By the end of the year, the Russian economy, according to Rosstat, quickly rushed up - in the third quarter it grew by 1.7%. This is twice as much as in the second quarter, and three times as much as in the first. The Ministry of Economy, which a month ago called such growth anomalous, now believes that it will continue in the fourth quarter, and by the end of the year, GDP will grow by 1.3%.

Rosstat reported to accelerate GDP growth in half, but its numbers look doubtful By the end of the year, the Russian economy, according to Rosstat, quickly rushed up - according to the results of the third quarter, it increased by 1.7%. This is twice as much as in the second quarter, and three times more than in the first.

Google follows Apple and Facebook into the financial services market, writes The Wall Street Journal. Unlike the competition, it does it more carefully, and it's likely the more reliable route. Read also Apple project brings Goldman Sachs under discrimination investigation Details The corporation entered into a partnership with Citi Financial Group and the Stanford University Credit Union, which graduated from Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Jack Ma, the founder of Chinese internet giant Alibaba , said the results of the November 11 "bachelor's day" sale fell short of his expectations. Alibaba has not commented on this statement. According to the billionaire who has departed from operational management, two factors have reduced them: warm weather ("when it's cold, clothes are bought more") and the fact that the day of sales fell on Monday (people preferred sleep before work to night shopping). Quote.

A bill has been introduced to the State Duma that directly prohibits the use of declarations filed under the “capital amnesty” in criminal cases. Details The document was compiled by influential United Russia members - head of the State Duma Budget and Taxes Committee Andrei Makarov and chairman of the Legislation Committee Pavel Krasheninnikov.

The founder of the carsharing Delimobil, Vincenzo Trani, headed the holding, which, in addition to Delimobil, includes Anytime carsharing and the Delisamokat electric scooter rental service, vc.ru found out . Under his leadership, carsharing No. 1 in Russia in terms of revenue should conduct an IPO. The desired valuation is $300 million. The placement site has not yet been determined. Perhaps it will be the Nasdaq.

Ukrainian oligarch and billionaire Igor Kolomoisky, whose help is considered the main factor in the success of Volodymyr Zelensky in the country's presidential elections, gave an extensive and profanity-laced (full of expletives) interview with The New York Times. In it, he attacked the United States, did not see Ukraine's prospects in NATO, and also offered to improve relations with Russia - and take $100 billion from it instead of the International Monetary Fund.

According to preliminary data, Russia's GDP in the III quarter grew by 1.7% year-on-year, Rosstat reported. Economic growth for nine months of the year amounted to 1.1%. The official assessment will be published by the department on December 12. The Russian economy showed growth due to several sectors: agriculture (growth by 5.1% per year), industry in general (+2.9%) and wholesale trade (+3.8%). The latter refers mainly to gas trade.

Chairman of the Accounts Chamber (CA) Alexei Kudrin urged not to wait for optimistic developments in the Russian economy by the end of 2019. According to him, so far no indicators indicate an acceleration in GDP growth. Kudrin's office calculated that investment growth in the first half of the year lagged behind the forecast - it amounted to 0.6% against an annual forecast of 2%. The forecast for retail trade turnover was reduced from 1.6% to 1.3%.

President Vladimir Putin awarded billionaires Vladimir Potanin and Boris Rotenberg with the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd Class, and the Order of Alexander Nevsky, respectively. The owner of Norilsk Nickel, Potanin, received the award "for great services to the state and many years of conscientious work", Rotenberg - for merits in the field of sports as the general director of the Fatherland martial arts society and vice president of the judo federation.

Delivery of physical cards to customers' homes will come to naught in 1-2 years, said Lev Khasis, first deputy chairman of Sberbank. Shortly before this, the state bank announced the launch of a card delivery project and the prospects for its development. Quote. “In general, we believe that this line of business is a dead end branch of evolution, because in the Russian Federation almost 100% of stores accept not only physical cards, but also cards placed in your mobile devices” (“Interfax”).

In the new issue of the channel "Russian norms!" Elizaveta Osetinskaya met with Karina Dobrotvorskaya, a legend in the world of glamorous journalism and fashion. Dobrotvorskaya has been working for the international publishing house Condé Nast for more than 20 years. She started in Moscow as a department editor, and in 2012 she became director of editorial development at Condé Nast and went to work in Paris and then London.

AliExpress Russia (a joint venture of Alibaba Group, Mail.ru Group, MegaFon and RDIF) for the first time disclosed the financial results of the 11.11 promotion. During the "Day of the Bachelor", or "World Shopping Day", 5 million Russians made purchases. During two discount days, 30 million purchases worth over 17 billion rubles were made on the Russian segment of the platform. The average daily turnover of non-food retail in Russia this year is about 40 billion rubles.

Russia will reduce the share of the dollar in the National Welfare Fund (NWF), Deputy Finance Minister Vladimir Kolychev said . According to him, this is due to geopolitical risks. What's happened? Russia will change the currency structure of the National Welfare Fund in 2020: the issue is ripe, Kolychev said.

Telegram requires a US court to dismiss the claim of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which has secured a court ban on the issuance and distribution of the Gram cryptocurrency, follows from a document published on the Courtlistener website. Investors who believed in the new project of Pavel Durov invested $1.7 billion in Gram. Read also Pavel Durov's investors gave him another chance Details.