Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Mishustin again gave covid restrictions at the mercy of Sergei Sobyanin. But he is not yet ready to repeat the Lockdown of the spring of 2020 Russia was officially recognized as a hot point on the world map of the pandemic, the vaccination rate for a week did not make a revolutionary jump, and the compulsory vaccination has become almost the only topic of discussion in social networks.

Moscow restaurateurs, who from June 28 will have to bear the losses from the general “free-form” regime in public catering, on Friday, June 25, discussed measures to support the industry with the Moscow authorities, learned Forbes . The corresponding decree should be issued on Monday or even Friday.

The Telegram messenger has launched a long-awaited big update - now it has group video chats like Zoom, which, if necessary, easily turn ordinary voice forums.

Panasonic has sold its entire stake in Tesla, writes the Financial Times. The company will spend the proceeds of $3.6 billion on a key takeover. The sale of the stake will not affect Panasonic and Tesla's cooperation in the production of battery cells at the JV companies' gigafactory in Nevada, the Japanese company announced, the project is valued at $5 billion.

The Ministry of Health has authorized the vaccination of pregnant women with a high risk of severe disease with Sputnik V. “Experts have decided to remove contraindications for the use of the Gam-Kovid-Vak vaccine [market name Sputnik-V] in pregnant women,” said Head of the Ministry of Health Mikhail Murashko at the presidium of the coordinating council under the government to combat COVID- 19 .

The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) and the Federation of Independent Trade Unions (FNPR) on June 25 published an appeal to employers and workers. They called for complete mandatory vaccination of the adult population of Russia. Workers are encouraged to "get vaccinated to work effectively and protect their loved ones and loved ones." Employers - use the opportunity to vaccinate employees.

The British regulator has launched an investigation against Amazon and Google over the lack of effective fight against fake product reviews, writes WSJ. The investigation is only part of a massive program of new regulation for digital markets. The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into possible violations by Amazon and Google - the regulator suspects that companies do not adequately protect their users from false reviews of various products and services.

The first case of infection with the Delta Plus strain of coronavirus has been detected in Russia, Daria Danilenko, deputy director of the Smorodintsev Research Institute for Influenza, told Fontanka. Most likely, we are talking about an "imported" case, said Danilenko. According to her, the Delta Plus strain has been recorded in isolated cases in the United States, Great Britain and a number of other countries.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree on transferring 30% of employees to remote mode from June 28. This number should include all workers over 65 years of age (except for critical personnel) and with chronic diseases on the list. The news about the decree was published on the official website of the mayor's office.

Rostourism asks the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory to ease restrictions on the unvaccinated and to let tourists in from August not only with a certificate of vaccination, but also with a negative PCR test. The fact that the head of the Federal Tourism Agency Zarina Doguzova turned to the governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratiev with such a request was reported on Friday by RIA Novosti.

Mandatory vaccination in a number of regions and restrictions for the unvaccinated have led to rush demand and queues for vaccination against COVID-19, writes Kommersant . Sputnik V remains the only mass vaccine, but even taking into account plans for the production of other drugs, there is not enough capacity: out of a total need of 140 million doses per year, less than 100 million doses will be made.

The global shortage of microchips for the automotive industry through the Russian automaker came directly to the consumer: AvtoVAZ dealers began to receive Lada Vesta, Xray and Largus in the comfort light configuration without a multifunction steering wheel with cruise control and a multimedia system, Vedomosti . writes As three car dealers of the brand told the publication, buyers will have to wait at least two months for cars with all options without a price guarantee.

Ilya Yashin, the head of the municipality of the Krasnoselsky metropolitan district, was removed from the elections to the Moscow City Duma - the oppositionist said that the election committee "recognized him as an extremist because of the support of Alexei Navalny." Yashin planned to participate in by-elections to the Moscow City Duma in the 37th single-mandate constituency (it unites the Akademichesky, Lomonosovsky and Gagarinsky districts of Moscow).

United Europe did not accept the summit with Putin. The proposal of Merkel and Macron did not pass due to the resistance of countries that border Russia The first meeting between Vladimir Putin and EU leaders after the annexation of Crimea was not destined to come true - the idea of ​​​​the leaders of Germany and France was not supported by about half of the members.

The former editor-in-chief of the opposition Telegram channel NEXTA, Roman Protasevich, and the Russian woman Sofya Sapega, who was detained with him, were placed under house arrest, their parents told the BBC Russian Service. The charges against Sapieha and Protasevich have not been dropped, says the journalist's father, Dmitry Protasevich: “They changed the preventive measure, this is an improvement in their living conditions.