Yury Beloyvan, the owner of the restaurant chain Korchma Taras Bulba, pleaded guilty to tax evasion for 2 billion rubles, TASS reported on Monday, citing a source close to the investigation. with tax evasion Beloyvan was charged back in 2017 (part 2 of article 199 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The maximum penalty is six years' imprisonment. More. Earlier, Yuriy Beloyvan did not admit his guilt, but the courts were not on his side.

Rosstat discovered in 2018 a record growth of GDP. Even full -time optimists from the Ministry of Economy were left behind The optimism of Rosstat once again surpassed the expectations of economists. The first rating of Russian GDP in 2018 amounted to 2.3% - by 0.3 percentage points. More than the Minister of Economics announced Maxim Oreshkin 10 days ago in Davos, and by 0.5 percentage points. More than the Ministry of Economy predicted before.

Online retailer Ozon refused free delivery and increased tariffs. The service was informed about this by its user through the official application. The company explains that the solution will reduce prices for purchases themselves, but users are clearly not satisfied with this explanation. Read more. Previously, prepaid purchases through Ozon could be picked up free of charge if the goods were delivered to the retailer’s own network of parcel terminals.

Cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX lost almost $137 million after the death of founder Gerry Cotten. Cotten was the only one who knew the passwords for the offline (cold) wallet of the exchange, which stored data about the digital currency. The death of Cotten was reported under oath by the widow of the deceased, Jennifer Robertson (Jennifer Robertson). According to her, 30-year-old Cotten died of Crohn's disease in India. More.

Rosstat published unexpectedly optimistic data on Russian GDP growth. According to the department's latest estimate, in 2018 Russian GDP grew by 2.3%. At the end of January, the Ministry of Economy estimated growth at 1.6–1.8%, and at the forum in Davos, Minister Maxim Oreshkin was able to name the figure 2% - and that was thanks to the previous scandalous publication of Rosstat. Economists cannot understand how Rosstat obtained such data. Read more.

The head of VTB Andrey Kostin said that he does not expect serious US sanctions against the largest Russian state-owned banks, including Sberbank and VTB. In case optimism is not justified, the bank is working on a plan to "restructure work." In September, the head of VTB already named one of the possible solutions - the conversion of foreign currency deposits, an alarming statement by a top manager then provoked a mass exodus of depositors from Russian banks.

The largest Russian retailers have reduced prices for the latest generation iPhone. The flagship models of the iPhone XR, XS and XS Max fell in price by 4-8 thousand, depending on the store. More. Now the iPhone XR with 64 GB of internal memory will cost 59,990 rubles. The “older” modifications of the iPhone XS and XS Max with the same amount of memory have fallen in price to 80,990 rubles and 89,990 rubles, respectively. joined the action .

European countries turn out one after another from the current president of Venezuela Nicholas Maduro. Germany, France, Great Britain, Spain, Sweden, etc. - only ten states recognized the opposition by Huan Guydo as an interim president of the country after Maduro refused to fulfill the demand of European countries to appoint early presidential elections. Photo: Zumatass Read more.

The US Congress is going to test another possible connection between President Donald Trump and Russia. This time under the gun of VTB. US lawmakers are investigating a $1 billion loan from a German bank to a Russian bank. In 2016, Deutsche Bank hastily tried to get rid of them. For what specific purpose these funds were allocated is unknown.

The business jet, which the Foundation for the fight against corruption of Alexei Navalny called the family of Evgeny Prigozhin’s family, flew to the Middle East and Africa for almost two years, calculated the DATA department of Novaya Gazeta. Read more.

JPMorgan analysts believe that in 2019-2020 one should not expect a recession in the United States. The main reason is the easing of the Fed's monetary policy, which did not raise its discount rate last week. Detailed. JPMorgan believes that the decision of the US Federal Reserve, which kept the key rate at the same level last week and promised to be more patient with its further increase, gives grounds for changing the investment strategy.

The number of Russians who do not want to emigrate from Russia has reached a maximum over the past seven years - 61%, writes Kommersant , citing the results of a survey by the Levada Center. People in the country are held back by the lack of material opportunities to move; for the majority, emigration is an “impossible dream,” sociologists explain. Among those who still want to leave the country, the largest proportion are young people. Detailed.

The Bell found out who is suspected of creating the Azino777 online casino. The volume of bets in it can reach 15 billion rubles The Bell learned the name of the alleged creator of the largest Russian-speaking online casino and one of the largest Runet advertisers-Azino777, which for the fifth year has not been able to cope with either Roskomnadzor or tax authorities. It turned out to be 33-year-old ITSHAN from Naberezhnye Chelny Albert Valiakhmetov.

The Bell learned the name of the alleged creator of the largest Russian-speaking online casino and one of the largest Runet advertisers-Azino777, with whom neither Roskomnadzor nor tax authorities are able to cope. It turned out to be 33-year-old ITSHAN from Naberezhnye Chelny Albert Valiakhmetov.

Increased competition is forcing airlines to prepare for a market reshuffle. Pobeda CEO Andrey Kalmykov filed a complaint against UTair with Rosaviatsia — he drew attention to the fact that the competitor's financial condition threatens flight safety and threatens to shut it down. Officials believe that Rosaviatsia should not formally take any action. In detail.