How Oleg Tinkov spent the most difficult year of his life, but remained faithful to himself Oleg Tinkov is a hero of the year in Russian business, although he was very difficult for him: the disease, the persecution of US tax authorities, the failed sale of the Yandex business (it could become a deal of the year in the Russian business, and for Tinkov, the largest in his entire career). The business of the bank itself, no matter what, goes uphill.

The ex-husband of Vladimir Putin's alleged daughter Katerina Tikhonova, vice-president of Sibur Kirill Shamalov, commented on the conditions for him to receive Sibur shares in 2013 for $100. This topic was touched upon today at Putin's press conference. According to Shamalov, the conditions for his participation in the option program of Sibur did not differ from the conditions for other top managers, and the investigation of journalists is aimed at discrediting his reputation.

Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS) upheld the decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to strip the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) of compliance status. At the same time, the court reduced from four to two years the term for Russia's suspension from participation in the Olympic Games and World Championships.

European officials told the US government that billionaire Oleg Deripaska, in violation of the conditions for lifting sanctions from UC Rusal, continues to control the company and use it to promote the interests of the Kremlin in the world, Bloomberg found out . On this news, the UC Rusal shares on the Moscow Exchange fell by 9.5%, and the EN+ shares - by 5.1%.

London-based broker Sova Capital Roman Avdeev has agreed to buy the Austrian Poso Bank from the Raiffeisen Banking group. This is stated on the broker's website, drew Frank RG attention to the message. The acquisition will enable Sova Capital to expand its presence in Europe following the UK's exit from the European Union, the company said in a press release. The deal is expected to close by early next year, subject to the approval of the Austrian regulator.

Vladimir Putin, at a press approach after a big press conference, said that Russia is considering making a modification of the vaccine against COVID-19 of the Center. Gamaleya. This will be a light version of the drug with reduced efficacy, but one dose will be enough for vaccination. “We have one of the options - to create such, as experts say, the Gamaleev light vaccine. Do only one vaccination, it will work shorter, the level of protection will be lower, but it will still reach 85%.

President Vladimir Putin at the very end of a big press conference announced new payments to families with children. Parents who have children under the age of 7 will receive 5,000 rubles for each child by the New Year. Putin noted that this year the New Year is associated with difficulties due to epidemiological restrictions. “But this holiday is unusual, it is associated with expectations, hopes for the future.

What is the crisis caused by the pandemia Covid-19 differs from the rest, why develop a culture of failures, why is an offline formation more effective and is there a limit of digitalization? The founder of The Bell and the project "Russian norms!" Elizabeth Ossetian spoke with the dean of the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University, professor, public figure Alexander Auzan.

The Moscow City Court today left the journalist Ivan Safronov accused of treason under arrest. Before the meeting, even lawyers were not allowed to see him, and relatives were not allowed to attend the meeting itself. Before that, Safronov was quarantined. The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Lefortovo Court to arrest Ivan Safronov until March 7. The court session was again held behind closed doors.

For the charismatic of Oleg Tinkov, 2020 turned out to be full of dramatic events: the disease, the persecution of US tax authorities, the failed sale of the Yandex business, which could become a deal of the year in Russian business, and for Tinkov, the largest in his entire career. The Bell found out how Tinkov turned out to be a hostage to American justice, tried to sell the business and rethought his entrepreneurial experience.

Vladimir Putin at his press conference spoke about the case of Ivan Safronov. He again did not say for certain whether there was treason in the use of open sources of information, and again linked the persecution to Safronov's "long period" of work with the head of Roskosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, and not to journalistic activities. The question of the fate of Safronov was asked by the long-term special correspondent of Kommersant Andrey Kolesnikov.

The World Court of Moscow found Google guilty of insufficient filtering of search results from content prohibited in Russia and fined 3 million rubles. This is Google's fourth fine in Russia for banned sites in the search, the previous three times the company paid about the same amount - 2.7 million rubles. Google was first fined in November 2018 for 500,000 rubles for refusing to connect to the registry of sites banned in Russia to filter search results.

US law firm Rosen Law Firm filed the first class-action lawsuit against Qiwi on behalf of all individuals and entities that bought the company's securities from March 28, 2019 to December 9, 2020. The reason for the lawsuit is the fall in quotations, which the company itself is accused of.

President Putin, at his annual big press conference, answered a question about investigations into his family members and the Bellingcat investigation into the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Vladimir Putin President of Russia “If it was necessary, they would have brought it to the end. And so his [Navalny's] wife turned to me, and I immediately released him to a Berlin hospital.

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for the coronavirus, and his PCR test came back positive. Now he goes into quarantine for 7 days in accordance with the general recommendations, the Elysee Palace said in a release. Macron tested positive for COVID-19 today, Dec. 17, the administration said. How exactly the president feels, the administration does not indicate, noting that the test was done "after the onset of the first symptoms." The President will be isolated for 7 days.