The army often acts as an experimental platform for economists studying the mechanisms of economic and financial behavior of people and testing programs, which can subsequently be useful for the economic and social policy of the country as a whole. Our colleagues from the Econs.online project talk about the most interesting studies conducted in the army.

Human rights activists considered the statements of the Russian oppositionist dating back to the mid-2000s as an example of hate speech and disavowed their own decision to recognize him as a prisoner of conscience. According to Mediazona, the reason for the revision of the decision, in particular, could be a selection of Navalny's old comments on Twitter and LiveJournal.

Sources of the publication reported the dissatisfaction of the US authorities with the scale of the latest cyber attack on government agencies and private companies, which Washington suspects the Russian intelligence services of organizing. On issues of sanctions due to the persecution of Navalny, the Joe Biden administration is ready to cooperate with the EU, Washington Post interlocutors say.

US pressure resulted in 18 companies refusing to participate in the construction of a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. At the same time, none of them were threatened with specific sanctions, follows from a recent report from the US State Department to Congress. At least 18 European companies have refused or are planning to refuse to participate in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the German newspaper Tagesspiegel reports , citing a US State Department report to Congress.

The audience of the Chinese service in Russia has grown sevenfold in two years - 14% of the country's residents use the application, according to the results of a survey by the Levada Center.

Dismantling around the main application for retail investors Robinhood due to the Battle of Gamestop is gaining momentum. This week, a strange company, founder of Robinhood, Vlad Delev, Executive Director Reddit, a nickname, a growling kitten and bankers from hedge funds who lost billions, gathered at the US Congress. Trevue had to prepare for hearings at the hotel, where he was hiding from angry users who threatened him with reprisals.

Adam Neumann agreed to receive half as much as the Japanese investment holding planned to pay him initially. SoftBank plans to list WeWork with a $10 billion valuation. At its peak in 2019, investors valued the startup at $47 billion. Adam Neumann, co-founder and former CEO of WeWork co-working network, is close to an agreement with the Japanese investment holding SoftBank on the amount of payments for the entrepreneur's share in the company he created.

The UK has banned flights of Boeing 777s powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4000-112 engines on its soil following an incident with an American United Airlines jet over the weekend, when an engine failed during the flight. In total, airlines around the world have landed more than 70 aircraft with a problematic engine. with the Civil Aviation Authority to control the situation .

Australian authorities and Facebook have reached an agreement to restore the full operation of the digital platform in this country, said the chief treasurer of Australia, Josh Frydenberg. “The government will amend the negotiation code for media and digital platforms,” said Frydenberg (quoted by TASS).