In the United States, the Russian entrepreneur, the owner of the KS Engineering company Oleg Nikitin, was arrested: he faces up to 20 years in prison for violating the sanctions regime, the American Ministry of Justice reports . He himself does not admit his guilt, the Russian Embassy in the United States said .

Sberbank to issue risky loans in exchange for "golden shares" Sberbank wants to issue more corporate loans, but at the same time better control high-risk borrowers. Starting next year, Russia's largest bank will begin issuing such clients "box" loans with the condition that Sber receives a "golden share" that gives the right to participate in management decisions.

On December 3, the US Senate held hearings on Russia. One of the main topics was sanctions. The Senator from the Republican Party Rand Paul proposed to measure their effectiveness and begin to relieve sanctions in exchange for separate concessions, if it turns out that they work poorly.

Sberbank decided to introduce a new tool when issuing large corporate loans to borrowers with high risk - a loan using the Golden Promotion, writes RBC. The Golden Promotion will give the bank partial control over the borrower business. Oscar Ratsin spoke about the new idea of ​​Sberbank of RBC, the head of the Sberbank-Investition. As a Sberbanker receives certain management rights, but “he can react to what is happening in the company not immediately,” he explained.

The largest privatization transaction since 2016 has not been very privatizing. 30% of the shares of the Group "Delo", which paid 60 billion rubles for the purchase of a transcontainer control package, will be bought by the Rosatom State Corporation. She needs a transport company to develop the Northern Sea Route. The fact that Rosatom will become a co-owner of the group "Delo" of the ex-deputy of the State Duma Sergey Shishkarev, RBC said in the morning.

The owner of the Asian IDAX crypto accounts, the daily turnover of the funds of which reached $ 757 million, disappeared without a trace. Now customers of the exchange cannot return their funds. On Friday, November 29, IDAX published an “urgent notification” in which she said that the company Lay Govong disappeared: employees could not contact him for five days, on November 24. In this regard, the cryptocurrency is suspended any operations for the input and withdrawal of funds.

The Danish Investbank Saxo Bank has published the annual “shocking forecast” for the next year. Analysts recall that this report should not be considered as a forecast or guide to action, but as a well -founded mental exercise, "which will prepare us for what can happen and what consequences this will lead." Gold prices will collapse below $ 1300 (now $ 1468 per ounce), WTI oil will jump to $ 85. The ratio of gold price to oil will halve - from 30 to 15.

The “Law Against Apple” signed by Putin about the pre-installation of Russian applications gadgets is not a sign of the country's closure from the world, but a way of protecting competition, the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said today.

The Supreme Court satisfied the complaint of the insurer of life “Capital Life” against the decision of the court on intellectual rights on the brand of Rosgosstrakh, RBC reports. Rosgosstrakh tried to prove that Life Capital did not pay for the use of his trademarks. Advertising "Rosgosstrakh" in Moscow The sides have been arguing about the conditions of use of 13 Rosgosstrakh trademarks for the second year.

Following the largest construction contractors, Gazprom - Stroygazmontazh Arkady Rotenberg and Stroytransneftegaz Gennady Timchenko - the new Gazprom Contractor “Gazstrom” plans to buy one more. This is Gazprom Automation, businessman Avsholum Yunaev, writes RBC. The amount of the transaction is not named, but based on profit over the past three years, the company can cost at least 7 billion rubles.

The State Duma adopted a bill on punishment for the media-foreign agents in the key second reading. On the eve of the law that admits the recognition of individuals by foreigners, President Vladimir Putin signed . Pilments for individuals for a single violation of the procedure for the "legal entity that performs the functions of a foreign agent" - 10 thousand rubles. for a single violation, 50 thousand rubles. for repeated and 100 thousand rubles.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with the Belarusian colleague Alexander Lukashenko on December 7 in Sochi, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed. The day before, December 6, the premieres of countries Dmitry Medvedev and Sergey Rumas will meet. Presidents will discuss issues of bilateral relations and, above all, the “road map”, the development of allied relations, the Union State, said Peskov.

Mail.ru Group showed its smart column “Maroussia”: in the New Year video of the company, she is presented as an assistant to Santa Claus, she writes “Vedomosti”. Officially, the company has not yet held a column presentation. In June, Mail.ru Group introduced the voice assistant of the same name - the company spent $ 2 million on the development of its own assistant type Siri and Alice. Answering the question, the assistant either sends the user to search for mail.ru or gives a direct response.

The FBI believes that any mobile applications developed in Russia are a "potential counterintelligence threat." Such an answer to his letter was received by the Senator from the Democratic Party Chuck Schumer, who this summer asked the FBI and the US Federal Trade Commission to check the Russian FaceApp application due to risks for national security and leakage of personal data.

The Investigative Committee of Russia in a record time - in six months - completed the investigation of the May Sukhoi Superjet (SSJ) Aeroflot Airport at Sheremetyevo, writes Kommersant. The catastrophe was recognized as a pilot, Denis Evdokimov, the survivor of the design of the aircraft did not see the investigation.