Analysts studying the QAnon conspiracy theory circulating in the United States said that Russian government-backed organizations are playing an increasing role in its promotion, writes . Reuters According to the agency, experts did not record the participation of the Russian side in the emergence of QAnon in 2017, but when the movement began to gain popularity, social media accounts controlled by the Yevgeny Prigozhin Internet Research Agency, known as the “troll factory”, joined it.

German doctors believe that Navalny was poisoned. In Russia, do not agree with this The opinions of Russian and German doctors about what nevertheless happened to Alexei Navalny, they were diametrically dispersed. This means that the new international scandal of Russia is guaranteed. Diagnosis from Germany On Monday evening, the doctors of the German clinic “Shashit”, where Alexei Navalny was delivered on Saturday not without adventure, finally made their statement.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a joint statement with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, called on the Russian authorities to identify and punish those responsible for the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. Doctors of the German clinic "Charite", where the oppositionist was taken on August 22, today reported that their studies indicate that the politician was poisoned. Navalny's associates initially leaned towards this version.

Studies conducted by doctors at the German clinic Charité point to the poisoning of Alexei Navalny with a substance from the group of active ingredients of cholinesterase inhibitors, said the clinic . The specific substance has not yet been identified, another extensive analysis is being carried out, but the oppositionist's associates have already suspected similarities with the poisoning of the Skripals in 2018.

The leadership of the Belarusian Coordinating Council of the opposition on Monday told how to build a dialogue with Russia. The main conclusion is that there is no talk of breaking up relationships. The only one who interferes with the constructive interaction of countries is Alexander Lukashenko, said one of the opposition leaders Maria Kolesnikova.

Another telephone conversation between Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko took place this afternoon. The presidents discussed the situation in Belarus, and also agreed that the Belarusians would take part in testing the Russian coronavirus vaccine, reports . the Belarusian edition of Belta Putin and Lukashenko discussed the situation inside Belarus and on the outer contour, especially in the western direction, the report says.

The widely publicized supply of Russian ventilators to the United States was made possible thanks to long-standing personal ties between the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, and the son-in-law of the US president, Jared Kushner, . Daily Beast (DB) writes RDIF declined to comment on these reports.

At the end of 2020, the banking sector was waiting for a wave of defaults and reviews of licenses, follows from the review of the expert RA rating agency. Of the 400 banks that reveal their reports to the Central Bank, every tenth can lose a license. What's happened According to the analysts of the agency in the report (RBC describes it), against the background of coronavirus, extreme measures are applied to them.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg convinced the President of the United States that the rise of Chinese Internet companies threatened American business, naming the TikTok application among them, writes WSJ. In the fall of 2019, Zuckerberg gave a speech on freedom of speech in Washington. He told Georgetown students that TikTok did not share Facebook's commitment to freedom of expression and also posed a risk to American values ​​and technological superiority.

Dividends of the world's largest companies in 2020 could fall by 23%, which will be the largest global drop in payments since at least 2009, according to a new report from British asset management company Janus Henderson. Financial and consumer companies have already suffered the most, representatives of the IT industry and healthcare are still managing to resist the trend.

The fate of the Sea Launch floating cosmodrome, bought by S7 and now mothballed, is becoming clear: it will be restored, said today. Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov The restoration of the complex will cost 35 billion rubles. This is noticeably lower than Rosatom's estimate of 84 billion rubles. The decision was made at the highest level. “Of course, the start will be restored, I had a conversation with the president on this matter,” Borisov said.

The German authorities called it “quite probable” that Alexei Navalny was poisoned. This was stated by the official representative of the federal government of Germany, Steffen Seibert. Almost simultaneously, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who was in Kiev, urged to wait for additional facts in order to speak with confidence about the fact of poisoning. “Many facts are missing in the Navalny case: medical, and probably also criminological,” he said.

The government will introduce a preferential rate for educational loans - only 3% per annum. The grace period for the loan for job search is being extended (from 3 to 9 months) and the repayment period after the end of the grace period (up to 15 years), Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said . “Until now, the conditions for issuing educational loans were similar to consumer loans.

United Russia will offer to shift all the costs of connecting the population to gas distribution networks to Gazprom, told two sources RBC. But the state-owned company will need compensation of 2 trillion rubles, which can be obtained through the issuance of "eternal" bonds.

Moscow exchange began trading foreign shares, quotes and settlements will be conducted in rubles trading on Monday 19 US S&P 500 companies began , including Boeing, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Twitter, Alphabet, AMD, Visa, Mastercard and Activision Blizzard. On September 7, Apple shares will be allowed to trade - the delay is due to their split . By the end of the year, another 30 shares of the same index will be added to them, VTimes points out .