Farewell, 2010s: The results of the decade in the special project The Bell While everyone is summing up the results of the year, we decided to take it wider-look at the 2010s, with which it is also time to say goodbye. 2020 completes a strange decade, which for Russia began with hopes for rapid growth, and ends with a deep stagnation.

Gazprom paid $ 2.9 billion to the Ukrainian Naftogaz in accordance with the decision of the Arbitration Institute, the Russian state corporation said . The payment was part of the agreements reached by representatives of Russia and Ukraine in December during two meetings in Berlin on December 20. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he also discussed with Vladimir Putin the issue of Russian gas supply and Naftogaz claims to Gazprom.

The richest Russian woman, the widow of the former mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, Elena Baturina became a defendant in the criminal case of slander. After she did not appear in court five times, she was put on the wanted list, writes RBC. The case was opened at the request of the manager of the brother Baturina Victor, and representatives of the entrepreneur believe that he is behind Alfa Groups. A lawsuit about slander was filed back in September 2019.

Sberbank summed up the results of the year and allocated the main trends of 2019 in the banking sector of the Russian Federation: among the main trends - a drop in the growth of deposits, tightening banking regulation and the growth of banking leaks. The presentation of the Central Bank is described by Vedomosti.

Alfa-Bank had a failure, which is why customers cannot make a payment from the account and withdraw money at ATMs, the custom server users say . Forbes has information about failures in the bank’s work, it was confirmed by the bank itself. Photo from the official account "Alfa-Bank" on Facebook According to Downdetector, the failure began after 15.00 Moscow time on Friday December 27 and lasts almost two hours.

The Central Bank came up with how to increase business trust in Russian banks: it is now recommended to disclose to companies and entrepreneurs the reasons for the refusals in conducting transactions, as well as urgently notify the blocking of accounts at the request of the Federal Tax Service, the regulator recommendations said .

The Innopractics Foundation Katerina Tikhonova, which the media is called the daughter of President Vladimir Putin, acquired a share in the company developer for electronic diaries and teacher magazines, found out “Open Media”. Katerina Tikhonova, frame of the TV channel "Russia 1" Innotech, which is developing software for the Electronic Journal system, system for accounting for schools and other educational institutions, was created on December 24.

The New Year's rally on the Russian market continues: the RTS index reached a six -year maximum, exceeding the mark of 1550 points. For today (by 14.20 Moscow time) the index increased by 1.08%. The last time this value was observed in March 2013. The current value of the index is still much lower than the historical maximum, which was observed in May 2008 - then the index grew to 2459 points. Read also Mosbirzha beats records. What happens and how much can you earn?

online The average person today spends 876 hours a year . Of course, this data varies depending on the country, age or field of activity, but the fact remains that even if you do not spend hours on social media feeds, a huge number of financial, household and even business processes today take place online. In addition to convenience and speed, this brings with it new dangers.

The founder of the Japanese holding Fast Retailing Co., who owns the Uniqlo chain of stores, and one of the richest people of Japan Tadashi Yanai will leave the board of directors of SoftBank to his old ally, Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son after 18 years of work, writes Reuters.

Ten Russian billionaires over the past 10 years in total increased their fortune by $ 111 billion, Forbes writes . The most successful of them was a fifth of this amount. Most of all - by $ 23 billion - the co -owner of Novatek Leonid Michelson increased the fortune. In 2010, he was in 24th in the Russian rating, and in 2019 he headed it with a fortune of $ 27 billion.

The turnover of illegal online alcohol sales in Russia has grown by almost 20% of the year, up to 2.5 billion rubles, follows from the study by Group-IB. Roskomnadzor blocks illegal sites, but this does not help: underground sellers “migrate” to instant messengers and mobile applications. Over the past year, the number of sites and groups in social networks that illegally sell alcoholic beverages has almost doubled - from 4 thousand to 2.5 thousand.

From January 1, Russia and Ukraine will reset mutual claims and remove the arrests of property, write RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of the head of the Russian Ministry of Energy Alexander Novak after negotiations between the parties in Vienna. As a result of the transaction, the Ukrainian side agreed to withdraw claims for which there was no final decision, and Russian - to pay Naftogaz $ 2.9 billion for the decisions of the Stockholm arbitration already made.

On the morning of December 27, the Fokker-100 passenger aircraft Bek Air crashed when the Alma-Ata airport was departed in Kazakhstan. The liner lost height immediately after takeoff and crashed into a two -story building. On board there were 93 passengers and five crew members, at least 12 of them died. We have collected the main thing that is known about the plane crash.

The US Treasury Department of February 21 should disclose every reason for sanctions against Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, writes RBC with reference to the materials of the Court of Columbia, which is considering the businessman’s lawsuit. So far, it is only known that among the evidence there were newspaper publications, which the billionaire had already tried to challenge in the Kuban court. Part of the list of evidence remained classified. Oleg Deripaska.