The struggle of Xi Jinping against Internet companies cost the investors of the IPO taxi service DIDI $ 22 billion for one trading session The struggle of the Chinese leadership for the purity of the series of Internet companies and the resistance of companies in this struggle continue to inflict serious losses to Western investors.

Several foreign manufacturers have applied for registration of their vaccine in Russia and are undergoing an examination, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said. What kind of foreign vaccines the Russians can expect, he did not specify. “Yes, there are applicants. They are being tested. Accordingly, as there is a decision, they will be sold, ” TASS quotes Murashko’s answer to a question from journalists.

Rospotrebnadzor has changed the rules for the return of Russians from abroad. Those who were vaccinated and those who were ill were allowed not to take a PCR test, while the rest were required to observe isolation until the results of the test were received. The decision of Rospotrebnadzor comes into force on July 7.

Automaker Volkswagen separated from the main business not so long ago revived, but unprofitable brand Bugatti, writes Bloomberg. Bugatti will enter into a joint venture with the Croatian Rimac Automobili, which after that will have two hypercars at once - the gasoline Bugatti Chiron and the electric Rimac Nevera.

Iceland has summed up the results of the largest tests of a shortened working week and recognized them as successful. Labor productivity did not decrease, and in some cases even increased. The experiment was conducted among civil servants from different fields from 2015 to 2019. It was attended by more than 2.5 thousand people (more than 1% of the entire workforce in Iceland). Participants were temporarily transferred from a 40-hour work week to a 35 or 36-hour work week without a pay cut.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a resolution to encourage businesses to vaccinate their employees and provide additional support to catering establishments. As reported on July 3, the first 100 organizations that reported on the vaccination of 60% of their employees will receive grants in the amount of 100% of personal income tax for the previous 12 months, but not more than 5 million rubles. Half of these grants are for small and medium businesses.

Against the former governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh, who is serving a sentence in the case of a bribe, opened a new criminal case. This time he was suspected of abuse of power (part 2 of article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the maximum punishment is up to 7 years in prison).

Holidays in the US (July 5 was the day after Independence Day) did not allow the market to win back the bad news about the newly listed Chinese taxi operator DiDi on Nasdaq. At the preliminary auctions on Tuesday, July 6, quotations fell below the placement price. DiDi's ADR quotes fell by almost a quarter by Friday's close ($12.06 vs. $15.53). The reason is the order of the Chinese regulator to remove DiDi from mobile app stores due to illegal collection of user data.

On Tuesday, July 6, WTI oil quotes rose to a level not seen since the end of 2014 on the apparent failure of OPEC + negotiations, writes Bloomberg. Brent oil is already trading above $77. According to the agency, WTI oil quotes are at a six-year high since November 2014: the price of the August futures has come close to $77. The reason is the impasse in the OPEC+ negotiations due to the position of the UAE, which does not allow the market to count on an increase in supplies from August.

The resignation last week of the head of Russia’s Higher School of Economics (HSE) generated shockwaves that reached far beyond academic circles. Economist Yaroslav Kuzminov confirmed Friday that he was stepping down as dean of the university he founded in the 1990s and which is today Russia’s finest institute of higher education. Who is Yaroslav Kuzminov? Kuzminov’s story is closely intertwined with HSE.

In Russia, 737 deaths from COVID-19 were recorded over the past day, according to the federal operational headquarters. This is the maximum for a pandemic. The largest number of deaths from coronavirus infection was detected in Moscow (114 people), St. Petersburg (99), Irkutsk (33) and Nizhny Novgorod regions (26). The maximum daily death rate from COVID-19 has been updated several times over the past week, but the country has never recorded 700 or more deaths.

Russian officials scrupulously avoid using words like ‘lockdown’. Last summer, the official euphemism for lockdown was ‘non-working days’; today, officially, not even that. However, Moscow’s hospitality sector is suffering from a strict de facto lockdown that does not come with state support and has little chance of taming the pandemic. Since Monday, entrance to Moscow’s cafes and restaurants has only been possible with a QR code. Anyone can dine on a veranda — but only until July 12.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held his 18th televised call-in show Wednesday. This annual event has evolved to the point where it has become almost a parody of itself. Despite rising public discontent over coronavirus restrictions and approaching parliamentary elections, it passed off without incident.

Suppliers and grocery retailers have warned that they will not be able to vaccinate 60% of their staff with the first component or one-component COVID-19 vaccine before July 15, reports Kommersant . The share of vaccinated employees in some companies did not even reach 20%.

The Supreme Court of Belarus sentenced ex-head of Belgazprombank Viktor Babariko to 14 years in prison, BelTA informs . The verdict of the Supreme Court, according to the laws of the country, is not subject to appeal.