How the Finiko pyramid worked, collecting up to 7 billion rubles from customers The most loud financial pyramid of 2021 is Finiko, founded by four natives of Tatarstan and Lopnushva this summer. According to official data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the creators of the pyramid deprived customers of at least 80 million rubles, but according to the source of The Bell in the Central Bank, the amount may be almost a hundred times more.

Adidas, which has long wanted to sell Reebok, has found a buyer: brand management group Authentic Brands will pay almost $2.5 billion for the asset. 15 years ago, the German group Adidas paid 3 billion euros for Reebok in the hope of entering the US market, and after 12 years even made a profit from the brand, but Reebok's sales still lagged behind the main ones. At the end of 2020, information appeared that the asset was being sold.

The largest tour operator in Russia, Biblio-Globus, whose deal with the international operator Thomas Cook was upset two years ago, will buy Sheremetyevo International Airport (SIA) JSC, RBC learned . According to the publication, MASH signed an agreement of intent to purchase 75% of Turoperator BG LLC (the main legal entity of the operator). The completion of the transaction is scheduled for the end of September 2021, its financial terms were not disclosed.

China has published a new five-year economic regulation plan. The only reliable conclusion that can be drawn from it is that the offensive of regulators on key sectors of the economy will not stop. The document is strategic and has a very high level - it was published jointly by the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council of the PRC, notes Bloomberg . It says that the authorities will actively work on regulation in the field of national security, high technology and monopolies.

American social news portal Reddit, home of the informal GameStop stock crackdown and couch investor phenomenon, is preparing to raise a new round of funding priced at $10 billion. According to Bloomberg, Reddit intends to raise up to $700 million. The round will be led by Fidelity Management, one of the largest US financial holdings. Reddit is aiming for a $10 billion valuation, well above the $6 billion valuation in its most recent investment round.

On July 30, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan for two months arrested one of the founders of Finiko’s financial pyramid Kirill Doronin. In early August, three of his project partners were put on the wanted list. The criminal case against Finiko was opened at the end of last year, but the organization continued to attract funds, founded in Tatarstan, the entire first half of 2021.

Airport "Yakutsk" suspended the takeoff and landing of aircraft. The restrictions are related to poor visibility due to smog from forest fires. “Meteorological visibility is 150 m, which does not allow aircraft to take off and land,” reports Yakutsk Airport . 18 flights delayed. By 19:30 local time, meteorological visibility was 450 m. because of the smoke was stopped In addition to servicing flights, the movement of small boats and ferries across the Lena .

Russia has a new big espionage case, and this time it concerns one of the most breakthrough and secret areas - hypersonic systems. The fact that the FSB is asking to arrest citizen Kuranov A.L. in the case of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Lefortovo Court of Moscow .

A group of Democrats and Republicans introduced a bill in the US Senate to limit the rights of Apple and Google to set rules for using their app stores. In particular, the senators propose to ban the App Store and Google Play and force app developers to use only Apple and Google payment systems.

The contract of the Argentine forward Lionel Messi, who moved from the Catalan "Barcelona" to the "Paris Saint-Germain" (PSG), includes payments in fan tokens of the French club. This was told by a Reuters source familiar with the terms of the transfer. The information was confirmed by PSG, where they recalled that the club distributes its own crypto coins through the Socios.com platform. What percentage of the sale of fan tokens will receive Messi, is not specified.

During the day by August 12, 808 people who fell ill with COVID-19 died in Russia. The indicator came close to the mark of 800 deaths four times - 799 deaths from coronavirus were reported on July 16, 24 and 29, as well as on August 11. According to the operational headquarters, the total number of deaths in the country has reached 168,049. 21,932 cases of coronavirus infection were registered during the day.

The bill approved by the Polish Sejm to limit media ownership by companies outside the EU has caused a sharp reaction in the United States. He threatens the American television company TVN, which broadcasts opposition views in the country. concern about the bill expressed US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken .

By July 2021, Moscow had accumulated approximately 940 billion rubles of cash reserves, according to the international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) in its August 6 review. Almost half of these funds could be spent before the end of the year. Expert assessment is given by RBC. The report says that Moscow's reserves consist of both its own funds - almost 440 billion rubles, and funds from city budgetary institutions - about 500 billion rubles.

The space company of the ex-owner of Technosila, Mikhail Kokorich, Momentus Space will enter the Nasdaq exchange through SPAC Stable Road by the end of this week, reports . CNBC Shareholders of the special forces company approved the merger with Momentus a month after a showdown with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In mid-July, the SEC fined Momentus $7 million for misleading investors, and Stable Road fined $1 million.

Grocery delivery is becoming a key growth driver for Russian e-commerce, and by 2024 the turnover of this business may exceed 1 trillion rubles, writes Kommersant , citing Infoline data. Almost 90% of sales will be provided by the ten largest players. According to the results of January-June 2021, online sales of products exceeded 50 billion rubles, which is 2.5 times higher than the same period last year.