Which led to the most serious Arab-Israeli clashes over the years The main world event of the week was the most serious exacerbation of the Arab-Israeli conflict in a few years and a record-scale missile shelling of Tel Aviv. The reason for the exacerbation was the dispute due to real estate, which was rooted in 1948, and the complex political circumstances of both parties and the change of power in the United States helped him to go to the sharp phase.

From May 25, Russia will resume regular flights with Iceland, Mexico, Malta, Saudi Arabia and Portugal, TASS reports citing a statement from the operational headquarters. Along with this, the authorities decided to increase the number of flights to South Korea, Finland and Japan. Thus, from May 25, there will be two flights a week from Moscow to Icelandic Reykjavik and Maltese Valletta, three times a week planes will fly to Portuguese Lisbon, Mexican Cancun and Saudi Jeddah.

Russia has included the US and the Czech Republic in the list of "unfriendly countries". According to the decree of the government, now the diplomatic mission of the Czech Republic can enter into employment contracts with only 19 individuals in Russia, the United States - with none. On April 23, Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the application of measures to influence "unfriendly actions of foreign states".

Twitter representatives at a meeting with the leadership of Roskomnadzor on May 13 expressed their readiness to remove and block the prohibited information identified by the department, the said in a statement.

SberCIB analysts saw an increase in salaries for the middle class in Russia. According to the latest study "Ivanov's Consumer Index", since the beginning of the year it has amounted to almost 3%. The salary of the conditional "Ivanov", the average representative of the Russian middle class, increased by 2.9% compared to the end of 2020, calculated in SberCIB. The middle class in Russia began to save more.

The current exacerbation of the Arab-Israeli conflict is the most serious minimum of 2014. It seems that it passes according to the same scheme, but there are significant differences. What's happening On Thursday, May 13, the Israeli Defense Army (IDF) said that she had prepared a plan for a ground operation in the gas sector and pulled out forces to the border, and on Friday - tanks and artillery participated in night strikes (more than 150).

Russia became a country with the largest concentration of wealth in the world regarding GDP size, calculated FT: the state of its billionaires this year exceeded a third of the gross product. In the hands of only one owner of Severstal Alexei Mordashov, 1.7% of the Russian GDP is concentrated - this is more than at the peak of John Rockefeller in relation to US GDP.

The draft government decree regulating educational activities was sent for revision, the Ministry of Education and Science told Interfax. This document will determine the application of the controversial law on educational activities, which should come into force on June 1.

Amazon plans to hire 10,000 new employees in the UK by the end of 2021, thereby expanding its staff in this country to 55,000 people, writes Bloomberg. Amazon is one of the few major employers adding jobs during the pandemic. A day earlier, the online retailer announced that it would hire 75,000 employees for its logistics operation in North America. In 2020, Amazon employed about half a million people, as of the end of March 2021, its total workforce was 1.3 million people.

Russian authorities have informed the US Embassy in Moscow of plans to delay the ban on hiring locals. Relevant information is available on the website of the diplomatic mission. Until July 16, the US Embassy in Moscow will resume regular services for American citizens, including the operation of the passport service, the issuance of consular certificates of birth abroad, and certain other notary services.

The VTimes publication is recognized as a foreign agent media - it is included in the appropriate register of the Ministry of Justice. In the department’s register, the 20th edition recognized as a foreign agent was “a legal entity registered in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Stichting 2 Oktober, which is the administrator of the domain name of the Internet resource “VTimes.io.” “Neither VTimes nor the Stichting 2 Oktober foundation are media outlets in any jurisdiction.

In Moscow, the number of people infected with coronavirus increased by more than a third (+ 37%) per day, to 3818 cases - this is the maximum since January. Over the past day, the number of detected cases of COVID-19 has increased by more than a thousand. The daily increase in COVID-19 infections in Moscow was the highest since January 17 - then the number of cases increased by 4012 per day, notes RBC .

For the quarter, the revenue of the Coinbase crypto exchange tripled, and for the year its profit grew 24 times, the company reported. The cryptocurrency trading exchange continues to benefit from the boom in cryptocurrency quotes and the relentless interest of investors, writes CNBC. The company's revenue in the first quarter was three times more than in the fourth quarter of last year, and almost 9.5 times more than in the first quarter a year earlier.

Rosneft reported that it passed the first quarter of 2021 with a profit. The first quarter of 2020 was unprofitable for her. Profit attributable to shareholders amounted to RUB 149 billion compared to a quarterly loss of RUB 156 billion a year ago. Revenue grew by almost 15% qoq (to 1.74 trillion rubles), financial debt decreased by $2.9 billion. Specific operating costs for hydrocarbon production decreased to $2.6 per barrel of oil equivalent. Urals oil cost $59.3 in the first quarter.

The Central Bank proposed to ban banks from issuing loans to citizens at floating rates for too short or long periods. And also oblige banks to inform people that their interest on such loans may increase, RBC learned . The bill of the Central Bank limits the issuance of loans with a variable rate on loans for up to one year, over 20 years and on credit cards with a non-fixed interest.