In June, Dmitry Medvedev unexpectedly called the transition of Russians to a four -day working week. Since then, this issue has been popping up regularly. What is worth it? Photo: Ekaterina Silet/TASS In June, speaking at the 108th session of the International Labor Organization, Medvedev unexpectedly a lot of time threw a four-day working week.

The TOP "Yandex" got the news about the four -day working week. What is worth it? Photo: Ekaterina Silet/TASS In June, Dmitry Medvedev unexpectedly called the transition of Russians to a four -day working week. Since then, this issue has been popping up regularly. What is worth it? In June, speaking at the 108th session of the International Labor Organization, Medvedev unexpectedly a lot of time threw a four-day working week.

The United States has postponed the introduction of additional tariffs on goods from China, which President Donald Trump announced on August 1, according to the website of the Trade Representation. Markets and oil are growing, the ruble after it wins back the fall. What's happened. On August 1, Trump announced a new blow in the trade war against China - and sent the US stock market into the deepest drop of 2019.

The Moscow City Court ordered the district election commission for the 43rd district to register Sergei Mitrokhin as a candidate for elections to the Moscow City Duma, Interfax reports . So far, Mitrokhin is the only candidate whose complaints have been heard. Mitrokhin went to court after the local election commission twice refused him when considering complaints about signatures for participation in elections to the Moscow City Duma.

From August 15, holders of Aeroflot gold cards with an economy class ticket will not be able to get into the business lounges of the airports of Magnitogorsk and Arkhangelsk for free, writes Vedomosti . This will only be possible for members of the platinum loyalty program and for passengers who have bought business class tickets, the press service of Aeroflot said. Instead of business class access, gold cardholders will automatically receive 3,000 miles.

In July, little-known candidates from the Servant of the People party — from a wedding photographer to an amusement park director — won elections to the Verkhovna Rada, beating oligarchs, governors and veterans of Ukrainian politics in single-member districts. Volodymyr Zelensky's party won up to 127 mandates out of 206 - this is a more convincing victory than in the voting on party lists.

Independent trade unions of Russia proposed to the Ministry of Labor to reduce the working week to four working days with the same salary. The State Duma supported the proposal - indicating that the transition should be gradual. Trade unions point out that EU countries that have a shorter working week (from 27 to 40 hours) are more developed. The United Russia faction in the State Duma supported the idea and is ready to start discussing the bill in September.

There is “certainly nothing out of the ordinary” in past rallies in Moscow, Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, who returned from vacation, told reporters. This is the Kremlin's first comment on this topic. Quote. “A huge number of events take place in Russia every day, which, of course, are issues for the president’s attention, and he doesn’t need to express his point of view on everyone,” Peskov said.

Russians who have been subjected to political persecution will be given Ukrainian citizenship in a simplified regime: a decree on this was signed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. A month ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the simplified acquisition of Russian citizenship by all residents of Donbass, including territories controlled by Ukraine. Read also War of passports: pros and cons of Russian and Ukrainian citizenship What do they offer?

The increase in VAT from 18 to 20% since the beginning of the year was erroneous: instead of economic growth, Russia received a useless budget surplus, said Mikhail Zadornov, chairman of the board of the Otkritie FC, which is owned by the Central Bank, in an interview with RBC. Quote. “In my opinion, the wrong step was to increase VAT from 18 to 20%. Federal budget revenues increased in the first half of 2019 by approximately 11%, and expenses by 3%. The surplus reached 3.1% of GDP.

Verizon has sold the Tumblr social network to Automattic Inc. - to the owner of WordPress - no more than $ 10 million, according to the Axios resource. This means that its value has fallen by at least 100 times in six years. In 2013 Yahoo! bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion, and already in 2016 Verizon valued the asset at $230 million. In 2017, Verizon bought most of Yahoo! for $4.5 billion. Tumblr never learned to make money from ads or subscriptions, but it has 475 million photo blogs.

On August 12, the Merval Argentinean Stock Exchange Index collapsed by almost 38% (to 27,530 points), the Argentine peso fell by 30%, updating its historical low - from 45 to 62 pesos per US dollar (then rose to 52 pesos per dollar). This is the biggest drop in decades in Latin America's third economy, which is struggling with an undulating crisis and recession. What's happened. The presidential primaries were held in Argentina over the weekend, and their results were released on Monday.

The American company Talespin, which develops virtual reality products, introduced Barry, a virtual hero who simulates the behavior of ordinary office workers. The company claims that Barry is able to teach management how to solve problems with colleagues and, most importantly, how to properly dismiss, says MIT Technology Review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzcCwr5iWHg Idea. Barry is an animated elderly man who appears in your office when you put on your virtual reality goggles.

Experiment with AI in Russia will be the State Bank and the Presidential Administration Photo: from the Kremlin website German Gref and Sergey Sobyanin will be responsible for the development of artificial intelligence in Russia with the participation of the presidential administration. A special experimental platform with a special legal regime and access to a giant array of data will appear in Moscow. Sberbank becomes an analogue of Rosneft in the digital sector of the economy.

German Gref and Sergei Sobyanin will be responsible for the development of artificial intelligence in Russia, with the participation of the presidential administration. In Moscow, under their leadership, a special experimental site will appear with a special legal regime and access to a huge amount of data, writes . Kommersant What's happened. Sberbank is becoming an analogue of Rosneft in the digital sector of the economy.