Tomorrow is the first day of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum: Russian (and foreign-but there will be very few of them) officials and businessmen will meet to discuss business prospects during and after the pandemic, the ways of leaving the Russian economy from stagnation and much more. In the 80-page forum program -as always a lot of optional. On the eve of the opening, we chose the most interesting sessions for the subscribers of The Bell, which should go or see the broadcast.

The most important and interesting at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum Tomorrow is the first day of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum: Russian (and foreign-but there will be very few of them) officials and businessmen will meet to discuss business prospects during and after the pandemic, the ways of leaving the Russian economy from stagnation and much more. In the 80-page forum program -as always a lot of optional.

Russian model Guzel Ganieva has filed a lawsuit against the ex-CEO of investment company Apollo Global Management, 69-year-old Leon Black, accusing him of rape and subsequent manipulation, writes the Financial Times. Black denies all charges. Ganiyeva's lawsuit alleges that Black met her in 2008 at an event in New York when she was in her early 20s.

Created by natives of Vedomosti, the VTimes publication (according to the decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice, it is included in the register of media that act as a foreign agent) may close in the coming days, learned . RBC The fact that such an option is being discussed was confirmed by several sources to RBC, including in the management of VTimes.

The corporate conflict in Natura Siberica continues. After the death of the founder of the company Andrei Trubnikov, his relatives could not agree who would manage the business, while the hereditary case is being considered, the Bell found out earlier. As a result, the operational control received a confidential manager of the shares of Trubnikov. A group of heirs accused him of raiding, he evaluates his role in a completely different way. We learned the positions of both sides.

AMC, which owns a large US cinema chain, has decided to reward small investors, thanks to whose hype its capitalization has tripled in the last month, by offering free popcorn (and a large one) at the chain's cinemas. Such interaction is a new trend of hype companies, writes Bloomberg. AMC quotes have soared 1400% since the beginning of the year.

US President Joe Biden will set a new goal for coronavirus vaccinations and support initiatives from private companies to encourage Americans to get the shot, writes ABC. Among such initiatives is a free beer coupon from the giant Anheuser-Busch. On Wednesday, June 2, Biden will announce a "month of action" before Independence Day on July 4, according to the AP.

Samokat, a grocery, household goods and cosmetics delivery service, part of a joint venture between Sberbank and Mail.ru Group, plans to launch in the US market under a new brand. This was told to The Bell by a source close to the company, and confirmed by an interlocutor from among the employees of the ecosystem. According to a source familiar with the situation, the exit is planned in the horizon from several months to a year.

Belarus has received the second half of a $1 billion loan from Russia, the country's Finance Ministry said. The allocation of the second tranche of the loan was discussed at a recent meeting between Putin and Lukashenko in Sochi. The Belarusian Ministry of Finance reported that $500 million from Russia was credited to its account - this is the second tranche from the loan, which the countries agreed on back in December 2020.

The structure of Mikhail Fridman LetterOne invested in the British project to create a fiber optic network. The Russian banker's investment will be used to provide a million homes in England with broadband internet. According to the Financial Times, Friedman's investment company LetterOne invested in the project in England. Infrastructure company Upp aims to bring broadband to about 1 million homes in eastern England by 2025.

Metallurgists paid taxes on increased product prices, but this did not solve the problem of increased prices for the budget, explained his proposal to Forbes to withdraw 100 billion rubles from the industry. First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov “They did not compare this money with the profit they received, and with the volume of dividends that they also paid out,” Belousov told Forbes at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The Qatari State Investment Fund QIA, with significant investments in Russia, will also receive a share in the Western High-Speed ​​Diameter (WHSD) of St. Petersburg, RBC writes . The transaction involves the "daughter" of QIA, the company F4 Holding. According to the publication, it will receive a 24.99% stake in the authorized capital and a share loan from MCC Holding LLC, which represents the private co-owners of the WHSD project.

Unlike thousands of other businesses in Russia, Delivery Club did not lose on the pandemic, but acquired: according to the results of 2020, the revenue of the delivery service reached 10 billion rubles, which is 2.3 times more than in the “well-like” 2019. But a loss also grew, and scandals with a strike of couriers and rumors about the “divorce” of Sberus and Mail.ru Group forced to think about the cloudlessness of the future company.

The former executive director of Open Russia (recognized as undesirable in the Russian Federation. - The Bell) Andrey Pivovarov was arrested for two months. In court, the politician linked his persecution with the intention to run for the State Duma. Pivovarov was sent to a pre-trial detention center until July 31. The defense has already stated that it intends to appeal the court's decision.

From June 1, the sensational amendments on educational activities came into force against which the entire education market opposed . Officials promised to finalize the document, but so far this did not happen. In the current option, everything can fall under the new regulation-from online courses to YouTube videos.