The Pobeda TV channel, created for the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, will go on the air a year earlier than the anniversary - in the spring of 2019, the press reported service of Channel One . World Wide Web". More. The press service noted that the channel will try to reconstruct real events - for example, those that happened every day at the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command.

How the Russian military came up with Wagner PMCs and why Evgeny Prigozhin was chosen by its organizer: The Bell investigation Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation The name of Yevgeny Prigozhin became a synonym for Russia's informal presence in conflict points from Syria to West Africa. The last point is Venezuela, where the mercenaries from the “PMC Wagner” allegedly guard the President of Maduro.

Restaurateur Evgeny Prigozhin denies his connection with the “Wagner PMC” and almost never comments on it. But for the investigation of The Bell about how the Russian military came up with a private army, and Prigozhin was entrusted to create it, the businessman gave detailed written answers to questions about PMCs. We publish them completely. - Since 2014, Russian and foreign media connect your name with an organization called “Wagner PMC”.

Investigation - January 29, 2019 Private Army For the president: the story of the most delicate assignment Evgeny Prigozhin Illustration: Rita Morozova The name of Evgeny Prigozhin became a synonym for Russia's informal presence in conflict points, where there are its interests, from Syria to West Africa and Venezuela.

The press service of "Rosgeologiya" said that they terminated the contract with their deputy general director Ruslan Gorring in connection with the violation of the code of corporate ethics and disrespectful attitude towards the holding's employees. More. The company noted that the actions of the top manager did not correspond to the system of corporate values ​​and ethical standards of communication with employees.

Russia's Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak admitted that problems with servicing Venezuela's debt to Moscow would arise after the latest US sanctions against the Venezuelan oil company PDVSA. Quote . “There will probably be problems. Everything now depends on the army, on the servicemen, how faithful they will be to their duty and oath. It is difficult to give another assessment, it is impossible,” said Storchak. Venezuela's total debt to Russia is $3 billion.

The Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Dmitry Kobylkin fired Ruslan Gorring, the deputy head of Rosgeologiya, because of an “outrageous video,” said the ministry’s press service . The head of the company, Roman Panov, was also reprimanded. More. The day before, a video of a stream from the Twitch service with the participation of Gorring appeared on the Mediakiller Telegram channel.

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, known in the media as "Putin's chef", is competing with the presidential administration for control of elections in St. Petersburg, writes Dozhd , citing sources close to the Kremlin. According to sources of the publication, in this way he seeks to gain influence on the distribution of government contracts in the region. More. Prigozhin’s team is trying to gain control over the already actually launched election campaign of the acting governor of St.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin supported the initiative of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia to restrict the entry of non-environmentally friendly cars into some areas of the capital, according to a press release from the HRC. The same restrictions are going to be introduced in St. Petersburg. Now the Moscow government must work on this issue and submit a plan for the implementation of the initiative together with other departments by March 4, writes Kommersant .

New sanctions against Venezuela will cause an increase in oil prices, but it will not be sharp The United States imposed sanctions against the oil state -owned company Venezuela. This will deprive the country of the main source of exchange of currency by $ 11 billion a year and, according to the USA, should undermine the support of Maduro among his associates. World oil prices will increase, but the exclusion stipulated in the sanction mode will weaken this effect.

Apple has acknowledged a bug in the FaceTime calling app that allows users to hear audio from the other party's phone before they pick up the phone. The company promised to release an update this week to fix this bug. https://twitter.com/BmManski/status/1089967572307640325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1089967572307640325&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2019%2 F01%2F28%2Ffacetime-bug-hear- audio%2F More.

In 2018, Apple provided jobs to 450,000 Americans, according to a press release from the corporation, which assesses its contribution to the American economy. The document came out shortly after US President Trump called for iPhones to be made in the US, not China. It was the US trade war with China and the slowdown in the latter's economy that, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, were the key reasons for the poor financial performance of the last quarter. More. In 2018, over 9,000 U.S.

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against the Venezuelan state oil monopoly PDVSA. Thus, the United States expects to weaken the position of President Nicolas Maduro and at the same time strengthen the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Juan Guaidó. Despite the exceptions provided for in the sanctions regime, this decision will lead to a reshuffling of forces in the oil market and an increase in oil prices. More.

The US Justice Department has filed formal charges against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei and its chief financial officer, the daughter of the company's founder Meng Wanzhou, reports . Bloomberg More. The company is accused of bank fraud, obstruction of justice and theft of technology from the American company T-Mobile. In particular, it is claimed that: Huawei misled the US and the global bank about its relationship with its subsidiary Skycom Tech Co.