Officials first argued about the risks of food deficiency due to price regulation Officials first recognized the risk of food deficit due to the growing government appetite to regulate prices. This, however, did this, the department, from which something like this could be expected,-the Accounts Chamber under the leadership of Alexei Kudrin.

The measures taken in December last year made it possible to curb the rise in prices for certain products, according to the economic monitoring of the Accounts Chamber. But the expansion of price regulation could lead to a shortage of goods, the auditors warned. “There are risks of shortages due to the refusal of large manufacturers to sell products at fixed prices, as well as due to the possible extension of price regulation to new products,” the document says.

Chinese Kuaishou Technology, the main competitor of the owner of Tiktok, by BYTEDANCE, is preparing to attract up to $ 5.4 billion on the Hong Kong Exchange on February 5. This is comparable to IPO Uber in 2019 ($ 8.1 billion), which is still a record in the technical sector. After the placement of Kuaishou, almost $ 61 billion can be estimated (ByTedance during an IPO can be estimated three times more expensive).

President Vladimir Putin recommended that the State Duma prepare a bill to ban public identification of the roles of the USSR and Nazi Germany, according to the Kremlin website. The document must be prepared before July 1, and Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma, has been appointed responsible for this. The instruction was given following the meeting of the Council for Culture and Art, which took place at the end of October.

According to the results of 2020, the Russian industry decreased by 2.9%, Rosstat reported . This is the first decline since 2009. It turned out to be smaller than expected. The government had expected industrial production to fall 4.1%, while IHS Markit had forecast a 5.1% contraction. The last time the output of industrial products in Russia declined in 2009, then it fell by 10.7%. The industry accounts for about 30% of Russian GDP, RBC notes , citing statistics for 2019.

Both the authorities and the opposition were preparing for the mass expense of the “children” all week before the Saturday protest. Eyewitnesses and experts state that this did not happen. But the only survey conducted at the promotion showed that 42% of the participants went to the protest campaign for the first time. We asked sociologists whether it is possible to believe this figure and what they themselves think about the social and age composition of protest-2021.

After uncoordinated protests on January 23, the capital's courts received 448 administrative cases, reports the Moskva news agency . Most of them were initiated under various parts of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, on violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a mass action. Seven cases were initiated under part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to the lawful order of a police officer).

Pobeda, a low-cost carrier of the Aeroflot group, known for its strict policy on excess hand luggage, has launched a service for booking an adjacent seat in the Extraseat cabin. On an unloaded flight, it will be possible to place an item of the maximum weight allowed for baggage. Pobeda does not have free baggage and a strict total limit on hand luggage - up to 36 × 30 × 27 cm of all things in total.

Criminal cases based on the results of the actions on January 23 in support of Alexei Navalny are initiated under various, including exotic, articles. In total, as of 13:00 Moscow time on Monday, January 25, there are at least 15 of them throughout the country.

IKEA, a chain of furniture and home goods stores, will begin selling spare parts for its furniture to customers around the world to extend its life. On sale, for example, there will be new covers and legs for sofas, told the Financial Times. a company representative IKEA has already begun testing the sale of "spare parts". For the last financial year, which ended at the end of August 2020, the company provided customers with 14 million parts.

Those counting on the rapid growth of the main cryptocurrency have serious difficulties, writes Bloomberg with reference to JPMorgan experts. The bitcoin exchange rate may remain below $40,000 — experts consider a decrease in cash flow to the main Grayscale crypto fund as an indicator of this. The influx of money into the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which accounts for the lion's share of assets - $ 20 billion, has reached its peak, analysts at JPMorgan say.

Shares of the wine company Abrau Durso jumped 10% on statements by Vladimir Putin about his advisor Titov, who is the owner of the group. Shares of Abrau Durso on the Moscow Exchange grew by 10.83% compared to the closing level of the previous session to 220 rubles per share, trading data shows. This happened after the head of state spoke about Boris Titov’s wine business, commenting on the sensational FBK investigation of oppositionist Alexei Navalny about the palace near Gelendzhik.

One of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world Merck & Co. refused to further develop two experimental vaccines against COVID-19, reports Bloomberg. The decision was made after the drugs failed to elicit the desired immune response. Merck quotes reacted with a weak fall. Unlike competitors (Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson), the American Merck has chosen a traditional approach in the development of two COVID-19 vaccines.

Global executives' confidence in the sustainability of their business has grown in 2020, according to a Deloit sustainability report. But most still doubt the ability to adapt to shocks. The pandemic gave companies confidence in assessing the sustainability of their business, retells Kommersant the results of the study. It was attended by 2.3 thousand senior managers in 21 countries.

The owners of popular Telegram channels complain about the increasing frequency of hacker attacks. Attackers are trying to steal an account using malicious files that are sent under the guise of advertising offers. Among the Telegram channels that reported the scammers was the Russian Internet publication Baza , with more than 300,000 subscribers. Its co-founder Nikita Mogutin discovered the attack on January 18, writes Kommersant channel .