The topic of release is the secret of the success of the platform for games of 12-year-old Roblox The main IPO of the week is the placement of the RobLox game platform on the New York Exchange, for the year of the pandemic almost doubled the number of users, most of which are from 9 to 12 years old, and almost tripled revenue. The company's assessment exceeded $ 45 billion - this is more than ten times more than a year ago.

As EU leaders prepare to revise their Russia strategy this month, a number of top officials in Brussels are advocating an easing of tensions and a less "belligerent" approach, writes Bloomberg . According to Bloomberg, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, met with EU Ambassador to Russia Markus Ederer and other senior officials on Monday, March 8.

Hello! This week our top story is on how Russia is using a Twitter slowdown as a way to trial the viability of its new ‘sovereign internet’ law . We also look at why Russia picked the progressive Manizha as its entry for Eurovision, and Putin’s increasingly Soviet economic approach . Russia tests ‘sovereign internet’ in Twitter slowdown The Russian authorities this week took their first big step toward a ‘sovereign internet’ by power switching off social networks.

The Moscow Interior Ministry explained the detention of “about 200 people” at the forum of independent municipal deputies as a violation of sanitary standards and the lack of masks.

The US Federal Court has temporarily suspended the ban on investment and cooperation with the Chinese Xiaomi. Under the Donald Trump administration, the world's third-largest smartphone maker was included in a list of Chinese companies that US officials believe are linked to the Chinese military. Judge Rudolph Contreras found the administration's evidence of Xiaomi's ties to Chinese intelligence agencies inconclusive, reports Reuters . The Pentagon has not yet commented on the decision.

The trial of the founder of the American biotech startup Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, in the case of fraud, may again be postponed - this time due to her pregnancy, the purpose of which could well be to delay the process, the WSJ admits . Holmes faces up to 20 years in prison. What happened The fraud case against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was scheduled to begin July 13 in San Jose, California District Court.

In Moscow, police officers came to a forum of independent municipal deputies and detained its participants because of the "activities of an undesirable organization." Among the detainees were politicians Ilya Yashin, Yevgeny Roizman and Vladimir Kara-Murza.

In early March, the founder of Dodo Brands (Dodo Pizza pizzerias, the Drinkit Coffee shop and the shawarmen “Doner 42”) Fedor Ovchinnikov announced plans to conduct an IPO in 2024. Why is this necessary, which exchange will be placed on Dodo Brands, what assessment it claims and what can interfere with the success of the enterprise, Ovchinnikov told Clubhouse. With the permission of the entrepreneur, The Bell retells the most interesting.

The Central Bank published financial results for foreign tourism during the pandemic. The regulator's assessment indicates that there are no signs of recovery in the industry yet.

Vladimir Putin instructed businessmen to invest in Russia under the supervision of the Federal Tax Service On Thursday, Vladimir Putin gathered six dozen oligarchs to give them a lecture on world instability and the benefits of investment in Russia - and in the same meeting, exemplaryly exposed this idea on the example of agribusiness, which impose one restriction on the other in the struggle against the growth of food prices.