Vladimir Putin launched the nationalization of one of the largest enterprises in Bashkiria The protests of activists and ecologists in Bashkiria attracted the attention of Vladimir Putin and will end with the next criminal cases and the new nationalization of one of the largest enterprises in the republic.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is extremely disappointed with the reaction of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the alleged poisoning of Alexei Navalny, writes Bloomberg. Merkel, whom the agency describes as Putin's main channel of communication with the West, specifically demonstrated a prompt response to the incident to highlight its significance and expected Putin to be more flexible, the agency's sources say.

Two out of five Russian companies do not hope to pay off their deferred government obligations by the end of the year, and four out of five are not sure that they will survive the second wave of the coronavirus crisis. These are the main results of the monitoring of the Office of the Business Ombudsman Boris Titov. 40.5% of the entrepreneurs surveyed said that at the end of the year they would not fulfill their obligations to the state, which were deferred for the sake of anti-crisis support.

Vladimir Putin today at a meeting with the government spoke about the conflict over the Bashkir Soda Company (BSK) and the shikhan (lime remnant) of Kushtau. The President was surprised how "absolutely miraculously" in 2013 there was a decrease in the state's share in the BSC, and asked the prosecutor's office to look into it. Bashkiria already hoped to return the controlling stake, with such support it is inevitable.

The United States has expanded sanctions against Russia - the list includes five Russian research institutes that are suspected of working on chemical and biological weapons.

The World Economic Forum in Davos has been postponed from January 2021 to early summer. The organizers cite the impossibility of holding the event with all security measures during the coronavirus pandemic as the reason. On the forum's previously scheduled dates of January 25-29, high-level "Davos Dialogues" will be held digitally, where key world leaders will discuss the state of the world in 2021, the official statement said.

China may limit the export of medical products to the United States in response to increased restrictions against Huawei. This warning was made by economics professor from Tsinghua University, chief economic adviser to the government of the country Li Daokui, reports South China Morning Post. More than 90% of the pharmaceutical raw materials for bulk medicines (vitamins, antibiotics) in the United States come from China, Li said.

In the case of fraud in Wirecard, new amazing details appear. It turns out that the leadership of the German fintech company did everything to hide a hole in the budget until the last minute and perennial fraudulent schemes. Even the actors depicting bank employees in the decorations of the office were used. FT tells how Wirecard lived in recent months before bankruptcy.

In mid-August, one of the founders of Business of Youth (BM), Petr Osipov, announced his decision to close the project. He did not disclose the reasons then, but later promised to “tell honestly” everything. Forbes found out from him and his partner Mikhail Dashkiev why the sensational project with an ambiguous image ceases to exist and what entrepreneurs will do next.

The full namesake of the daughter of the chairman of the state corporation VEB.RF, former First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, was excluded from the lists for budgetary education at the psychology department of Moscow State University after a request from Forbes, the publication writes . She scored 100 points less than those who got into the "budget".

Forbes presented the second rating of the most successful Instagram bloggers in Russia: Ksenia Sobchak is in the lead with an income of $1.48 million, followed by Polina Gagarina and Ida Galich. In last year's ranking, the second and third places were occupied by Regina Todorenko and Olga Buzova.

Last night it became known about the decision of the striker of "Barcelona" Lionel Messi to leave the team. He notified the management of the club by fax. The club confirmed that they received an official request to leave, but they are not going to let go of the most expensive player just like that. What happened Messi plans to exercise his contractual right to terminate the agreement unilaterally at the end of the season.

The founder of Dodo Pizza Fedor Ovchinnikov spoke about the abduction and robbery of one of the largest franchisees of his network. What's happened Last night, the founder of Dodo Pizza Fedor Ovchinnikov on his Facebook told a story that could be instructive for any entrepreneur. It happened a year ago with one of the largest franchise of the Ovchinnikov network, businessman Vladimir Goretsky.

The most expensive football player in the world decided to change the club The departure of the best football striker Lionel Messi from Barcelona is today on the pages of not only sports publications, but all the world media. He can launch the largest trade war in world sports. The decision of the Barcelona striker Lionel Messi, to leave the club, officially became known last night. Barcelona said that Messi notified the fax guide of him.

The Belarusian authorities spoiled the passports of Russian journalists who were expelled in connection with the protests - in the Russian document they were stamped with a ban on visiting Belarus for five years, the press reported .