New restrictions in Moscow were not a surprise for business. It will be much worse if they drag out The new Covid-19 wave threatens the Russian economy with the most serious trials since the spring of 2020. Sergei Sobyanin announced the introduction in Moscow from October 28 to November 7 of the most tough restrictions since last year's spring Locksae-the work of the entire business, except for grocery stores, pharmacies, food delivery and online trade, will be suspended for a week and a half.

Vladimir Putin once again performed at the plenary meeting of the Valdai Forum in Sochi. In his speech, the president said that the Western model of capitalism has exhausted itself, and Russia will "be guided by the principles of reasonable conservatism." He also promised that in the Kremlin they would “deal” with what they would think about changing the law on foreign agents.

Co-working chain WeWork, which went public through a takeover after its legendary IPO failure in 2019, surged on its first day of trading. At its peak, growth reached 8%. As a result of the merger with SPAC BowX Acquisition (through which the company raised $1.3 billion), WeWork's valuation was $9 billion, including debt, writes American Forbes. The valuation is much less than the $47 billion that SoftBank was counting on before the failure of the IPO, which was then forced to save WeWork.

Sergei Zuev, the rector of Shaninka, who was placed under house arrest, needed an emergency heart operation - according to his lawyer, after that, his client should be transferred to the intensive care unit. As lawyer Sergei Sevruk told TASS, due to heart problems, Zuev is now undergoing emergency heart surgery in a hospital in Moscow. “Before that, he was taken by ambulance to intensive care.

From October 28 to November 7 , the Lokdown for business will operate in Moscow and the Moscow Region, the authorities of the capital and the region announced on Thursday. Enterprises of trade and services, sports, culture, recreation, entertainment, film locations and others will not be able to serve customers (exception - the sale of drugs, food products and other essential goods). Entrepreneurs will remain available only to remote sale of goods and the work of the discovery (for catering).

BioNTech/Pfizer has published the long-awaited results of a study on the effectiveness of a third dose revaccination, conducted already in a Delta-predominant environment. The main conclusion is that the third dose almost completely restores protection, and this is a strong argument in favor of revaccination, notes Bloomberg. The effectiveness of the third dose against symptomatic COVID-19 was 95.6%.

The long-distance bus brand Greyhound, which has long become an icon in the US, remains in the hands of Europeans, writes Bloomberg. The British owner of the brand FirstGroup agreed to its sale to the German company FlixMobility, operating under the FlixBus brand. The deal will cost $172 million, according to a press release. After the announcement, FirstGroup shares rose 2.4%. FlixMobility has been building a low-cost transport network across Europe for nearly a decade.

Russian telecom operators are launching smartphone sharing: MTS, for example, will begin leasing the last three iPhone lines for a period of one month to a year, writes . Kommersant At the first stage, the MTS sharing service will operate in Moscow and the Moscow region and will be extended to the iPhone of the last three generations (iPhone XR, 11, 12 and 13).

South Korea failed to enter the club of “commercial” space nations right off the bat, but there was one step left before that. Her Nuri rocket (KSLV-II) went into space but failed to place a payload into orbit. South Korean President Moon Jae-in, having received a report on the launch of the country's first commercial space rocket, told the nation that the mission's goal of putting an artificial satellite into orbit had not been achieved.

After the announcement in Russia of a non-working week from October 30 to November 7, Russians began to actively book tours: the demand for vacations abroad soared by a third. Kommersant The National Network of Travel Agencies told that after the news about the additional weekend, the number of applications for foreign tours increased by 30%.

A lockdown for businesses and enterprises will be introduced in Moscow from October 28 to November 7, said Mayor Sergei Sobyanin in a statement. The same measures were introduced by the authorities of the Moscow region. During this period, non-working days will apply. Holidays are announced in kindergartens and schools. Enterprises in the sphere of trade and services, sports, culture, recreation, entertainment, film screening and others will not work.

The EU regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), is unlikely to make a decision on approving Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine until at least the first quarter of 2022, a source told Reuters . The reason is that some of the data required to process the application is still missing. “An EMA decision [on Sputnik V] before the end of the year is still absolutely impossible,” said an agency source familiar with the EMA plans.

In Russia, a new variant of the delta line of the coronavirus is already being identified, presumably the most contagious since the beginning of its spread. The fact that a variety of the Delta AY.4.2 coronavirus strain is already being detected in Russia was reported by Prime with reference to Kamil Khafizov, head of the scientific group for the development of new methods for diagnosing human diseases.

The number of COVID-19 cases per day has reached a new maximum of 36,339 people, according to data from the federal operational headquarters. Covid-19 deaths also hit a new high of 1,036. Moscow is in first place in terms of the number of infected, and there was a sharp jump in the city - from 5847 to 7897 people. The leaders are also St. Petersburg and the Moscow region: 3280 and 2318 cases, respectively.

Tesla posted a third consecutive quarterly profit record and demonstrated the resilience of its supply chains, despite the problems that the whole world is experiencing with it. Quotes of the company after the close of trading on Wednesday fell by 1.6%, but the reason for this is the rapid growth before the release of the quarterly report.