The level of beef consumption in Russia has fallen to a minimum over 10 years. This is a marker of income falling The reduction in income was reflected in the important marker of the welfare of Russians - the consumption of the most expensive type of meat, beef, in 2020 fell to a minimum in 10 years. This year, manufacturers are counting on the rebound due to rising prices for cheaper pork and chicken.

The capitalization of the cryptocurrency market has reached $ 2 trillion - this is almost the same as Apple costs, writes RBC. The market doubled in value in just three months. RBC cites CoinGecko data. As of 18.00 Moscow time, the total capitalization of the cryptocurrency market amounted to $2.01 trillion. Of the total, almost half ($1.1 trillion) falls on Bitcoin, in second place by a wide margin is Ethereum ($245 billion), in third is Binance Coin ($58 billion).

Alexei Navalny was transferred to the medical unit of the colony, where he is serving his sentence - he developed signs of a respiratory illness, including a high fever, the Vladimir department of the Federal Penitentiary Service told Izvestia. The Federal Penitentiary Service stated that during a routine check, Navalny showed signs of acute respiratory infections, in connection with which he was transferred to the medical unit under the supervision of medical workers.

Vyacheslav Simonenko, ex-general director of one of the largest retailers of computer equipment Merlion, filed a complaint with Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee. The former top manager believes that the company's shareholders released from the pre-trial detention center threaten his life and health.

The laws being written in Russia every year become more and more incomprehensible to ordinary people, HSE researchers found out: at the same time, among the most complex laws there are acts regulating issues of pensions and social security, writes . Kommersant The Institute of State and Municipal Administration of the Higher School of Economics (IGMU NRU HSE) calculated the syntactic complexity index of Russian laws and assessed how understandable they are to people.

Russia is using areas of the Far North, freed from ice due to global warming, to test new weapons and is rapidly building up its military presence in the Arctic, reports CNN . Satellite images obtained by the editors show the methodical construction and fortification of airfields and military bases in the Arctic zone along the coast of Russia.

SPIEF staff who will work in the room where Vladimir Putin can speak must undergo a two-week quarantine, learned Fontanka . The observation requirement was not lifted even after the president was vaccinated.

The total costs of genetic projects in Russia in the coming years will almost double the amount included in the state program, and may reach 230 billion rubles, found out Meduza . But while the program is stalling, although, according to the publication, Vladimir Putin personally monitors it, Rosneft has become its main partner, and individual projects are supervised by Putin's family members and close friends.

The leadership of the social network LinkedIn decided to send most of the company's employees on a weekly paid vacation from April 5. This was announced in an interview with CNN by HR director Teuila Hanson. Vacation should help employees avoid burnout, she explained. A small group of employees will remain on LinkedIn over the coming week and will be able to go on vacation later.

The Russian authorities can halve the level of poverty even before 2030, said the head of the Accounts Chamber, Alexei Kudrin. According to him, some measures may allow this to be achieved already "in the coming years." There are quite reasonable measures in terms of resources that can make it possible to achieve this goal” ahead of the announced deadlines, Kudrin said at a meeting of the Duma Committee on Control and Regulations.

Vladimir Putin signed a law that resets his presidential terms, so now the president will be able to hold office until 2036. The adopted norm amends the law "On the Election of the President of the Russian Federation". In particular, the text of Article 5.1, which refers to the limitation of the number of presidential terms, is being changed.

82% of Russians know about the court decision to replace Alexei Navalny with a suspended sentence for a real one, showed a survey by the Levada Center . At the same time, 29% of respondents called the verdict unfair, this opinion is mainly shared by young people. People aged 18-24 and older than 55 were the most attentive to the development of events around Navalny, sociologists found out. Among young people, 50% consider the decision of the court unfair, and only 35% considered it correct.

The Ministry of Finance will spend more than 185 billion rubles on the purchase of foreign currency in April - this is a record level since the beginning of 2021. The ministry will buy foreign currency according to a new structure - the basket will include the Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan, said . the press service of the ministry The purchase of foreign currency will be carried out from April 7, 2021 to May 7, 2021, the daily purchase volume will be 8.4 billion rubles.

The Safe Internet League, which is headed by the daughter of Senator Elena Mizulina Ekaterina, asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check one of Yury Dud's interviews for propaganda of prohibited substances. It is not specified which interview the organization had complaints about. Bloggers with a multi-million audience should be more responsible for the content they distribute, said Ekaterina Mizulina.

Tesla shares rose more than 7% in pre-trading after the company reported record deliveries of vehicles. The results particularly impressed analysts against the backdrop of a global decline in auto sales. Tesla shipped 184,800 vehicles worldwide in the first quarter of 2021, according to Refinitiv data, which is higher than analysts' forecast of 177,822 vehicles.