Investigative media outlet Proekt published an article Wednesday that claimed to have found a woman romantically linked to Putin whose daughter bears a “phenomenal resemblance” to the president. Svetlana Krivonogikh also apparently has assets worth up to $100 million, and ihas a stake in Bank Rossiya that belongs to Putin’s close friends. Vladimir Putin before the meeting with Donald Trump. Helsinki, July 16, 2018.

The Swiss in a referendum voted against two bills on the responsible behavior of big business. One obligated international corporations to be responsible for violations of human rights and environmental standards of their subsidiaries in all countries of presence, the second proposed to prohibit the Swiss Central Bank from investing in shares of defense companies. The proposal to ban the Swiss Central Bank from investing in the defense industry gained 57.5% of the votes against.

The police conducted an inspection in the children's hospice "House with a lighthouse" and opened a case under the article on "violation of the procedure for the circulation of narcotic drugs." The hospice may face either a fine or suspension of work for up to three months. The head of the hospice, Lida Moniava, spoke about the police check and the opened case on Facebook.

The introduction of a carbon tax on imports to the European Union countries planned for 2022 can affect almost 42% of Russian exports. The Central Bank experts in the article for the Econs.online project tell what it threatens. With the permission of colleagues, we publish this material. Before the main theme of the global agenda was the Covid-19 pandemic, the most discussed problem at the international level was the threat of irreversible climatic changes.

The topic of release is the battle for the Russian online trade market Ozon is on the top of the NASDAQ and the Mosbirzh. But the most interesting thing in the Russian online retail is just beginning. Competition intensifies, and attracting new customers is becoming increasingly difficult - even to leaders. We figured out which of the players - Ozon, Wildberries, Yandex, Mail.ru Group or, perhaps, “Sber” - more chances to win in the beginning royal battle.

Hello! Our main story this week is the runaway success of Russian e-commerce giant Ozon’s IPO , which raised $1 billion. We also look at revelations about a huge corruption scheme that spread its tentacles through the banking system, and an article claiming to have identified Putin’s former lover , her suspicious wealth and an illegitimate child. IPO success for Russian e-commerce giant Ozon It’s rare that Russia’s top business story is good news.

The UK will become the first Western country to register a vaccine for COVID-19 and begin vaccinating its citizens, writes the FT. The drug from Pfizer and BioNTech will be approved within a few days, and vaccinations will begin on December 7, officials told the publication. The Pfizer and NioNTech vaccine is being registered in the UK under a simplified scheme by the UK Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals Product Regulatory Authority.

On Black Friday, American e-commerce showed record sales, according to various sources, from $ 9 to $ 12.8 billion. Sales in offline stores fell by half compared to last year. Black Friday 2020 is by far the biggest Black Friday ever. Salesforce, a corporate software maker, estimated the revenue of online retailers at $12.8 billion (an increase of 23% year-on-year), and Adobe Analytics service at $9 billion (+21.6% year-on-year).