On the eve of the G20 Summit, the IMF urged not to stop the state support of the economy. Especially - countries such as Russia that have money for this The recovery of the global economy was outlined due to the second wave of coronavirus, and the largest countries should in no case suspend state support programs, warned the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of the country G20 on the eve of their summit, which will be held on weekends.

Aeroflot, which is changing its leadership, will transfer all its Sukhoi Superjet aircraft to its subsidiary, Rossiya Airlines, in two years, RBC learned . After that, the airline's fleet, which is strategically focused on domestic transportation, will become more than half domestic. According to the publication, five Superjet will be transferred to Russia before the end of 2020, and all 54 received by Aeroflot so far - in 2021 and 2022.

The share in the Nasdaq-listed $5.4 billion electric car startup Arrival by the ex-head of Yota turned out to be in the fund associated with Interros of Russia's richest man, Vladimir Potanin. The fact that the Winter Capital Partners fund is a strategic partner of Arrival became known from a release about the company's plans (we talked about the structure and significance of the upcoming placement here ). Forbes learned details about the role of the fund, of which Potanin is a key investor.

The service for comparing financial offers Sravni.ru plans an IPO until 2025, writes Forbes. According to Sergei Leonidov, CEO of Sravni.ru, the company has already switched to IFRS reporting and is being audited by Ernst & Young. Leading analyst at Finam Group Leonid Delitsyn called the service's annual revenue of 2.5–3 billion rubles a parameter of readiness for placement, which will give an estimate of about 12 billion rubles.

The Ministry of Construction has decided to ban the construction of new apartments - and those that have already been built will receive the status of residential facilities, said Deputy Minister Nikita Stasishin in the Federation Council. According to him, now to build such multifunctional buildings is "inappropriate", because it "does not fit into a residential (room. - The Bell)".

The Basmanny Court of Moscow today granted the petition of the investigation and chose the auditor of the Accounts Chamber, the ex-governor of the Ivanovo Region Mikhail Menu, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions for two months - until January 18, 2021. He is suspected of major embezzlement from the regional budget. “A measure of restraint has been chosen in relation to me in the form of a ban on certain actions.

The head of Rosnano, Anatoly Chubais , said that there are even advantages to the COVID-19 pandemic - for example, accelerated digitalization. “(I am grateful to the pandemic. - The Bell) for forced digitalization, for forcing digital <... > By communicating in digital format, how much time do we save on business trips, on transfers, just on moving to and from work <...>”, - said a top manager at the St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum.

Lira and Turkish stocks rose after the central bank raised its key rate sharply from 10.25% to 15%. The lira appreciated against the dollar by 2.5% after the decision to raise the rate by 475 basis points at once, which also contributed to the dollar's decline against the currencies of developing countries on Thursday, writes Bloomberg. Turkey's Borsa Istanbul 100 Index rose 0.4%, while the Istanbul banking stock index rose 2.8%.

The court acquitted two defendants in the case of torture in colony No. 1 (IK-1) of Yaroslavl, although the prosecution asked for seven years in prison for them. One of the acquitted is the acting head of the colony. The press secretary of the Zavolzhsky Court of Yaroslavl, Olga Kozlova , told reporters that there were two acquitted persons in the case - Mikhailov and Nikolaev. This follows from the text of the announced part of the verdict.

The Deposit Insurance Agency has sold the Old Battersea House in London, which previously belonged to the ex-beneficiary of Mezhprombank Sergey Pugachev. For a house with an area of ​​983 square meters managed to gain 8 million pounds, or nearly $10.6 million. The mansion, built at the end of the 17th century, has ten bedrooms, six bathrooms and five living rooms, RBC notes , and its former owner was the world famous publisher Malcolm Forbes.

Proekt , Meduza and VTimes released a joint investigation into how top managers of the Deposit Insurance Agency, together with FSB employees, made money on problem banks before the Central Bank began to deal with the reorganization. At the center of the scheme was the deputy director of the DIA, Valery Miroshnikov, who now lives abroad, the publications claim.

The University of Oxford has confirmed that its COVID-19 vaccine, being developed jointly with the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, elicited a robust immune response among older people (a high-risk group) in the early stages of the study, writes Bloomberg . The full results of the final phase of the trial have not yet been published, but are expected in the coming weeks. The interim results are published today in the Lancet medical journal.

The dollar has ceased to be the most used currency for global payments for the first time since 2013, according to SWIFT data for October 2020. Bloomberg links the decrease in the share of the US currency with political instability. SWIFT processes cross-border payment messages for over 11,000 financial institutions in 200 countries. In October, system data showed that the dollar accounted for 37.6% of transactions, while the euro accounted for 37.8%.

A group of parliamentarians led by Alexander Khinshtein and Sergei Boyarsky submitted a bill to the State Duma that would impose sanctions against foreign social networks and IT resources for censorship of Russian media. According to the document, the Prosecutor General, in agreement with the Russian Foreign Ministry, can assign the status of an infringer to the owner of an information resource that discriminates against Russian media materials.

Apple has agreed to settle a lawsuit over deliberately slowing down older versions of the iPhone and pay a $113 million fine, has learned The Washington Post . The company pleaded not guilty. Apple will pay compensation to 34 US states that filed a lawsuit against it.