Commission-free investment app Robinhood has raised another $2.4 billion in funding, on top of the $1 billion it announced on Jan. 29. In an attempt to quell the uprising of outraged customers, the online broker has also eased restrictions on trading in GameStop shares. Robinhood's announcement notes that the new funding round, led by Ribbit Capital, demonstrates investor confidence and will help service exponential user growth.

Vladimir Putin helped the Central Bank in the struggle for restrictions for unskilled investors A bad day for Russian brokers is the topic of restrictions for inexperienced investors in the stock market, on the introduction of which the Central Bank insists, reached Vladimir Putin.

On February 1, a law began to operate in Russia that obliges social networks to delete mat, calls for inconsistent rallies and much more. We figure out how he will work and whether it threatens with something ordinary users. What's happened Now social networks must identify and block unlawful content.

MGM has acquired the rights to Ben Mezrich's forthcoming book, The Antisocial Network, which tells the main story of the past week and since the beginning of the year - the uprising of a new wave of investors against Wall Street, which began with the battle for the dying game store chain GameStop, sources tell Deadline.

The Tinkoff Investments service warned clients that it would forcibly close short positions on the “hype” shares of American Airlines and Bed Bath & Beyond available in Russia, writes Forbes. Closing will take place at 5:00 pm on February 2. The press service of Tinkoff told the publication that the broker decided to close positions after the news that a number of major US brokers had banned increasing positions in these shares. "Tinkoff" now assesses "as very high" the risks that the St.

President Putin called for protecting the interests of unqualified investors, seeing in them an analogy with defrauded real estate investors. The Central Bank has consistently advocated restricting their access to complex instruments. taking care of reducing the risks of unqualified investors Putin called for At a meeting on the situation in the banking sector with the participation of Central Bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina, .

On February 2, the court may replace the conditional term of Alexei Navalny in the old case of Yves Rocher for the real one. Supporters of the politician prepare a new protest. We asked political scientists to tell what they expect from this day and how they estimate the level of Navalny's support. What conclusions can be drawn from past protests The acceleration of protests on January 31 was unprecedentedly tough, often cruel. Kirill Rogov political scientist I don’t remember this since 1993.

Elon Musk spoke about the intermediate results of his startup Neuralink - the company implanted a chip in the brain of a monkey that allowed it to play video games through "thought". The businessman promised to show the video with chipped monkeys in a month, reports Bloomberg. According to Musk, the implant on the monkey's skull with tiny wires leading to the brain is almost completely invisible - it's something like a small "Iroquois", and the primate is happy.

A military coup in Myanmar ended a short-lived era of civilian rule under Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a former opposition leader who spent 15 years in jail and took de facto leadership in 2016. In the past month, political scientists have often compared Alexei Navalny to her. But for Russia, the coup could also have economic consequences.

The court session on February 2 on replacing the suspended sentence in the “Yves Rocher case” with real politics for Alexei Navalny was transferred to the Moscow City Court. Earlier it was assumed that it would take place in the Simonovsky District Court. The press service of the Moscow City Court associated the postponement with a wave of requests from the media for accreditation.

Sberbank has become the strongest banking brand in 2021, according to the Brand Finance Banking 500 rating. Analysts of the consulting company assigned it 92 points out of 100 possible. Sberbank's brand strength index rose by 0.4 points to 92 points. When calculating, experts evaluated several indicators: investment in marketing, staff satisfaction, and others.

Cyprus-listed mobile game developer Nexters has announced that it is going public under a merger scheme with a special private company (SPAC), which will be Ivan Tavrin's Kismet, the companies said in a statement (the Bell has). For the deal, Nexters is valued at $1.9 billion, and $150 million is expected to be raised. - monthly blocking of their disposal. Kismet, through an affiliate, will invest $50 million.

The new political season in Russia has started with two large -scale protests. The bad news for the participants: the defendants in administrative cases - and there will be thousands of them - will be not only those who were detained in place. Police are already coming home to people who were tracked on records from smart video cameras. We tell how it works. On January 23 and 31, the most large -scale in recent years inconsistent protests have been held in Russia.

British online retailer Asos has acquired one of the most famous British clothing brands Topshop and a number of other chains for $405 million from the bankrupt company Arcadia Group, Bloomberg reports . This was the logical turn of the acute crisis faced by traditional stores even before the pandemic. Philip Green's Arcadia Group, which filed for bankruptcy last December, has agreed to sell Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT to online retailer Asos for $405 million in cash.

In January 2021, Gazprom set a historical monthly record for gas exports to non-CIS countries — 19.3 billion cubic meters. This is 45.4% more than in January 2020 and the best figure for this month in the history of the company's export deliveries, TASS writes with reference to the company's message. It is noted that the purchase of gas from Gazprom was increased by such consumers as Italy — by 221.5%, Poland — by 89.9%, France — by 77.3%, Germany — by 32.4%, the Netherlands — by 21%.