The largest IT companies will not fall under the reduction of taxes promised by Vladimir Putin The tax maneuver promised by Vladimir Putin for the IT industry was selective-the largest companies will not fall under it, I found out The Bell. What's happened Until now, tax maneuvers in Russia have been held only in the strategic oil industry. But shortly before the vote on amendments to the Constitution, Vladimir Putin announced that the maneuver was waiting for an IT sector.

Russia accused of trying to steal vaccine Less than four months after the development of a coronavirus vaccine began, Russian intelligence agencies were accused of trying to steal it. In a statement today from the British cybersecurity service, supported by the findings of colleagues from other affected countries - Canada and the United States - it is said that the hacker group of the Russian intelligence services APT29 is behind the attempt.

Vladimir Putin and other high -ranking persons read sociological studies that the Federal Security Service (FSO) is being made. On their basis, the most important decisions are made, but the research methodology is doubtful, writes Medusa. We made the main business media in the country, now we are doing better-subscribe to the email newsletter of The Bell! What they put on the table to the president The fact that the FSO is engaged in sociological research is rarely advertised.

Many believed there would be a reckoning after Russia’s constitutional referendum, but few expected the authorities to act so quickly, and with such ferocity. In the week since Russians voted to allow Putin to ‘reset’ his presidential term count, two major criminal cases were opened: one into a prominent journalist, the other against one of Russia’s few opposition governors. Other activists and journalists have also been targeted by law enforcement.

Rosneft withdrew its record lawsuit against RBC for 43 billion rubles - the company representative told RIA Novosti about this. On the same day before, RBC issued an application with regrets about the conflict. We made the main business media in the country, now we are doing better-subscribe to the email newsletter of The Bell!

Changes are not only uncertainty, but also a window of possibilities. Right now the world is actively changing, and we cannot imagine how it will become in five or ten years. Success will be achieved by companies that can quickly check the hypotheses and discard non -viable solutions. This requires flexibility, speed and ability to save. All this can give business cloud technologies.

During the secondary public offering on the Nasdaq exchange, during which Goldman Sachs sold a 9.9% stake in the Headhunter service, the company's valuation exceeded $1 billion. This is slightly lower than the market value of the company, whose capitalization fell by half due to the pandemic and quarantine. HeahHunter today announced the price of a secondary offering, during which Goldman Sachs, which owns 24.8% of the company's shares, will sell 9.9% of them for $101 million. billion.

Intelligence agencies in the UK, the US and Canada have accused Russia of trying to infiltrate the networks of international research centers in order to steal the development of a vaccine against coronavirus. They point to the cyber-espionage group APT29 (Cozy Bear), which in the West is considered to be linked to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and involved in interference in the US elections in 2016.

During self-isolation due to coronavirus, the Russian authorities used six ways to collect data on citizens. Some of them will most likely remain after the pandemic, the report of the Human Rights Center “Agora” says . Some measures violate the rights of citizens, but there are no laws governing the limits of interference with private life using technologies in Russia, the authors of the report say.

Russians arriving on regular flights from abroad will have to fill out a special form on the public services portal when registering for a flight, said Rospotrebnadzor . So the department intends to control its own initiative to test all arrivals. When registering for a flight on the portal, citizens are required to fill out a form on public services.

The Moscow City Court today left Ivan Safronov, a journalist and adviser to the head of Roskosmos, in jail, who is accused of treason. The meeting was held behind closed doors. Only today, more than a week after Safronov was detained, the FSB investigation for the first time presented during the court session the materials of Ivan Safronov's case containing state secrets, lawyer Ivan Pavlov said.

The FSB received information about the treason of the former journalist and adviser to the head of Roskosmos, Ivan Safronov, from a certain general of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), said Ivan Pavlov, the journalist's lawyer. "The message about the transfer of secret data to the Czech special service was signed by the General of the Foreign Intelligence Service," Pavlov said. The name of this general is unknown.

As it became known to The Bell, under the tax maneuver in the IT industry promised by Vladimir Putin, the largest Russian companies, led by Yandex "and Mail.ru, which earn on advertising and selling goods on the Internet. This follows from the bill prepared by the Ministry of Finance. In order to receive income tax benefits and insurance premiums, 90% of the company's revenue should be sold in.

The government approved the amendments to the Tax Code, which reduced by 2020 from six to three months the minimum deadline in Russia to receive residency, the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov said. We made the main business media in the country, now we are doing better-subscribe to the email newsletter of The Bell! Obtaining a tax residency upon being in Russia from 90 to 182 days will be an individual’s right, the minister emphasized.

The pandemic - at least so far - has not affected the preferences of Russian students, Universum found out. Most want to work for Russian state corporations or American IT giants. The company interviewed about 25 thousand students of Russian universities across the country and compiled a rating of "The Most Attractive Employers in Russia 2020". Among students with a specialization in business and commerce, Google, Gazprom, Yandex, Gazprom Neft and Sberbank are in the lead.