Hello! This week our top story is about the sale of one of Russia's biggest internet holdings — that includes popular social network Vkontakte — to two state-owned companies. We also look at a jailed YouTube blogger who alleges he was threatened by investigators , and the scams that plagued Black Friday sales in Russia .

Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden will hold talks via video call on Tuesday, December 7. “Evening [December 7]. The presidents themselves will determine [for how long the communication is scheduled and how long it will last],” told RIA Novosti. Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of Russia, on a personal conversation between Putin and Biden on December 2 , who recalled that Moscow's main "red line" is Ukraine's entry into NATO.

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The largest hotel booking service Booking.com for the first time disclosed information about income in Russia. In 2018, the local market accounted for 1.2% of the entire group's revenue - 11.3 billion rubles, or $180.4 million at the then exchange rate. The information was provided by the company itself as part of the proceedings with the FAS, RBC explained in the press service of the department.

The US and Russia have made progress on bilateral issues related to diplomatic visas. The number of diplomatic missions has been repeatedly reduced against the background of the confrontation between Moscow and Washington. “In recent days, we have made progress on bilateral issues and we hope to continue moving in this direction,” a State Department spokesman told TASS.

Why Alisher Usmanov sold VK Sogaz and Gazprombank Alisher Usmanov broke up with his oldest and largest Internet acting. The billionaire sold his voting shares VK (former Mail.Ru Group) “Sogaz” by the co-owner of the “National Media Group”, Yuri Kovalchuk, who will equally share control of the VK with Gazprom Media. A loud deal is the result of Usmanov’s three -year efforts to stop being the only VK investor, which was more likely a source of problems for a billionaire than profit.