The main stories of the summer of 2019 The summer of 2019, which began with the arrest of Ivan Golunov on the main day of the PMEF and ending with the exchange of prisoners with Ukraine, became one of the most information -saturated in our memory. We have chosen five main stories of summer, the development of which we have to follow in the fall.

The theme of the release is overtime in the digital economy. Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma and SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk debated at the World AI Conference in Shanghai. They are important because of the huge discrepancy between the visionary statements of both digital leaders and the current state of affairs. to the analysis of the debate and its connection with the Russian four-day project promoted by Dmitry Medvedev We devoted a separate article .

One of the main questions about the future of the new digital age: will a person work less and how will he study? At the World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Shanghai, they were answered by two leaders of the digital world: Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. According to Ma, artificial intelligence will significantly reduce the work week. Musk emphasized that huge changes will also occur in the field of education.

State Duma deputy and director Vladimir Bortko withdrew his candidacy from the election of the governor of St. Petersburg, tomorrow he will submit an application to the election commission. He stated this during the election debate. In the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, The Bell said that they "did not expect this" from Bortko and called his removal from the election "a big mistake." Details. Bortko was a candidate from the Communist Party.

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov proposed not to punish businesses for the first violation. According to him, the regulatory authorities need to use the warning mechanism more often. Quote. “This is the first time that some control body has found a violation of existing procedures, instructions, legislation - if this violation is eliminated, you can limit yourself to a warning and not levy any fines,” Siluanov said.

Video blog "Russian norms!" It will come out of vacation very soon - September 3. In anticipation of new issues, we suggest you remember the guests of past seasons. The last weekend of summer is a great time to choose and re -read a couple of books from those who were advised by the interlocutors of Lisa Ossetian.

The Central Bank has approved the size of the commission when using the Fast Payment System (FPS): for individuals, all payments will be free, for businesses, deductions will be 0.4-0.7% depending on the area, but sometimes they can be zero. Details. Commissions will not be charged on payments to the state, such as fines, taxes, penalties, the regulator said. For the most massive payments (for consumer goods, medical and educational services), the tariff is set at 0.4%.

The single tax on imputed income (UTII) will remain in the past: the small business tax introduced in 1998 will not survive until 2021. What happened. The Russian government does not intend to discuss the initiative of the Ombudsman for Entrepreneurs Boris Titov to extend the UTII, writes .

The stock market of Argentina again collapsed on the decision of the S&P agency to downgrade the country's debt rating to "selective default". This is a technical downgrade, but investors already believe that a default threatens the country in the next five years with a 90% probability, writes Bloomberg. What happened. S&P has downgraded Argentina's foreign and local currency credit rating to "Selective Default" ("SD"). Quote.

The fighters of the Russian Guard will be equipped with video recorders: they will record mass events and special operations, told Viktor Zolotov, head of the service, TASS. It is possible that camera footage will be used to identify participants in protest rallies. Zolotov noted that technical innovations currently require "careful study both in financial and economic terms, and in legal terms." He did not even name the approximate cost of such an innovation.

Russians have begun to save more for their children's higher education, the press service of the Sberbank Life Insurance company told The Bell. At the same time, parents and close relatives save more often for the education of their sons than for the future education of their daughters. Details Russians most often choose a 10-year program of educational accumulation, as a result, the amount will be about 300 thousand rubles.

The picture of a mysterious explosion with a release of radiation and death of people near Severodvinsk on August 8 is beginning to clear up: American intelligence, cited by CNBC, explains at least some of the oddities. What happened.

The Ministry of Economy is preparing a revolution in lending - Kommersant learned that the department proposes to oblige the creditor to offer it at the same price to the debtor himself before transferring the debt to a third party. The ministry believes that such a provision will exclude the bank's unmotivated refusal to restructure the debt.

Last night, a real exchange of retained persons between Russia and Ukraine began. Whether the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov entered in exchange, is still unclear. What is known On August 28, the Kiev court released the ex-head of the RIA Novosti-Ukraine Kirill Vyshinsky, and the next day the news appeared that Sentsov was transferred from a colony to Moscow. With him, for the exchange, the detained Ukrainian sailors and several other persons were gathered - about 30 people.

Last night, a real exchange of detainees between Russia and Ukraine began. The details are still unclear. What is known On August 28, a Kiev court released the former editor-in-chief of RIA Novosti-Ukraine, Kirill Vyshinsky, and the next day, news appeared that the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov had been transferred from the colony to Moscow. Detained Ukrainian sailors and several other persons were gathered with him for an exchange - about 30 people in total.