The Russian vaccine even surpassed the Pfizer vaccine, but even the Russian market did not react to this news The developer of the Russian Sputnik V Russian vaccine today announced that its effectiveness in intermediate results at the third stage of testing is 92% - this is 2 percentage points. More than the PFIZER and BIONTECH vaccine.

A new leader has been appointed in the place of Igor Artemyev, who has been the post of head of the FAS since 2004. What will he discover when accepting things? That the department has a lot of powers, and there is not enough competition in the country, according to the antitrust economist, senior researcher at the RANEPA Vadim Novikov. At The Bell, he explains how it happened.

The Ministry of Education and Science has transferred subordinate universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg to distance learning, the TASS agency reported , citing the order of Minister Valery Falkov. The transfer of universities in the two capitals to distance learning from November 13, 2020 to February 6, 2021 is justified by the spread of coronavirus infection. Regional universities are recommended to act in accordance with the epidemiological situation.

Investment funds that raised money from private investors to buy Ant Group shares will have to return them, writes WSJ. The Chinese authorities asked to reassure angry investors after the failed IPO.

Increasing quotas for oil production by OPEC+ countries from January at the meeting on November 30, it is becoming less likely. Today, OPEC again reduced the demand forecast for 2021 due to the effects of the second wave of coronavirus. The world oil reserves in 2020 are growing, despite the decrease in the production of cartel countries and the oil -producing powers that joined them, OPEC writes.

For six auction days, the Ministry of Finance attracted 2 trillion rubles of public debt and reached the annual plan for borrowing. According to RBC , it took the Ministry of Finance 6 days instead of 12 to attract the planned 2 trillion rubles on the market. Borrowings were raised in the form of 15-year OFZs with a fixed rate for 18.478 billion rubles and 7-year government bonds with a variable coupon for 294.5 billion rubles - a total of 313 billion rubles.

Health Minister Mikhail Murashko recommended that Russians spend the New Year holidays with their families and minimize contact with other people. Prior to this, the mayor of Moscow announced the cancellation of all New Year's festivities in the city. “Recommendations ... of course, relate to holding the New Year holidays in such a way as to minimize contacts.

at the Strong Ideas for a New Time forum Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that Moscow’s economy would take a long time to recover after the pandemic, until the end of 2021. According to the mayor, the beginning of 2021 will be the most difficult in 2020. According to the mayor, Moscow could theoretically do without new debts, but for this it would have to abandon all investment projects: “Even in the most difficult situation, we left or increased the volume (of investments.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today, at a meeting with military personnel, declared the war in Nagorno-Karabakh over, and Azerbaijan - the winning side. “The Patriotic War is over,” he said during a visit to the hospital where the wounded are being treated. Aliyev also made it clear that Azerbaijan could demand reparations, indicating that the amount of damage caused by Armenia in Karabakh would be calculated with the involvement of international experts.

RusHydro can be headed by the son of a classmate Vladimir Putin Viktor Khmarin Jr.. He will replace the head of the state corporation Nikolai Shulginov, who moved to the post of Minister of Energy.

Since November 14, in connection with the increase in the incidence of coronavirus in St. Petersburg have been introduced , additional restrictions , the city authorities said. As in Moscow, they will be valid for 2 months - until January 15, 2021. The resolution, which has already been signed by the governor of the city Alexander Beglov: There is a restriction on any events with more than 50 people. If they are necessary, they must be agreed with the executive authorities of St.

Oil quotes on November 11 for the first time since September 2 exceeded $45 per barrel. They continue to be lifted by general optimism after the US presidential election and the news about the good effectiveness of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. Following oil, the ruble is growing. Brent crude for January delivery at 13:15 Moscow time cost $45 per barrel, adding 3.4%. December WTI futures by the same time rose by 3.5% to $42.8 per barrel.

The permanent head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), Igor Artemyev, left his post and moved to assistant to the prime minister. Messages about this appeared today on the website of the government. Artemiev served as head of the FAS for 16 years - from the very time the service was established in a modern capacity. Instead of Artemyev, FAS will be headed by 45-year-old Maxim Shaskolsky, who served as vice-governor of St.

In pursuit of the inheritance of the deceased billionaire Dmitry Bosov, his father entered: now he, his mother, four sons from his first marriages and the widow of a businessman are fighting for money. As RBC learned , the Odintsovo City Court suspended the certificate of ownership of Dmitry Bosov's widow Katerina to own half of his stake in the Alltek group (43.285% of the stake), a company that controls Sibanthracite, the largest producer of metallurgical coal in Russia.

The developer of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine today announced that its effectiveness, according to intermediate results in the third stage of trials, is 92% - this is 2 p.p. more than the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines.