Energy crisis in Europe caused crazy jumps of gas prices. Russia will work well on this, but less than it could This week was in the first lanes of world newspapers many times - but most often due to unprecedented gas prices in the history of the market. In Vladimir Putin, the energy crisis gave a rare opportunity to conduct a solemn demonstration of the entire forgotten arsenal of gas diplomacy.

The Wildberries online store planned a promotion in honor of its 17th anniversary and demanded that partners set discounts on goods, follows from a letter from the retailer sent to sellers (The Bell has it). Those who refuse to participate in the promotion were warned by the marketplace about a 12% commission increase. Those who agree will be reduced by 5%.

Today, Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov became the first Nobel Peace Prize laureate in modern Russian history. In Soviet times, the prize was received by physicist and human rights activist Andrei Sakharov and the first and last president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev. We recall the history of Novaya Gazeta, from the split in the editorial office of Komsomolskaya Pravda to investigations into the murders of gays in Chechnya. What was awarded for?

In August this year, 49,389 people died who had covid at the time of death, according to Rosstat. Among them, in 38,603 COVID-19 was the main cause of death, in 4977 it is assumed to be the main cause of death, but more research is needed. In 1254, the coronavirus affected the development of other diseases and contributed to the occurrence of complications that hastened death; in another 4555, it became a concomitant disease, but did not affect the onset of death.

The Ministry of Justice added three organizations to the register of foreign agents, including the investigative project Bellingcat, as well as nine journalists, according to the website of the department.

The PIK developer has become a victim in the case of his former top manager Alexander Lefel, who is accused of fraud. It was the company that filed a civil lawsuit against him, Forbes was told in the press service of the developer. According to the press service of PIK Group, the company's security officers established facts of abuse by the former top manager in 2017-2018.

The former vice-president of the PIK group of companies, Alexander Lefel, was detained in Moscow - he is suspected of fraud on an especially large scale. Now Lefel holds the position of director of development in another developer - Samolet-Regions LLC. According to TASS with reference to the court, the investigation has already charged Lefel with fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, up to 10 years in prison.

Chinese authorities have ordered coal companies to ramp up production amid the energy crisis writes . , an impact on the global economy that will depend on how quickly those efforts bear fruit, Bloomberg Directives from local authorities clearly show that the energy needs of the economy are considered more important than "green" goals, even if set by President Xi Jinping, the BBC notes .

In Russia, they are going to issue SIM cards with an electronic digital signature, found out : we are talking about an electronic signature of the maximum protection class, which is equivalent to a handwritten one. Vedomosti The Ministry of Digital Transformation has already formed a working group for the transition to the mass use of enhanced qualified electronic signature technology (ECES) based on a SIM card.

The Nobel Committee awarded the peace prize to Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov and Maria Resse, founder of the Philippine opposition news resource Rappler. The wording of the award is "for efforts in the struggle for freedom of expression, which is a necessary condition for democracy and lasting peace." “Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov receive the Peace Prize for their courageous defense of freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.

Funds on foreign currency deposits with Sberbank in September decreased by $785.5 million (-3.4%), to $22.1 billion, and taking into account term deposits in the currency of non-resident individuals, by $792.6 million. This is the maximum since 2020 . “We see a flow between term and demand accounts. The flow of funds to current and savings accounts is a global trend both in rubles and in foreign currency, ” explained Sberbank to RBC.

The Central Bank continues to fight illegal payments, and this time card-to-card transfers are under suspicion, learned : some banks, after a request from the regulator, decided to reduce the volume of such payments as much as possible. Kommersant The Central Bank sent a request to payment market participants about the need to provide data by October 18 on the identification of dropper transactions (droppers are individuals who participate in the transit or cashing of stolen money.

Nearly 20 years later, electric vehicle maker Tesla is moving its headquarters from California to Austin, Texas, where construction is nearing completion on a new plant to build the company's popular Model Y crossover and provocative Cybertruck pickup. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the decision to move from Silicon Valley at a shareholder meeting in Austin, reports Bloomberg.

“Russian hackers” who penetrated the servers of the US authorities were looking for information about sanctions and countering network attacks. The problem is that their attacks continue. The largest cyber attack on private companies and US federal agencies through SolarWinds and Microsoft software occurred in 2020, however, there was still very little information about what exactly the hackers were interested in. The day before, it came from two sources at once.

The leading Russian company in the field of cybersecurity Group-IB presented a report on a forensic investigation of the incident on September 2, 2021, when the attackers sent a fake mailing of provocative content on behalf of The Bell. The analysis was conducted by the Group-IB Computer Forensics and Malicious Code Research Laboratory.