The Agency for Strategic Initiatives, where Artem Avetisyan works as a top manager, does not want him to be associated with the Baring Vostok case. All this week, ASI employee Natalya Soldatova tried to remove information about the case from the page about Avetisyan on Wikipedia, but the editors of the service refused to edit, pointing out that the Baring case is the only reason that makes Avetisyan's figure significant enough for the Wikipedia article. .

Ilona Mask Space X launched a driving version of the Dragon-2 ship (Crew Dragon) to the International Space Station (ISS). This is the first test of the new Space X ship. This time he went into space without a crew: the ship should deliver to the ISS mannequin and about 180 kg of cargo. If everything goes well, the flight with the crew on board will take place in July. Read more. The broadcast of the launch was carried out on the company's twitter .

On the night of March 1-2, Zhores Alferov, a Russian physicist and Nobel Prize winner, died in the hospital. More. Alferov's death was reported by the 360 ​​TV channel with reference to the scientist's assistant, his wife confirmed the information to the RIA Novosti agency. Alferov was the only Nobel Prize winner in physics who still lives in Russia. He was engaged in the development of semiconductor heterostructures for high-speed optoelectronics.

Photo: "Yandex" Yandex reduced the price of its smartphone by more than 20% three months after the start of sales, Vedomosti writes. In the company, a revision of price policy is associated with the holidays. For two months, retailers spoke of low demand for smartphones of the Internet company. Read more. Yandex reduced the cost of its smartphone from 17,990 to 13,990 rubles. The company explained this in spring holidays and noted that the price will remain at such a level and in the future.

Elon Musk's Tesla has paid $920 million in cash in convertible bonds that mature on March 1, writes The Wall Street Journal. Investors and stock market players were eagerly waiting for this moment: at the auction on Friday, the amount of transactions with the company's shares exceeded 10% of its capitalization. This is the largest bond payment in the history of the company. More. Tesla paid investors $920 million in convertible bonds, the WSJ writes, citing a company spokesman.