The G7 countries agreed to provide a new tax in 15% global corporations. Why is it necessary and what is from this Russia? The Big Seven countries fundamentally agreed on the minimum tax rate on transnational corporations. This is an important step towards a change in the centuries of world order, in which companies pay taxes not where they earn, and save on this tens of billions of dollars a year.

approved a drug for the disease in nearly two decades The U.S. FDA has approved Biogen's Alzheimer's drug, the first time it 's . The publication calls the FDA decision "a watershed moment after years of research and billions of dollars of investment." A drug called Aduhelm (the active ingredient is aducanumab) will be used based on evidence that it reduces brain concentrations of the amyloid peptide that triggers the development of Alzheimer's disease.

The first St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) since the pandemic wasn’t the most exciting. But it was honest — almost all discussions revolved around the Russian state’s role in the economy, with an unprecedentedly small focus on international matters. Businesses also learned a bit more about proposed new taxes and found out what President Vladimir Putin thinks of Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov’s plans to seize 100 billion rubles ($1.4 billion) from the metals sector.

Belarusian state TV channel ONT broadcast Thursday a 90-minute interview with Roman Protasevich, the journalist arrested when Minsk forced down a civilian plane last month. Viewers compared the spectacle to George Orwell’s 'Ministry of Love' from his dystopian novel 1984 in which a character under torture is forced to denounce his comrades on television. Everything about the interview, which more closely resembled an interrogation, was off.

Foreigners who come to Russia are amazed by two things: first, that even a tip or a charitable donation can be made by card with a couple of clicks, and second that in Moscow or St. Petersburg nobody sees anything odd in ordering a single loaf of bread or an ice cream to be delivered to your home – and have it arrive within 15 minutes. This week, one of the main Russian companies behind the express grocery boom, hyper-local delivery outfit Samokat, unveiled its ambitions to go global.

Annual inflation in May accelerated to 6.02%, Rosstat said on Monday - inflation rose above 6% for the last time in October 2016. The main contribution to the acceleration of inflation was made by the increase in the price of food products - over 12 months they increased in price by 7.4%. Rosstat listed the leading food prices for May: beets (+35.3%), cabbage (+25.2%), carrots (+18.8%), potatoes (+15.4%). Slightly less increased prices for non-food products (6.7%) and services (3.3%).

Several Twitter users filed a lawsuit against Roskomnadzor - the applicants are asking the Moscow court to oblige the department to stop slowing down the service. A lawsuit in the Tagansky Court of Moscow against the RKN was filed by the head of the Krasnoselsky municipal district Ilya Yashin, oppositionist Yevgeny Domozhirov, photographer Yevgeny Feldman and the capital's municipal deputy Vadim Korovin.

Lightspeed, a developer of cloud solutions for business, announced the purchase of an online store designer founded by Ulyanovsk Ruslan Fazlyev for half a billion dollars. The parties plan to close the deal by September 30, 2021, subject to regulatory approval. The deal is worth about $500 million, of which Lightspeed will pay $175 million in cash and $325 in its shares. Lightspeed also plans to complete the acquisition of the American b2b e-commerce platform NuORDER by the end of September.

The claims of law enforcement agencies in the case of Pavel Maslovsky, the founder of the large gold miner Petropavlovsk, also reached his son Alexei - he was put on the federal wanted list, writes RBC. According to the decision to initiate a petition before the court to extend the period of detention of Pavel Maslovsky in a pre-trial detention center, back in mid-April, the Ministry of Internal Affairs put his son on the wanted list.

Bell.Club Live continues the Business Leaders project: a series of video interviews that we took during the PMEF-2021 at the Bank of Non-core assets “Trust”. Another guest is OZON General Director Alexander Shulgin. - Your company has become, it seems to me, a real triumph of the last mad year. Ozon conducted a very successful IPO. The company's quotes did not fall after the placement, as often happens, but increased by 40%, and now Ozon costs more than $ 10 billion.

The hypothesis that the pandemic began with a coronavirus leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology is acquiring new evidence - several scientists from the University of California found that SARS-CoV-2 has a genetic marker that is unlikely in a natural virus. Dr.

The G7 countries have agreed in principle on a minimum tax rate for transnational corporations. This is an important step toward changing the centuries-old world order, in which companies pay taxes not where they earn money, and save tens of billions of dollars a year. But implementing the decision will take years, and its pitfalls are already visible. What happened The G7 countries have broadly agreed that the minimum corporate tax rate for large corporations should be at least 15%.

Sberbank employees can take up to a year of unpaid leave for a “career time-out” or work remotely for up to three months a year, the reports . bank’s press service A long break (sabbatical) can last 1-12 months and can be interrupted at any time. An employee can simply relax, get trained or launch a startup, the press service notes. Sberbank, for its part, guarantees to keep his place and position.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will go into space on the first passenger flight of his company Blue Origin on July 20. The billionaire will be accompanied by his younger brother Mark and the winner of an online auction. “From the age of five, I dreamed of flying into space. On July 20, I will go on such a journey with my brother. Greatest adventure with my best friend," Bezos wrote on Instagram.

The Kremlin demanded clarification of the words that the Nexta telegram channel was financed by a Russian billionaire - this should be done either by the arrested opposition leader Roman Protasevich, or by Belarus. Potash tycoon, billionaire Dmitry Mazepin has already denied the role of a shadow sponsor of the Belarusian opposition. Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin would not "play cat and mouse" on such issues. Dmitry Peskov Probably, he (Protasevich.