Democrats and Republicans agreed on the ceiling of the public debt for two months. Nobody believes in the real US default, but this thought itself is so terrible that it moves the markets Democrats and Republicans fundamentally agreed to expand the ceiling of the US public debt and that night can temporarily complete the dispute, which in theory (although hardly in practice) could force the American government to declare the first US history on October 18.

US parties have almost reached an agreement on the debt ceiling, the failure of which threatens with unpredictable consequences for the whole world. Unfortunately, this is not a solution, but a delay. What happened The divided US Senate today reached an agreement that would raise the national debt ceiling and shift the threat of a federal default to early December. It was announced by Democratic Majority Leaders Senator Chuck Schumer and Republican Minority Leaders Mitch McConnell.

The first wife of the founder of Natura Siberica, Andrey Trubnikov, Irina and her son transferred their 55% stake in the company's legal entities to the management of a new legal entity, which, in turn, changed its activity to the production of perfumes and cosmetics. Sources in Natura Siberica itself, whose management is in conflict with Trubnikova, believe that she is going to open an alternative production - the rights to the main brands of Natura Siberica belong to Trubnikova's company.

The head of Angela Merkel's CDU party, Armin Laschet, announced his resignation after losing the party's conservative bloc in the elections. to it According to the German channel n-tv (RIA Novosti refers ), Laschet made the corresponding statement at a meeting of the CDU / CSU faction. He stressed that he is ready to remain as head of the party until his successor in this position is determined. Laschet was the official successor to Angela Merkel as the new chancellor of Germany.

The St. Petersburg Stock Exchange faced an obstacle to conducting an IPO in the US: as Forbes learned , the auditor did not issue a document to the exchange, which confirms that the information in its prospectus raises no questions. Forbes sources say that now the IPO of SPB Exchange in the US may be postponed.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested the founder of Rosengineering JSC, Dmitry Novikov, for two months. This was reported on the Telegram channel of the Moscow courts. Novikov is accused of fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). As 47news wrote , on the morning of October 6, employees of the FSB Economic Security Service, as well as the Investigative Committee, came to Novikov with a search.

"Russian hackers" carried out the majority of identified attacks in the year from July 2020 to June 2021, Microsoft writes in a new cybersecurity report. Russian groups accounted for 58% of the attacks, North Korean - 23%, Iranian - 11% and Chinese only 8%, according to the corporation's experts. The growth of the "Russian" share is mainly due to the activity of the Nobelium group, which was associated with the GRU and the hack SolarWinds .

The court instructed the bailiffs to forcibly recover 26 million rubles from Facebook, which the company did not voluntarily pay. The World Court of the Tagansky District of Moscow sent materials against Facebook to the bailiffs to enforce the recovery of part of the fine imposed on the corporation.

Thanks to what's happening in the energy markets, some hedge funds have already gotten a lot of returns from the simplest strategy of investing in relatively small "dirty" assets. Including those that other funds and companies dropped in pursuit of ESG targets, writes the Financial Times. What's happening Several funds, deliberately "picking up" such assets, since the beginning of the year show an increase in the value of the portfolio not even by tens of percent, but by several times.

The dollar exchange rate fell below 72 rubles for the first time since June, according to the data of the Moscow Exchange - since the beginning of trading, the currency has lost more than 50 kopecks. At 15.00 Moscow time, the dollar was trading at a price of 71.80 rubles - since the beginning of trading, it has fallen by 58 kopecks. The last time the dollar traded below 72 rubles this summer was on June 16.

Three European countries have suspended vaccination with Moderna for certain populations due to the risk of developing heart problems. At the same time, a study was published showing a fold increase in the risk of heart disease after suffering COVID-19. . reported Finland suspended use of Moderna's vaccine for young men on Thursday due to reports of a rare cardiovascular side effect, Reuters Prior to this, Sweden and Denmark had limited the use of the drug for young people.

The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, believes that Russia has the ability to send significantly more gas to Europe, reports the Financial Times. He urged Moscow to help alleviate the fuel crisis and prove that it is a "reliable supplier". The IEA estimates that Russia could increase supplies by about 100 million cubic meters of gas per day, about 15% of Russian exports to Europe during the winter season.

sources said Ilya Sachkov, founder of Group-IB, has been charged with treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code), Interfax , TASS and RIA Novosti . Interfax's interlocutor clarified that Sachkov was accused of "issuing information constituting a state secret." Now investigative actions are being carried out with Sachkov, the source of Interfax specified. This information has not been officially confirmed. The lawyer did not comment on it. Sachkov was arrested on 29 September.

Sberbank's net profit in January-September of this year increased by 1.7 times compared to the same period last year and reached 936.6 billion rubles. This is evidenced by the report of the credit institution under the Russian Accounting Standards (RAS). The bank's assets grew by 0.9% and exceeded 36.4 trillion rubles due to loans. Return on equity was 25.5%, return on assets was 3.6%. The retail portfolio grew by 2.2% in September and exceeded 10 trillion rubles.

On October 7 , gas prices in Europe started trading from a decline after a historical maximum set the day before . The cost of November futures on the index of the most liquid European TTF hub in the Netherlands at the moment fell below $1,000 per thousand cubic meters. The TTF index has lost almost 25% to the value of the previous day, according to the data of the ICE exchange. By 10:34 Moscow time, gas prices fell to €82 per MWh and traded around $980 per thousand cubic meters.