The Trump administration has followed through on a long-standing threat to allow only "self-sufficient" immigrants into the country. a visa or a green card If a person is considered a “burden on society” (public charge), from mid-October he will not see . The new definition covers mostly poor migrants across the southern border. It has been expanded to include non-financial assistance that they would qualify as US citizens: food stamps, subsidized housing, or Medicaid.

To trace the deterioration of affairs in the country in dynamics is becoming increasingly difficult. We explain by the example of crafty numbers from Sberbank CIB, Rosstat and VTIOMA Photo: Zumatass As soon as the numbers cease to delight, they stop publishing them - The Bell noticed this trend with the popular Ivanov Index from Sberbank Cib. But this is not the only example. Since 2013, Sberbank Cib has been calculating the Middle Class consumer confidence index, calling it the Ivanov Index.

Since 2013, Sberbank CIB has been calculating the Middle Class consumer confidence index. But last year he suddenly stopped publishing this indicator, noted The Bell. During this period, the consumer attitude of Russians worsened sharply. The bank continued to disclose the value of the index only this year, when it began to recover. What is the reason for this, the press service of the bank did not explain. What's happened.

The Chinese company ByteDance, known for the TikTok service, has launched search engine in China the Toutiao Search based on the Toutiao news aggregator . Currently, Toutiao Search only works on mobile devices and returns results in accordance with Chinese censorship requirements. Toutiao Search does not yet have ads, but the service prioritizes content related to ByteDance sites, including video platforms TikTok and Xigua Video, when searching.

Stagnation or recession? This question was the main economic intrigue of today, when Rosstat published new data on the near-zero dynamics of the country's GDP. The Ministry of Economic Development resolved the issue in favor of stagnation. What did Rosstat count Rosstat reported an acceleration of economic growth in the second quarter (yoy) to 0.9% from 0.5% in the first quarter of 2019. In January-June, GDP grew by 0.7% in annual terms.

Despite new statements by the former and current leadership of Rosatom at parting with those who died during the tests near Severodvinsk, we learned practically nothing about what exactly exploded. But it was a "special product" - this is the word used by nuclear scientists to designate weapons, especially atomic bombs, and their components.

The People's Bank of China is "close" to releasing its own cryptocurrency, according to CNBC, citing Mu Changchun, deputy director of the payments department of the country's central bank. According to media reports, the bank's experts have been working on creating their own digital currency since last year.

Moscow journalists, mentioned in published a database writes on August 9, report receiving threatening calls, Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora international human rights group, on his Telegram channel. About whom exactly there is a speech, it is not reported. But ordinary protesters also report threats. Unknown people called Muscovites Sergei and Borzenko and Tatyana Usmanova, who works for Open Russia, writes Kommersant.

The Hong Kong airport has been stopped for a day - the administration canceled all flights due to the protests continuing for the fourth day in a row, AP reported . People at the airport have been advised to "leave the terminals as soon as possible" and travelers who are just about to board a flight are advised to contact the airlines for clarification on departures.

The trade war between the US and China has markedly increased the likelihood of a recession in the US, Reuters reported , citing analysts at Goldman Sachs. Washington and Beijing are unlikely to reach a trade deal before the 2020 US presidential election, they say. The trade war has affected the economy more than expected, analysts write. Goldman Sachs lowered its forecast for US GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2019 by 0.2 percentage points to 1.8%.

Rambler has bought exclusive rights to broadcast English Premier League (EPL) football matches via its Okko online cinema. But the start was unsuccessful: users had difficulties watching the broadcast of the very first game of the season, Vedomosti writes . Money. Online cinema Okko (the second in Russia after Ivi) acquired the right to show matches of the Premier League, the season of which began on August 9, even before the announcement of the deal between Rambler and Sberbank.

The European Union will develop common recommendations for member countries on how to respond to Russian passports that were issued to residents of the DPR and LPR. Most likely, European countries simply will not recognize such passports, Izvestia writes . European Union. The EU leadership is concerned about Russia's decision to issue documents to all willing residents of Donbass (on April 17, President Vladimir Putin signed a corresponding decree).

An unregistered candidate for the Moscow City Duma, Ilya Yashin, wrote an open letter to the head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, in which he called on her to cancel the “pseudo-elections to the Moscow City Duma” on September 8 due to “police brutality and arbitrariness” and postpone them to the end of autumn, while ensuring the participation of the opposition. Yashin himself is under administrative arrest for organizing a protest.

The Russian authorities will offer China to jointly identify foreign countries involved in organizing protests in Moscow and Hong Kong, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday, proposing to establish an exchange "through the relevant services." The Foreign Ministry itself has already scheduled meetings with Chinese counterparts about actions in the information sphere, she said. What's happened? for the second time Maria Zakharova speaks about the Moscow protests.

Foreign exchange problems for businesses and people remain, despite the recent liberalization in foreign trade payments. Sometimes people and companies don't even realize they've violated anything. Vedomosti describes one such case: tax authorities issued a fine of 128 million rubles to a Russian entrepreneur because of a loan he took from an Armenian bank to purchase a stake in a local company.