The theme of the day in social networks is 3 million hectares burnt in Siberia. We figured out why the authorities refuse to extinguish fires, and appreciated the damage Photo: ITAR-TASS The main news of the day in social networks is forest fires in Siberia. In the three regions, an emergency regime was introduced, 3 million hectares of forest were burned out, but the authorities refuse to extinguish fires, referring to economic inappropriate.

Rosstat published a report according to which Russians with incomes below the subsistence level in the first quarter of 2019 increased by 0.5 million people (year-on-year) - now there are 20.9 million. This means that the poverty level in the country has risen to 14, 3% from 13.9% in Q1 2018. In May, the Accounts Chamber called one of the goals of President Putin's new May decree, halving poverty by 2024, unachievable.

Plant-based imitation meat maker Beyond Meat sank 14% ahead of its second-quarter report. This is a sign that even avid bulls have doubted further growth, writes Bloomberg. There should be no big surprises in the report, but investors are scared: quotes have risen by a third in a week, and since the Beyond Meat IPO on May 2 - by as much as 840%. For now, they have reason to be optimistic: the company is likely to raise its annual revenue forecast from $210 million.

Candidates not registered for the Moscow City Duma elections will be able to appeal this decision to the Central Election Commission, as promised by the chairman of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova. Today, CEC deputy chairman Nikolai Bulaev was surprised that the election commission accepted only one complaint, although unregistered candidates still have time to complain to the CEC.

Forest fires grow in Russia. The Bell figured out how great the threat is, what are the reasons and what the economic consequences will be. What happened? On July 29, the emergency mode due to forest fires was introduced in the territory of three Russian regions: the Krasnoyarsk Territory (14% of the territory of Russia), the Irkutsk region (4.5%) and partially Buryatia. How much does it burn? The Ministry of Emergencies recorded 500 foci of fires in Russia as a whole.

The Moscow Mayor's Office agreed on a protest rally in support of independent candidates for the Moscow City Duma on August 3 on Sakharov Avenue, said Mikhail Fedotov, head of the Human Rights Council. The leader of the Libertarian Party, Mikhail Svetov, who submitted the application, claims that he did not agree to Sakharov Avenue - the application referred to a rally in Lubyanka.

Sources of the Financial Times confirmed The Bell's information about the conflict between Sberbank and Yandex in a joint venture for online trading. According to the publication, the companies are negotiating not about the final divorce, but about changing the structure of the joint venture in such a way that one of the parties will gain control over the joint venture. Yandex can become this party, one of the FT sources says. Quarrel over broken negotiations.

The Shcherbinsky District Court arrested an unregistered candidate for the Moscow City Duma Ilya Yashin, reports Mediazona . He was found guilty of organizing an unsanctioned rally. According to the police, on July 23, the opposition leader called on everyone to a rally on July 27 on Twitter. UPD: for organizing the action for seven days Candidate Konstantin Jankauskas was also arrested .

The Chinese marketplace AliExpress is leaving the Internet for the physical Russian market: the site is becoming a wholesale supplier of small networks, told Vedomosti . Anton Panteleev, the company's representative in Russia, For what? Collaboration with local networks will allow AliExpress to reach new regional audiences. In the future, the company's supplies can provide 10% of the turnover of Russian business.

The head of the Rosnano state corporation, Anatoly Chubais, regained ownership of 1.5 hectares of land and a mansion in the village of Peredelkino with the help of the structure of businessman Boris Mints who left for London , found out Open Media .

The Ministry of Communications did not support cost Yandex dearly the bill on restricting foreign ownership of IT companies, which . Communications Minister Konstantin Noskov said such measures would only "lead to an outflow of Russian programmers abroad, " Interfax reports.

In Russia, it was proposed to create a register of bank customers who were denied service due to suspicions of laundering, writes Izvestia . This idea was expressed by specialists of the non-profit partnership “National Council of the Financial Market” in their response to the draft law of the Ministry of Finance. The bill itself was designed to deal with unreasonable blocking that business complained about. What's happened?

The success of the rally for honest elections has become a surprise for the Kremlin. Now the authorities are preparing to hold the protesting city for another one and a half months Photo: Evgeny Feldman for "Medusa" The inconsistent rally for honest elections on July 27 became the largest protest in Moscow for two years in terms of numbers and a record in the number of detainees. The sources of The Bell, close to the Kremlin, admit that the authorities underestimated the potential of protest.

The uncoordinated rally for fair elections on July 27 became the largest protest action in Moscow in two years in terms of numbers and a record number of arrests. The Bell's sources close to the Kremlin admit that the authorities underestimated the potential of the protest. The high number of people — no less than 10-15 thousand at an uncoordinated rally — came as a surprise. But the authorities will not meet the demands of the protesters halfway.

The Central Bank is afraid of what will happen to inflation when budget money for national projects floods into the market. The growth of government spending and the government's fiscal policy create inflation risks, the regulator warned. What's happened? “Catch-up growth in budget expenditures in the second half of the year may have a pro-inflationary effect at the end of 2019 - beginning of 2020,” this was the comment the Central Bank made when lowering the key rate to 7.25%. Context.