The sensational electricity tariff reform that Anatoly Chubais called for and, as it turned out on Wednesday morning, is being proposed by government officials, is being temporarily cancelled. Read more . At a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, it was decided to postpone the discussion of differentiated tariffs for the population for an indefinite period.

How Russian officials presented the country at the main session in Davos Today is the main day for Russia at Davos 2019: a Russian session was held at the forum with the participation of a few Russian officials who came to the WEF.

Today is the main day for Russia at Davos-2019: a Russian session was held at the forum with the participation of a few Russian officials who came to the EEF.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido proclaimed himself interim president of the country at a rally of thousands, reports AP . US President Donald Trump recognized him, according to the BBC. Read more . Tens of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against President Nicolas Maduro. In some areas, there were clashes between demonstrators and the forces of the National Guard. Four deaths are reported.

Boeing has successfully conducted the first tests of its flying unmanned vehicle, according to a press release from the company. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs-Z_clBkiz/ Detailed. “In just a year, we were able to move from concept design to a flying prototype,” CEO Greg Hislop commented on the company's success. The test flight took place in Virginia. The drone was created as part of the NeXt program to develop air transport for the urban environment.

President Vladimir Putin called for speeding up the creation of the Science and Technology Center of Moscow State University (the project is also known as the “Valley” of Moscow State University “Vorobyovy Gory”). Read more . “The process of creating a scientific and technological center should be accelerated in order to combine the potential of Moscow State University, the Russian Academy of Sciences and our leading companies ...

BuzzFeed found out that the Trump Tower project in Moscow was discussed not only in words, as President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudolph Giuliani said. The newspaper obtained documents, letters and sketches that show that the construction of the tower was thought out in detail - it was assumed that Trump Tower would become the tallest skyscraper in Europe and bring in more than $ 300 million in revenue. https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/1087833839114678272 Detailed.

The topic of release is the future of Telegram “2018 was a wonderful year for Telegram, but 2019 will become the most important year in the history of our company,” this begins the message of Pavel Durov, who interrupted in mid-January two and a half months of his silence. Within a month, the Telegram team should present investors with a working version of the Ton blockchain and products based on it, the Bell found out yesterday.

Three meetings with Oleg Deripaska cost Nastya a fish and her friends nine months of prison in Thailand and a criminal case in Russia. The Bell read the unpublished book of the fish and restored that it was she who learned about the life of Deripaska and his acquaintance during communication with the oligarch.

Sberbank plans to gradually abandon fees for intrabank transfers, said the head of the bank, German Gref. His words look like a promise of concessions to the Central Bank. Last week, the Central Bank proposed to legally oblige all banks to join its fast payment system and criticized Sberbank, which controls 94% of the card transfer market, for interbank commissions. Detailed.

Along with smartphones, cars and air tickets, imported alcohol is also becoming more expensive. The largest importers have already increased the cost of their products by up to 20% and are now negotiating with federal retailers, who so far refuse to accept new prices, writes Kommersant . Market participants believe that the rise in prices will affect consumers in two or three months. Detailed.

Sberbank CEO German Gref admitted that mortgage rates could go down by the end of 2019. However, an increase is still possible in the first half of the year due to a change in the Central Bank rate and new regulations in the area of ​​shared construction. In detail. A reduction in rates, including mortgage rates, is possible as inflation stabilizes in the second half of 2019, Gref suggested in a conversation with journalists on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Alexey Gromov and Vladimir Putin, photo from the Kremlin website The Internet publication "Project" spoke about the business that is associated with the first deputy head of the presidential administration Alexei Gromov, who is responsible for the Kremlin for the media sphere. Briefly .

Anatoly Chubais' brilliant speech last week, which generated a lot of controversy on social media, turned out to be prophetic. As Kommersant found out, the government is considering a reform of energy tariffs for the population, in which those who consume electricity in excess of the norm will pay more for it. More. The fact that the government was preparing a reform of energy tariffs for the population became known back in the fall, but now the outlines of a future reform have also emerged.

The government thinks about new reform in the energy sector Anatoly Chubais, photo from the Kremlin website The vivid performance of Anatoly Chubais last week, which gave rise to many discussions in social networks, turned out to be prophetic. As Kommersant found out, the government considers the reform of energy tariffs for the population, in which those who consume electricity over the norm will pay more for it.