The real disposable income of Russians in the first quarter of 2021 fell by 3.6% in annual terms, reported . Rosstat Per capita income in nominal terms in the first quarter of 2021 increased by an average of 3%, to 32.6 thousand rubles. But real disposable income (what's left after assessed contributions and inflation-adjusted payments) fell by 3.6%. The income structure has changed.

Sberbank increased the share of the ecosystem in its revenue, and at the same time its losses According to the results of the 1st quarter, Sberbank set two records at once-the number of active client customers for the first time exceeded 100 million people, and net profit was 300 billion rubles. The share of the non -financial business in the bank's revenue is also growing, but its losses are growing in parallel.

In the first 100 days of his presidency, Joe Biden looks like a typical president-democrat and so far the closest to Bill Clinton’s profile, writes The Wall Street Journal. The publication summed up the main results of the start of the work of the new president. The main difference between Bayden and his predecessors is an unprecedented amount of budget infusions into the US economy and active legislative activity.

The pandemic not only became a strong shock for the business, but also opened up new opportunities for those who understood how to use them - primarily for projects that use the advantages of digitalization. We tell you what lessons Russian entrepreneurs have removed and how the Russian entrepreneurs have changed their work, on the example of a product manufacturer for sleeping, a seller of bicycles and products for the delivery of products.

by an absolute majority On Thursday, April 29, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution , which, among other things, spells out Russia's disconnection from SWIFT in the event of an invasion of Ukraine. The document is advisory in nature. 569 out of 682 deputies voted for the resolution, 67 voted against.

Modern ideas about ideal housing go far beyond the physical characteristics of the house: today the main priority for those who choose real estate is the quality of life. And it, in turn, consists of many factors - from ecology and security to the very, at first glance, insignificant household trifles. In recent years, housing buyers, regardless of its class, pay more and more attention to those services and services that developers provide them.

Gazprom decided to "slightly" change its strategy - instead of focusing on natural gas supplies, the company will begin to pay more attention to new gas processing capacities, said Alexei Miller, CEO of the concern. Miller said that now the management of the state corporation is setting the task of "monetizing" the development of gas reserves, from which raw materials, except for methane, can be extracted.

“Space” ventures are experiencing rapid growth: in a year by April 2021, investments in this sector almost doubled to a record $8.7 billion, according to the Seraphim SpaceTech index (tracks the activity of investors in the space industry). Such a surge is associated with Elon Musk's SpaceX, whose reusable launch vehicles made it possible to dramatically reduce the cost of delivering payloads to orbit, writes FT.

The ministries will still think about limiting the export of buckwheat, which is once again becoming more expensive - the issue is under the control of the first deputy chairman of the government, Andrei Belousov. There have already been attempts to stabilize prices for this cereal using directive methods, but achieving this for a long time is almost impossible for fundamental reasons.

Meduza announced the loss of advertisers after the publication received the status of a foreign agent in the Ministry of Justice, and called on its readers for help. Less than a week ago, on April 23, the Ministry of Justice added Meduza to the list of foreign agents. Today, the publication announced the exodus of advertisers and launched a campaign called "Save Medusa". The media invites readers to make a donation to the publication in a one-time or regular payment.

Prisoners working on the construction of the BAM will be mitigated for this punishment, the Federal Penitentiary Service said : forced labor on a highway in Siberia can become an alternative to serving time in prison. As TASS was told at the Federal Penitentiary Service, the initiative will primarily affect prisoners living in the regions where the highway passes.

Telegram Group, which owns the messenger of the same name, has carried out a new placement of convertible Eurobonds for $750 million, writes . Vedomosti According to the publication, the order book is closed on April 28, the securities will go into circulation on the market on May 6, follows from Bloomberg's closed mailing list for investors.

The Babushkinsky Court of Moscow upheld the verdict against Alexei Navalny in the case of libel against a veteran. In February, the oppositionist was found guilty and sentenced to a fine of 850,000 rubles. Navalny participated in today's meeting via video link from the Pokrovskaya colony, where he is serving a term in the Yves Rocher case. The wife of the politician Julia was in the courtroom.

Revenue of Mail.Ru Group in the first quarter of the year grew by 27.4% to 28.3 billion rubles. The result slightly exceeded forecasts, the company's quotes on the Moscow Exchange fell within a percentage. According to the company, games (up 42.2% yoy, to RUB 11 billion) and educational projects Skillbox and GeekBrains (up 2.9 times yoy, up 2 .2 billion rubles). Online advertising, which slowed in 2020, continues to recover. Revenue from it in the first quarter increased by 22%.

Sberbank has published key financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2021. It follows from the reporting that the number of active individual clients for the first time exceeded 100 million people. As of the end of 2020, Sberbank had 98.9 million active retail clients. “A strong start to 2021 gives us reason to raise our 2020 return on equity guidance to over 20%,” the group said in a statement.