Record company Warner Music Group (WMG) has successfully held the largest IPO in the United States since the beginning of the year for $1.9 billion, writes the Financial Times. Trading in the company's shares on Nasdaq opened on June 3, and on the first day its quotes jumped almost 20% to the IPO price. The company increased the placement volume from 70 million to 77 million shares and sold them close to the upper limit - at $25 per share.

After the spill 20 thousand tons of diesel fuel near Norilsk in Russia, an emergency of a federal scale was announced The Covid-19 epidemics did not succeed, and the subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel did-a federal emergency was declared in Russia. After the accident, 20 thousand tons of diesel fuel flowed into the Norilsk CHP in local rivers. Vladimir Putin arranged for all responsible persons the spacing, but the consequences of the accident will be eliminated for a long time.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree on the resignation of the current government, informs BelTA . The changes are related to the presidential elections, which are to be held on August 9.

Russia's GDP in 2020 could fall by 8-8.2%, investment in fixed assets - by 19%, and the ruble - up to 90 rubles per dollar. This is the baseline scenario of experts from the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting (CMASF), calculated on the assumption of a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic. “The decline in GDP dynamics in 2020 is expected to be about twice as deep as in the optimistic scenario.

The main news about the spread of coronavirus in Russia and in the world is June 3. We made the main business media in the country, now we are doing better-subscribe to the email newsletter of The Bell! In the world We give data from Jones Hopkins, which tracks the situation around the world in real time: Infected: 6.42 million people (June 2 - 6.30 million, June 1 - 6.19 million). Died: 381 thousand (June 2 - 376 thousand, June 1 - 372 thousand).

The Vedomosti newspaper received a lawsuit for the protection of honor and dignity from businessman Suleiman Kerimov. It turned out that the claims of the billionaire (his fortune is $10 billion according to Forbes) relate to a three-year-old publication about the events of 15 years, Vedomosti reported . Kerimov demands to refute several sentences from the article telling about the forceful takeover in 2005 of the then largest construction holding in Moscow, SPK Razvitie.

Russian President Vladimir Putin today reprimanded the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Uss live on air for an unconstructive report on the incident at the Norilsk thermal power plant with the spill of tens of thousands of tons of diesel fuel and its ingress into water. “What is the report? And finished. But what to do? You are the governor," Putin said after Uss's report on the clean-up of the spill.

The Silver Rain radio station does not have enough money to continue its work, its founder Dmitry Savitsky admitted . Of the 15 million rubles a month necessary to maintain the work, the radio has only 600 thousand. “As of June 3, I can say that we simply ran out of money to continue broadcasting,” Savitsky said on the radio station on Wednesday. Savitsky explained that even the inclusion of the media in the list of the most affected industries may not save the company.

The BlaBlaCar companion search service announced the resumption of work in Russia after a two-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic, Kommersant reported. He will provide services in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Health (do not travel with symptoms of SARS, use masks and gloves during the trip, do not shake hands).

The first store of the Danish furniture chain Jysk was opened in the capital's Troika shopping center, and the store's website was launched at the same time, notes Vedomosti . The retailer has been called a rival to Sweden's IKEA, as both companies offer affordable furniture and home goods. For the first buyers, until June 24, Jysk provides discounts: on mattresses, garden furniture and garden products - up to 50%, as well as on sofas and wardrobes - up to 30%.

Employees of the economic security service of the FSB and the police searched the office of the Russian Venture Company (RVC) and the house of the organization's CEO Alexander Povalko. The company is suspected of abusing millions of dollars, reports , citing sources. Kommersant According to the publication, the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 201 of the Criminal Code - abuse of power with causing grave consequences.

Sweden's chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, the author of a strategy to combat coronavirus without strict quarantine and self-isolation, admitted that it was too soft, writes Bloomberg. “If we were confronted with this disease, with the knowledge already gained today, I think our measures would be somewhere between what we have in Sweden now and those that are in place in the rest of the world,” Tegnell told Radio Sweden.

President Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday that Russia has weathered the worst of its coronavirus outbreak. And this was immediately followed by confirmation that two mass events would take place in June: a military parade to mark the end of the Second World War, and a remembrance procession usually attended by millions of people. A constitutional reform referendum will happen at 1st of July.

Designer Artemy Lebedev, who participated in a video campaigning for amendments to the Constitution, wrote on his telegram channel that he was deceived: the video was filmed even before the amendment was made to reset the terms of Vladimir Putin. The campaign video was posted on the RT Youtube channel on June 2.

Enterprises opening during the phased lifting of quarantine will not be fined in case of non-compliance with the recommendations of Rospotrebnadzor, reported Interfax . This was announced at a meeting of First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov with business representatives. This does not mean a lack of responsibility: in the event of outbreaks of coronavirus infection or any other disease, enterprises will be closed for quarantine.