As The Bell wrote the day before, the ex-head of Rosnano, Anatoly Chubais, will take up the fight against climate change. Vladimir Putin appointed Chubais as the president's special envoy for relations with international organizations to achieve sustainable development. This term usually refers to development without harming the environment. The decree on the appointment of Chubais to a new position has already been signed by Vladimir Putin, according to the Kremlin website.

Vladimir Putin and the head of Sberbank German Gref took part in the AI ​​Journey 2020 artificial intelligence conference. During the discussion on “Artificial intelligence is the main technology of the 21st century”, they discussed, among other things, whether the uprising of machines and whether artificial intelligence can become president. About the uprising of cars “Is the uprising of cars possible? - Putin began to answer the first question of Gref.

On December 4, the dollar rate fell below 74 rubles - for the first time since September. Whether the ruble will strengthen further, what it depends on and whether it is worth investing in the currency, The Bell was told by the economists Vladimir Tikhomirov (BCS Global Markets), Natalia Orlova (Alfa-Bank) and Oleg Shibanov (Resh).

Baring Vostok is launching a new fund for the first time in four years, told one potential investor Forbes and another source confirmed. The fund, focused on investments in media, technology, telecom and consumer companies, will be less than $200 million. The new fund is designed for the money of Russian and Arab investors and has already collected part of the funds in the first half of this year, Forbes interlocutors told. A spokesman for the fund declined to comment.

The dollar fell to 73.94 rubles as of 15:20 Moscow time, according to the Moscow Exchange. The last time the dollar was worth less than 74 rubles at the auction on September 2. By 15:30 Moscow time, the US currency corrected to 74.03 rubles. The euro fell to 90.09 rubles. The strengthening of the Russian currency against the dollar and the euro in daytime trading is associated with rising oil prices.

Russian civil servants told Reuters how they are forced to vaccinate from coronavirus and participate in the tests of the vaccine. The state employees participating as “volunteers” at the same time sign the consent that “it is impossible to exclude the possibility of developing an unexpected undesirable effect”.

Against Apple, another antitrust investigation has begun - the Dutch regulator is interested in the Apple Pay contactless payment service, Bloomberg reports . The Dutch Consumer and Markets Authority has announced the launch of an investigation into restricting payment apps' access to contactless payment technologies.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Yandex and Google for advertising Gaia Herbs dietary supplements on the Russian version of the American iHerb marketplace because of the Kava pepper banned in Russia. Each company was fined 100 thousand rubles.

A court in the Netherlands rejected Russia's motion to suspend enforcement of the Yukos judgments. This means that Russia failed to delay the payment of $50 billion (and $7 billion percent) to the ex-shareholders of the oil company, and Russian assets abroad will fall under arrest. "The Supreme Court's decision means that the former shareholders can continue to enforce the arbitration awards pending a final judgment in this case," the court said in the ruling.

Due to the peculiarities of the perfume labeling system, which became mandatory from October 1 this year, perfume and cosmetic retail may enter the New Year's high season with a reduced assortment, RBC writes with reference to Lyudmila Kuznetsova, executive director of the National Association of Perfume Manufacturers and Distributors. According to Kuznetsova, the main problem is piece-by-piece acceptance of goods in specialized retail chains.

Quarantine and Zoom video conferencing have fueled a surge in demand for plastic surgery in the UK, according to the FT, citing a study by LaingBuisson, a leading healthcare financial analyst. This is due to the fact that many, seeing themselves in the frame, began to worry about the so-called "lockdown face" (lockdown face).

Car sales rose 5.9% yoy in November after rising 7% in October, said the Association of European Businesses (AEB) . It follows from the data that the fall of the market over the year will not be much more than 10%. According to the AEB, 157,580 vehicles were sold in November.

FSB investigators instructed experts from the Ministry of Defense and, first of all, specialists from the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense (GRU) to check the accuracy and level of secrecy of the data that, according to the prosecution, journalist Ivan Safronov handed over to representatives of Czech intelligence, Kommersant sources .

The newest iPhones in Russian networks are three times less than a year ago. This is a good indicator of a real crisis in image consumption during a pandemic. Smartphones iPhone of the new generation are sold in Russia three times worse than the previous one, writes . Kommersant Sales of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro in Russia began on October 23, over the next two weeks, 48,000 of these devices were registered in networks, the newspaper quotes oneFactor data.

The current US President Donald Trump has decided to veto the country's defense budget bill approved by Congress, which includes expanded sanctions against Nord Stream 2. He tweeted about his decision twice. The reason for the disagreement with the senators was the lack of May changes initiated by Trump on the activities of social networks. “It is very sad for our country.