The price of gas in Europe continues to renew highs - on Wednesday, the quotes stopped at a step from $1,000 per thousand cubic meters. We explain what is happening, what caused it and what to expect next Gas quotes on the European spot market continued to update their historical highs for the autumn. Since the beginning of trading on Wednesday, September 15, gas has risen in price by 20%, and around noon in Moscow, the cost of the October futures rose above $950 per thousand cubic meters.

The price of gas in Europe is at a long-term and very high peak - on Wednesday, quotes stopped a step away from the insane $1,000 per thousand cubic meters. We explain what is happening, what caused it and what to expect next. What's happening? Gas quotes on the spot and futures market in Europe continue to update their historical highs in autumn.

On September 17, elections to the State Duma will start - and it looks like they will become a real test for the Runet. In the months leading up to the vote, the authorities, led by Roskomnadzor, tried to do everything possible to restrict access to Alexei Navalny's supporters from his Smart Voting electoral project.

Employees of the largest Russian online retailer Wildberries launched a petition - they demand to review the working conditions in the company, excluding the exploitation of personnel. The petition is addressed to the founders of the company Tatiana and Vladislav Bakalchuk.

The Central Bank has found a way to prevent the emotional purchase of cryptocurrency by Russians: the regulator will ask banks to slow down such payments in favor of crypto exchanges. As the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank Sergey Shvetsov said, the regulator will exclude the possibility of making spontaneous purchases of cryptocurrency.

The largest gambling establishments in Macau - a special administrative region of China, which is called the Asian Las Vegas - have fallen in price by a record $18.4 billion, according to Bloomberg. This happened on Wednesday, September 15, after it became known about the decision of the authorities to tighten restrictions on local casino operators. The Bloomberg Intelligence Index, which includes shares of the six largest casino operators, sank a record 23%.

The State Duma threatened to toughen the punishment for IT companies if they continue to ignore the instructions of Roskomnadzor. First of all, we are talking about Google, whose office yesterday came bailiffs demanding to remove the phrase "smart voting" from the search results.

In internal documents, Facebook acknowledges the harmful influence of its Instagram on the teenage audience, but publicly downplays it, has shown a large investigation by The Wall Street Journal . The first part of the investigation, dedicated to the "inviolable" VIP users of the social network, we summarized here . Facebook's internal research over the past three years shows that Instagram worsens body image problems in a third of teenage girls.

The international association of investigative journalists OCCRP announced the cessation of work in Russia: the organization said that it could not work in the country because of the "Kremlin's campaign against independent journalism." The Center for Corruption and Organized Crime Research ( OCCRP ) said on its website that the organization is shutting down its operations in Russia entirely to protect journalists.

Moscow beauty salons are asking to extend the simplified taxation system (STS) to a larger number of market participants and reduce the rate from 6% to 1-3%. With such a proposal, Nina Litvinova, the public commissioner of the beauty industry of the capital, addressed the business ombudsman of Moscow Tatyana Mineeva. According to Kommersant, Litvinova recommends including in the simplified tax system those whose revenue reaches 800 million rubles a year, and whose staff is 300 employees.

Supporters of Alexei Navalny have published a list of candidates they advise voting for in the upcoming elections. Prior to this, the authorities diligently blocked any way to place these electoral recommendations. Navalny's team launched a "smart voting" chatbot on Telegram and posted the list on the Navalny app. The chatbot asks to enter the voter's address (without specifying the apartment) and advises which candidate and which parties to vote for at this polling station.

The German HelloFresh, the largest food delivery service in the United States for preparing dishes according to the selected recipe, has become a co-owner of its Russian counterpart Chefmarket. The company explains the decision to invest in Russia by the fact that the Russian online food sales market is the largest in Europe. HelloFresh acquired a 10% stake in Chefmarket.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping refused to meet personally with US President Joe Biden, as he told him in a telephone conversation, the learned Financial Times . Xi said Washington should take a less harsh tone on Beijing first. The newspaper, citing five sources, says that during a telephone conversation that lasted about 90 minutes, Biden suggested that the head of China hold a summit in order to “break the deadlock” in relations between the United States and China.

Apple ceased to surprise investors: the company's shares traditionally fell during the presentation Yesterday, Apple held an annual presentation of new products, at which she introduced seven new devices at once. Investors responded to this by the sale of shares: the company's quotes during the event fell by 1.39%. The fact that Apple shares are getting cheaper during the presentation is already becoming a tradition.

Yesterday, Apple held its annual presentation of new products, which introduced seven new devices at once. Investors reacted to this with a sale of shares: the company's quotes fell by 1.39% during the event. The fact that Apple shares are getting cheaper during the presentation is already becoming a tradition.