded to criticism from Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who raised the question of responsibility for the fact that "a significant part of the population lives in poverty or very poverty." Quote.

Roskomnadzor has filed administrative cases against Twitter and Facebook for failing to comply with a law requiring the transfer of personal data of Russian users to Russia. Read more . As follows from the message of the service, social networks provided “formal answers” ​​to its request to confirm the transfer of personal data of Russian users to Russia.

The consulting company PwC has published a review under the heading "Decline of the offshore island era?". The reason was the entry into force of new laws that tighten the requirements for business in offshore jurisdictions. More. In 2019, in many offshore territories, laws come into force that oblige companies to conduct real activities.

The visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be the undisputed main topic of the beginning of the week in Russia. On Tuesday, he will hold talks with Vladimir Putin on the conclusion of peace and the transfer of part of the Kuril Islands to Japan. From the statements of Vladimir Putin since the fall of 2018, one gets the impression that Russia is not opposed - but the main obstacle may be the rating of Vladimir Putin, who broke another anti-record at the beginning of the year.

The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expects to agree on the transfer of Japan to two of the four Kuril Islands on Tuesday. The main obstacle to the transaction is the low rating of Vladimir Putin The unconditional main topic of the beginning of the week in Russia will be the visit of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. On Tuesday, he will hold negotiations with Vladimir Putin on the conclusion of peace and the transfer of part of the Kuril Islands to Japan.