The problem of serious poverty in the world has aggravated due to the coronavirus pandemic, but in Russia it has long been resolved, said Alexei Kudrin, chairman of the Accounts Chamber, at a forum of strategists. Kudrin recalled that spending a little more than $1 a day is considered a poverty criterion in the world. “Of course, we solved this problem a long time ago. This poverty, the most serious, has long been overcome,” said the head of the Accounts Chamber.

The owner of Pyaterochka against the backdrop of poverty growth will launch a new network of hard discounters The head of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin today said that Russia has finished with the extreme poverty, in which 8.8% of the world population live. This can be so-but with ordinary poverty, which will inevitably grow due to coronacialsis, it will still be enough for a new large chain of stores in the lowest price segment.

US chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will buy rival Xilinx for $35 billion. The deal will be fully paid for by AMD shares, the company said in a press release. The purchase of Xilinx will allow AMD to significantly expand its product portfolio and customer base in a number of growing markets, the report says. The deal has already been backed by the boards of directors of both companies and requires shareholder and regulatory approval to complete.

On October 28, the Tu-154 aircraft will perform its last regular flight - the last aircraft of the Alrosa airline remaining in civil aviation will fly from Mirny to Novosibirsk, writes the industry publication Frequent Flyers. The aircraft with tail number RA-85757, which will perform tomorrow's final flight, is over 20 years old. It was built in 1992 and has flown in Iran and Belarus, and more recently from Mirny (Yakutia), where Alrosa is based, to Siberian Irkutsk and Novosibirsk.

The moon is approximately 100 times sugar, but there is water not only in the eternal shadow, the NASA has shown new studies. Their results are directly related to the future development of a natural satellite. What happened Scientists on one day published two important studies about water on the moon based on NASA materials. The first of them processed data from the Sofia infrared air telescope about the spectrum of radiation of the lunar surface.

Alexander Lukashenko demanded to expel students of Belarusian universities who are participating in mass protests. “No one needs to be persuaded. No workers, no students, no one. No doctors, no teachers, no civil servants. <...> If the workers don't want to work, don't, but there are only a few of them who don't want to. Students who came to study - study, whoever wants, let him study, and who violated the law for unauthorized actions, is deprived of the right to be a student.

Russian retailer X5 Retail Group (manages the Pyaterochka and Perekrestok chains) announced the launch of a new chain of grocery stores - it will be a hard discounter called Chizhik. The first store will open in Moscow on October 29. The company's strategy director, Vladimir Salakhutdinov, spoke about the opening of a new chain of stores at X5's investor day. “Chizhik,” according to him, will be a store with inexpensive everyday goods, mainly food.

Scientists at Imperial College London have found that over time, the number of antibodies from coronavirus decreases. A large new study casts doubt on the effectiveness of a herd immunity strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, writes The Financial Times. More than 365,000 people from England took part in the British study, they were tested for antibodies three times between June 20 and September 28.

Ilya Gudkov is leaving the post of Director General of the Russian Environmental Operator (REO), reports the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources . He held this post for only nine months. The work of the REO was criticized in the government and the Accounts Chamber. The decision to leave Gudkov was made after the development of a federal waste management scheme, the Ministry of Natural Resources noted.

The initial public offering of shares of Big Hit Entertainmet, the management company of South Korean super-successful pop group BTS, turned out to be a disappointment for ordinary investors after a sharp drop in the share price, according to the Financial Times. Qualified investors, on the contrary, promptly dumped their papers. largest IPO in the country since 2017. The company's capitalization reached $8 billion, which is only half that of the record giant Warner Music Group ($15 billion).

Prices in the AppStore in Russia will increase in the coming days, announced Apple . The minimum base rate for a paid application in the App Store will be increased to 99 rubles. Apple raises prices not only for Russia, but also for Brazil, Colombia, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The changes will be relevant for applications in the AppStore, whether the cost of a subscription to Apple Music and iCloud will change, the company does not report.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Donald Trump's nomination of Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett for Chief Justice. Trump now has a better chance of contesting his possible loss in the Nov. 3 election. For the first time in 151 years, a candidate for the US Supreme Court was confirmed without a single vote from a minority party, notes The New York Times . All Republicans voted for Barrett, except for Senator Susan Collins of Maine.

The IPO has officially kicked off in New York and Shanghai, which will be the largest in history, ahead of previous records set by Jack Ma's Alibaba Group and Saudi Aramco. Alibaba's financial subsidiary, Ant Group, announced the parameters of its placement - the volume of $ 34.5 billion, the valuation of 100% of the shares after the IPO - $ 315 billion. After this transaction, Alibaba founder Jack Ma will be one step away from the top ten richest people in the world.

The State Duma adopted a bill according to which the judges of the Constitutional Court (CS) will be forbidden to publish a special opinion, and in the case of an act “defaming honor and dignity”, the president may ask the Federation Council to remove the KS judge from his position. Initially, the bill on the transformation of the Constitutional Court was introduced by Vladimir Putin as a law that reinforces similar amendments to the Constitution.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin extended the preferential mortgage program at 6.5% until July 1, 2021. Initially, it was supposed to end on November 1 this year. Preferential mortgages are issued for the purchase of new housing. The maximum loan amount for residents of the capitals and their regions is 12 million rubles. For other regions - 6 million rubles, the minimum down payment - 15% of the cost of housing.