Some European airlines cannot get permission to fly to Russia: why it happened and how serious it is The transformation of Belarus into an aviation outcast began to create problems for Russian passengers. Air France and Austrian Airlines had to cancel flights to Moscow due to the fact that Russian aircraft did not give them permission to fly to Russia around Belarus. On conditions of anonymity, officials explain the problem with “technical reasons” and promise to solve it in the near future.

Russia will give permission for the arrival of flights of European carriers on alternative routes overflying Belarus, learned RBC . The Federal Air Transport Agency held a meeting on this issue. A source close to the Ministry of Transport said that in the near future Moscow will allow European airlines to fly around the neighboring republic when flying to Russia.

The Russian division of Unilever has warned that it may suspend the production of ice cream at factories in Tula and Omsk from June 1 for 10 days due to labeling overlays. “Unilever Rus LLC, whose portfolio includes Inmarko brand ice cream, declares that from June 1 it will most likely be forced to suspend the operation of ice cream production lines located in Tula and Omsk if the labeling launch date remains the same” , - Interfax quotes a message from the company.

Project Chivas & "Russian norms!" "Change is the norm!" received a silver award at the international festival of advertising and marketing communications Silver Mercury. This is one of the largest marketing awards in the Russian-speaking space: more than 600 applications this year were evaluated by more than 200 members of a professional jury. Project "Change is the norm!" received a prize in the dark market nomination (campaigns for products whose promotion is limited by law).

Several flights of European airlines have already failed to fly through Russian airspace, which decided not to fly through the airspace of Belarus. There is still no official explanation of the reasons from the Russian regulator.

The debt burden of Russians for the first quarter of 2021 reached a historical record, the Central Bank reported : it rose to 11.9%. The debt load shows the ratio of all payments on loans to the total income of the population. According to the Central Bank, the main contribution to the sharp growth of this indicator was made by the segment of unsecured consumer lending.

Wildberries founder Tatyana Bakalchuk will join the VTB Supervisory Board, learned RBC . The head of Trust Bank Alexander Sokolov and the head of Otkritie Mikhail Zadornov will leave the council.

The owner of the Swiss secure email service ProtonMail, Proton Technologies AG, confirmed that the message about the bombing of flight FR4978 was sent to Belarus late - already when the plane was deployed for landing at Minsk airport.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said today that the EU may restrict Belarus' main exports in response to the May 23 interception of a Ryanair passenger plane. What exactly is at risk? On the eve of an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Lisbon, Borrell mentioned the export of potash fertilizers and gas transit, AFP reported. “Belarus is a major exporter of potassium, $2.5 billion (per year).

The court fined Twitter 19 million rubles for not removing prohibited content - Roskomnadzor said that the social network still had not removed about 9% of such content. The Tagansky Court of Moscow today considered nine protocols against Twitter. Now, in total, taking into account previous fines, the social network must pay almost 28 million rubles. While this is a record amount - for comparison, Facebook was fined a total of 16 million rubles, Google - 6 million rubles, calculated .

The founder of the Tanuki restaurants, Alexander Orlov actively raises business: his holding Bulldozer Group opens institutions in Moscow, Dubai, USA, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, baths, “dark kitchens” and a culinary application appeared in the portfolio. The holding, according to the entrepreneur, even during the pandemic remained in the plus.

The European Union intends to force Alexander Lukashenko to pay a high price for the forced landing of the Ryanair airliner - one of the options could be sanctions against the export of potassium and natural gas transit, learned .

The children of Telegram founder Pavel Durov could have inherited $8.6 billion, calculated Forbes . The high assessment of the state of the businessman himself ($ 17.2 billion) allowed his daughter and son to immediately take 6th place in the ranking of the richest heirs of the publication. Top 3 remained unchanged. The list was headed by Yusuf Alekperov, the only son of the largest shareholder of Lukoil, Vagit Alekperov ($24.9 billion).

Associated with the ex-owner of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Open Russia organization completely ceases its activities and closes branches in the regions of Russia, its executive director Andrei Pivovarov told Kommersant. The leadership took this decision to protect supporters from criminal prosecution. “All members of Postcard have been expelled from the organization, and their membership has been canceled in order to avoid possible persecution,” Pivovarov said.

Due to bans on flights in the airspace of European countries, the state-owned airline Belavia is forced to cancel flights to Kaliningrad and 11 other destinations in Europe until the end of October. The message was published on the official website . From May 27 to October 30, 2021, flights are canceled to the following destinations: Warsaw, Milan, Amsterdam, Rome, Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, Hannover, Vienna, Brussels, Barcelona and Kaliningrad.