Evergrande depositors reached protests in China. What threatens the collapse of the largest developer of the country One of the largest developers in China - Evergrande - big problems: a debt, the size of which is unknown even to the Chinese authorities, unfinished objects and investors who have reached protests today. Alarmists are already comparing the possible collapse of the company, according to the consequences with the fall of Lehman Brothers in 2008. Is there any reason for this?

FAS demanded from the mobile operator Tele2 to reduce communication tariffs. The authorities considered that the company's increase in communication services by 13% at once in the winter was "unreasonable." The department's website reports that the antimonopoly service has completed consideration of the case of violation of antimonopoly law against Tele2.

One of China's largest (and most indebted) developers, Evergrande, is in big trouble. The question of the day is whether they will give rise to a systemic crisis in the financial system, and whether this is the beginning of the collapse of the “bubble” in the Chinese real estate market. What's happening outside Evergrande's headquarters in Shenyang on Monday Investors fearing its bankruptcy held protests , demanding the return of all the money.

Mass revaccination against COVID-19 is not needed, a group of leading American and international scientists said in the Lancet on Monday. On news of this, shares of Moderna and Biontech, which produce anti-virus vaccines, collapsed by about 5%. The conclusion of the scientists, including two senior US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials and experts from the WHO, was based on the latest research.

The big story in upcoming parliamentary elections is the New People political party. A survey by pro-Kremlin pollsters recently suggested they even have a chance of getting past the 5-percent threshold and into the State Duma as a result of next weekend’s vote — even if The Bell’s sources said this was not part of the Kremlin’s plan. New People was created in 2020 with the approval of the authorities, part of a plan to take votes away from opponents of the ruling United Russia party.

Minister of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Zinichev died Wednesday in the Krasnoyarsk region of Eastern Siberia. The ministry said that Zinichev — also a military general — hit a rock when he jumped into a river to try and rescue a renowned film director. But there is an alternative – less heroic – version of events. Zinichev is a former deputy head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and known to be close to Putin. Zinichev’s death was announced Wednesday afternoon.

A coup d’etat in Guinea this week rocked international aluminum markets and sent prices for the metal shooting to a 10-year high on the London Stock Exchange. The overthrow of President Alpha Condé is a major headache for Russian aluminum giant Rusal, which owns Guinea’s large Friguia alumina refinery. If the refinery is forced to halt operations, it would be a major financial blow to Rusal. Col.

App Store users from Russia complained about service failures: applications from the Apple store are not downloaded or updated. At the same time, Apple itself claims that the problem is not on its side, writes VC.ru. Twitter users drew attention to the problem. They complained that the apps only download and update when the VPN is connected. At the same time, the Apple website states that there were no problems with access to the App Store on their side.

Hello! This week our top story is about how a coup in one of the world’s poorest countries caused a major financial headache for Russian aluminum producer Rusal. We also look in depth at political party New People , which is tipped to do surprisingly well in next weekend’s parliamentary elections, and the death of minister Yevgeny Zinichev in an accident at a Siberian waterfall and the resulting Kremlin PR storm.

In the past 10 years, developed markets have increased on average 2.5 times faster developing. However, now the trend may change, some large western investment banks believe. We tell you what this is connected with, who can benefit from this and whether developing markets are able to return the leadership that was lost in the 2010s for a long time.

Russia is resuming flights with Spain, Iraq, Kenya and Slovakia, according to the government's official Telegram channel. Flights to these countries will begin on September 21. In addition, from next Tuesday, flights to Turkey and Egypt from the airports of Pskov, Magadan, Murmansk and Chita are resumed. According to the Federal Tourism Agency , the following restrictions apply in these countries: Spain is not allowed to enter for the purpose of tourism.

The coronavirus pandemic will not end until COVID-19 affects almost the entire population of the Earth - such a disappointing forecast was published on Monday by Bloomberg, citing scientists. According to experts, it is not worth expecting a return to normal life until humanity as a whole either gets sick or is vaccinated. And this is under a favorable scenario.

Aleksey Navalny, who is in the colony, sued the Prosecutor General's Office and Roskomnadzor. As explained by The Insider (according to the decision of the Ministry of Justice, he was included in the register of media that act as a foreign agent), associate of the politician Ivan Zhdanov, the lawsuit is connected with an appeal against the blocking of the websites navalny.com and free.navalny.com.

The Visa international payment system has reduced the interbank commission rate for small Russian catering - the interchange rate fee (IRF), which the acquirer pays to the issuing bank. The commission is now at 0.5%. According to Kommersant, Visa has actually equalized street fast food with the largest fast food establishments, where the 0.5% rate has been in force for several years. The only condition is that the amount of the check should not exceed 500 rubles.

The exchange price of gas in Europe has set another record, exceeding $730 per 1,000 cubic meters. This is evidenced by the data of the London ICE. By 9:30 Moscow time, the October gas futures on the index of the Dutch TTF (the most liquid hub in Europe) rose to $728 per thousand cubic meters, and after a small quote reached $730.1. By the time the auction opened, the price was $713 per thousand cubic meters.