Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk region are not suitable for the definition of a protest region, but the shares against the construction of the temple can be considered a model for a protest of the fourth term of Putin Photo: Telegram channel Dmitry Korzeva This week, Yekaterinburg unexpectedly became the center of protest activity in Russia.

In the first quarter, Russian GDP in annual terms grew by only 0.5% , according to preliminary data from Rosstat. This is the lowest rate since the fourth quarter of 2017, “the economy is on the verge of a recession,” Kirill Tremasov, an economist and director of the analytical department at Loko-invest, commented on his telegram channel. For comparison: in the last quarter of 2018, the economy, according to Rosstat, grew by 2.7%.

in the US has died Grumpy Cat, the world famous grumpy cat, . Her path to fame began in 2012 when a photo of an animal was posted on the Reddit forum, but she really became famous when she hit YouTube. In seven years, the cat, whose real name was Tardar Sauce, has amassed a million-strong fan base and even more money. Thanks to Grumpy Cat, her owner Tabatha Bundsen was able to quit her job as a waitress and make a fortune. Popularity.

In the apartments of three former FSB colonels during searches, money and valuables worth 12 billion rubles were found, found out Kommersant . The investigation suggests that at least the same amount is on the accounts of nominees and companies that were used by the accused.

The document of the Federal Air Transport Agency on the crash of an Aeroflot Superjet on May 5 at Sheremetyevo Airport, which came into the possession of RIA Novosti , raises even more questions for the pilots. What's new There was an excess of the maximum landing weight of 41 tons, but a small one - by 1.6 tons. The aircraft was descending along the glide path in compliance with the speed specified in the Flight Manual (AFM) for the existing conditions: 155–160 knots (287–296 km/h).

A little more than a year ago, the founder of the main financial pyramid of the 1990s, Sergei Mavrodi, but the schemes that glorified him are still popular. In the first quarter of 2019, the Central Bank discovered a 61 new financial pyramid in Russia. After the smallest passes to 30 million rubles a year, through all the Russian -speaking pyramids combined - tens of billions. The Bell talks about the five most effective ways to deprive gullible investors.

Quora, an American Q&A service, has raised $60 million in a $2 billion E round from Valor Equity Partners, a Tesla and SpaceX shareholder. Quora's 2018 revenue was only $20 million, a hundred times less than the estimate. This is an example of how highly valued almost all tech companies are right now. money bubble Including the latest round, Quora raised $286 million in investments. It rose to a unicorn back in 2017 in an $85 million round at a $1.7 billion valuation.

Ukraine has again shown that it is a parliamentary republic with rather weak presidential power. Having approved the date of the inauguration of President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky the day before, the Verkhovna Rada today blocked the advantageous opportunity for him to call early elections in July instead of October.

From May 20, the UK authorities will abandon paper migration cards, which were previously filled out by hand by foreigners entering the country, the BBC reports , citing a letter from the head of the border service, Paul Lincoln, to department employees. This will allow border services to devote more time to security and reduce queues at checkpoints.

The Arbitration Court of the Amur Region predictably sided with Artem Avetisyan in the dispute with Baring Vostok and ordered the fund to transfer 9.99% of the shares of the controversial Vostochny Bank to Avetisyan’s company. Now the only thing that separates the loss of control over Baring Bank is the time frame for considering the appeal. What's happened.

The largest Russian companies pay top management, if taken as a whole, approximately the same - about one thousandth of their market capitalization per year, follows from data Forbes . There are interesting differences at the level of individual companies.

Donald Trump presented his plan for migration reform , part of which should be the abolition of the Green Card lottery, annually allowing 50 thousand inhabitants of other countries to get a residence in the United States. Instead, Trump proposes to introduce a new Build America program, in which preference will be given to specialists with high qualifications and a proposal for working in American companies. The chances of approving reform in Congress are small. Read more.

The Russians fell into the "scissors" between debts and income. Central Bank and the market are afraid of a new crisis Russians have almost no free money, they reduce consumption, do not expect improvements and not only take new unsecured loans, but are more and more re -being re -exposed, follows from the statistics of the Central Bank and the data of sociologists, which Vedomosti and Kommersant write about today. A new large crisis is brewing in this market.

52% of small and medium-sized enterprises that faced bank blockages were forced to completely stop operations, and the share of companies that switched to cash quadrupled in a year to 8%. Due to blockages, businesses incur losses that are almost impossible to compensate and lose confidence in the banking system. Details.

Russians have almost no free money, they are reducing consumption, not expecting improvements, and not just actively taking out unsecured loans, but increasingly refinancing, as follows from today’s analytical publications of Vedomosti and Kommersant . This is stifling economic growth and is bringing a new consumer lending crisis closer.