The coronavirus pandemic has seriously undermined the growth of national economies, claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and left millions of people without work, said President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit. This year it is being held in video format. According to Putin, the pandemic crisis has become the worst since the Great Depression. Humanity is facing an unprecedented scale of challenges in 2020, the President noted.

Russia has decided to introduce "mirror" measures against the British in response to London's sanctions in the case of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, the Foreign Ministry said . For 25 British citizens, entry into Russia will be closed. The British government in July announced sanctions against citizens of several countries in accordance with the Magnitsky Act. The list includes 49 people, 25 of them are Russians. The rest are citizens of Saudi Arabia, Myanmar and North Korea.

Only 5% of Russians consider the situation in the Russian economy to be good, the FOM poll showed . 43% described it as satisfactory, 45% as poor. Most believe that the situation is getting worse. A negative assessment is more often given by young people, people with higher education and poor financial situation.

The Government of Malta has announced new conditions for granting citizenship to foreigners in exchange for investment. Applicants will have to spend at least a year in resident status and undergo a thorough background check. No more than 400 applicants per year will be able to obtain citizenship. Citizenship issues in Malta will now be dealt with by a new entity called Komunita Malta. The agency that handled the Individual Investor Program will cease to exist in January 2021.

According to the Ministry of Economic Development, Russia's GDP fell by 4.7% in October compared to the same month last year. In September, the fall was 3%. For ten months of the year, GDP decreased by 3.6%. The manufacturing industry and agriculture made the main contribution to the recession in October. its report "The picture of business activity for October 2020" The Ministry of Economic Development published on Friday evening.

During the day, 24,822 cases of coronavirus were detected in Russia - this is a new anti-record. 467 people died - this is also the maximum figure for the entire time of the pandemic. The number of recovered patients over the past day exceeded the number of new patients - more than 26,000 people were discharged from hospitals. Most of all new cases in Moscow - 7168, for the first time more than seven thousand.

Why do we live this way, and not otherwise? Isn't it time to change something? Too often we do not give a chance of this thought and leave everything as it is. About how to realize your true desires, set goals and begin to achieve them, in my new book “I want - I can - it is necessary. Learn yourself and act! " ( goes out at the Bombor publishing house) writes Marina Melia, a professor of psychology, the coach of the most successful Russian businessmen.

The E-Commerce market, which took off during the pandemic, has become the center of autumn events, and its participants are trying to capitalize the unique moment as quickly as possible.