The Russian team in Biathlon did not receive medals, taking fourth place in the male relay race at the Biathlon World Cup, which takes place in the Italian Antholz. The completed baton Alexander Loginov went out in fourth place a few hundred meters before the finish. This morning, the Italian police searched the numbers of Russian biathletes on the appeal of the International Biathlon Union (IBU).

The Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin believes that in Russia a critical situation with the spread of HIV infection. “More and more attention to the issue of HIV treatment. There is a hope that there will be more and more efforts to overcome the critical situation in Russia. ” Kudrin on Twitter So Kudrin commented on the information of Kommersant about that Vladimir Putin gave special instructions to strengthen the fight against the spread of the virus.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reduced the annual forecast of the growth of the economy of China and the world as a whole due to the epidemic of the new coronavirus. This was announced by the director of the fund of the Foundation Kristalin Georgieva. The forecast for China is reduced by 0.4 percentage points. up to 5.6%, the world - by 0.1 pp. up to 3.1%.

New British passports that have been attached to the country's citizens after Brexit will be printed in the European Union by Irony, writes The Times. The world -famous British company De La Rue lost the eleven -year -old contract for 260 million pounds, holding a contract for 50 million pounds more. The contract received the Franco-Holland competitor Gemalto, and passport forms will be printed at a printing plant in Polish Tchev.

The negative price of electricity, which has become ordinary for Germany and Denmark, is recorded in much more northern Finland, and in winter. This is one of the consequences of the development of alternative energy, the Finnish Yle notes . What happened The first negative prices in the spawning market of the Nord Poolland of Finland were recorded on February 10 in the early morning hours: minus 20 euro centers for megawatt-hour.

The daughter of VTB “Business Finance” received 8.48% of the oil company Russneft Mikhail Gutseriev, writes Vedomosti. The Bank of Non -core assets "Trust" owned by the Central Bank, by the same amount, reduced the share of privileged shares of the company - from 24.99 to 16.52%. The Trust has 3.61% of ordinary shares.

In 2014, the 30-year-old founder of Theranos Elizabeth Holmes became the youngest millionaire woman, her startup was estimated at $ 9 billion. Theranos was about to imagine a technology that allows almost any blood tests taken from a finger. So said Holmes - and everyone believed her: most employees, investors, journalists, politicians. And she lied. When the deceit was opened, Holmes was accused of fraud. Now she faces up to 20 years in prison. The court will begin in August 2020.

American officials informed Senator-Democrat Bernie Sanders that Russia intends to help his presidential campaign, The Washington Post reported. According to the newspaper, Russian Donald Trump and parliamentarians and parliamentarians were also warned about Russian intervention on the side of Sanders. WP sources say that a specific form of Russian assistance is not clear this time.

On the morning of Saturday, February 22, searches were held at the hotel in the Russian national team in the Italian Antholce. This was announced on his Instagram sports commentator Dmitry Guberniev. “Urgently, searches at the hotel of the Russian national biathlon team. The computer and telephone [Alexander] Loginov were seized, the security forces arrived at 6 in the morning.

Exactly a month has passed since the Chinese coronavirus appeared on the front pages of all news sites in the world. During this time, the development of the epidemic in China has been slowed down, but in recent days the number of infected in other countries has begun to grow, in which separate foci associated with China are formed. Direct losses for the Russian economy so far amount to billions of rubles, but the final figures will be much higher.