Kommersant Publishing House faces the most serious censorship scandal since 2011. The editor-in-chief and general director of Kommersant, Vladimir Zhelonkin, at the request of the shareholders, fired two journalists from the political department, and the entire department resigned along with them as a sign of solidarity.

As a result of a conflict with shareholders, the entire political department of Kommersant resigned. We found out all the details of the biggest scandal in years related to censorship The Kommersant publishing house is experiencing its most serious scandal related to censorship since 2011. Kommersant editor-in-chief and CEO Vladimir Zhelonkin, at the request of shareholders, fired two journalists from the politics department, and in solidarity, the entire department resigned along with them.

US intelligence agencies believe that Chinese authorities can spy on owners not only from mobile phones, but also from drones, reported CNN . Probably, suspicions concern the absolute leader in the North American market - DJI. From phones to drones Chinese-made drones may be transmitting sensitive information to manufacturers, and through them, to the Chinese authorities. CNN reported this with reference to a warning issued on May 20 by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kommersant Ivan Streshinsky told The Bell his version of the reason for the dismissal of journalists from the publication’s political department: according to him, he received a message that the article was ordered, and the journalists then refused to tell the editor-in-chief of the newspaper their sources. The journalists deny the accusations.

Less than two months after the Lyft IPO, a lawsuit was filed against him for misleading investors, writes CNBC. Those who bought the shares at the placement valued the unprofitable Lyft at 10 annual revenues, and now the company is worth 20% less. What Lyft didn't say A class action lawsuit against the company, top management and IPO organizers was filed by Boston-based Block & Leviton .

The real incomes of Russians will fall in 2019, and poverty will not decrease as the authorities want, writes the Accounts Chamber (AC) in a report on the execution of the federal budget. Thus, Russia is waiting for another year of decline in real incomes of the population. Income and poverty In the first quarter, the real disposable income of the population (according to Rosstat) decreased by 2.3% yoy.

The popular messenger for teamwork Slack will block access from the regions that are under US sanctions. The company warned its corporate clients in Russia about this, The Bell found out. What's happened. As it became known to The Bell, corporate clients in Russia began to receive letters from Slack with warnings about the principles of the company's work in the regions under sanctions.

TV presenter and former presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak has been appointed general producer of the Super TV channel of the Gazprom-Media holding. Sobchak herself reported this on Telegram and the media holding confirmed it . Sobchak will be involved in programming and development of several projects, the names of which are not specified. In addition, she will take part in entertainment projects. She will become the channel's fifth general producer.

France's Total and Italy's Eni have refused to pay for organochlorine-contaminated Russian oil from the Druzhba pipeline, Reuters reported , citing industry sources. Thus, direct financial losses from the worst incident in the history of Russian pipeline exports have already occurred, the agency notes. What's happened. The payment scheduled for May 15 for "millions of barrels" of slop oil stuck in the pipeline did not take place.

Vladimir Kalashnikov, a longtime acquaintance of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, became a co-owner of Russia's largest independent refinery, Antipinsky, in the summer of 2018, found out RBC to buy out the bankrupt plant . is preparing .

The Ministry of Economic Development invited IT market participants and relevant ministries to consider a draft concept of a virtual special economic zone for export-oriented IT companies. The virtuality of the zone implies that it is distributed throughout Russia, and its resident can work from any region. Among the main support measures are customs and tax incentives.

Two key journalists from the Kommersant newspaper's political department were forced to leave the publication by mutual agreement after the publication of the article "To Make Speakers Out of These People" about the possible departure of Valentina Matviyenko from the post of Chairperson of the Federation Council. Special correspondent Ivan Safronov and deputy editor of the political department Maxim Ivanov wrote about this on their Facebook accounts.

Fraudsters have a simple way to steal funds through Sberbank terminals, found out Kommersant . This does not require any special equipment or malware: social engineering and the settings of state bank ATMs work. How it works Fraudsters start an operation at the terminal without inserting a card and leave. The next person inserts their card and enters a PIN code, after which funds are debited from their account to pay for the fraudster's operation.

in the Verkhovna Rada The inauguration of the new President Volodymyr Zelensky took place . He came to the ceremony on foot and gave an emotional speech in which, as many expected, he announced the dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada. How it was Zelensky came to the inauguration on foot. True, he had only about eight minutes to walk: Zelensky’s Kiev apartment is located on the opposite side of the Mariinsky Park from the park, wrote local media .

Alfa-Bank customers complained about a malfunction in the Alfa-Bank mobile application, as well as ATMs and bank cards, due to which users cannot make payments. The hotline of the bank also works intermittently. On Twitter, the credit institution informs users that the technical failure is already known and work is underway to eliminate it. The Downdetector service shows that the complaints started arriving around 9:30 am Moscow time.