How far the United States can go in sanctions against Russia It was not possible to complete the year at least an intermediate resolution of an unprecedented exacerbation of Russia with the United States. The parties are pumping a year in a state of suspended negotiations with doubtful prospects of success. On the Russian side - obviously impossible for NATO ultimatum. With the American - arsenal of increasingly tough sanctions in the event of a military operation in Ukraine.

The events around Ukraine and the growth of tension spoiled the end of the year Russian investors. But analysts of the two largest domestic investment banks - Sbercib and VTB Capital - look positively at the prospects of the Russian market. We tell the main one of their strategies in the 2022th. This material was written specifically for our new newsletter for private investors - while we launched it in test mode. Want to become her subscriber? Leave your email here .

Following Google, Meta (former Facebook) received a turnover fine today — the court ordered it to pay 1.9 billion rubles for repeated failure to remove information prohibited in Russia. The decision on a large fine for the owner of the social networks Facebook and Instagram was made by the justice of the peace of the court district No. 422 of the Tagansky district of Moscow. Meta was fined 1.9 billion rubles. The fine was imposed under Part 5 of Art.

In 2021, privacy in technology became mainstream. The state and corporations want to know everything about users, but this creates the opposite effect. The society discusses the ups and gaps of priivasi projects, participates in discussions about the right to confidentiality, and companies and startups are trying to catch demand and earn on it.

Moscow has become the second city in the world in terms of the high cost of paid city parking - the cost of 1 hour of parking in the city center on a weekday was half a percent of the average salary of a Muscovite, calculated . Vedomosti The newspaper studied data on the daily cost of street parking in the centers of capitals and largest cities in the world.

The World Court in Moscow imposed a turnover fine of 7.2 billion rubles on Google, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the Tagansky District Court (one of its districts issued a decision). This is the first case of a turnover fine against the company. The fine was imposed under Part 5 of Art. 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (repeated non-deletion of prohibited information). It involves a fine of 5 to 10% of revenue.

The Central Bank may begin to block cryptocurrency transactions in Russia without the adoption of a separate law, writes Forbes. The publication learned that one of the options that the regulator is discussing is to block card transfers of Russians using certain MCC codes.

A government study conducted in the UK confirmed a lower risk of hospitalization for infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus - but also a lower effectiveness of revaccination. According to the UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA), the probability of hospitalization with Omicron is 50-70% lower than with Delta, the probability of being admitted to intensive care is 31-45% lower.

“A man with a dried toad on the neck built a company for the production of shampoos, and now a crowd of oligarchs chases it,” one of the participants in this race briefly describes the situation around Natura Siberica. All year after the death in January, the founder of the company Andrei Trubnikov, she was in the spotlight of journalists. And next year, Natura Siberica will undoubtedly change the owners. We tell you what happened all this time in the company and around it.

Digital transformation is the world trend of recent years. Since 2010, digital technologies have grown annually in the world by 10-15%, in Russia-an average of 17.3%. Last year, the global digital transformation market amounted to $ 1.31 trillion, and today 90% of the planet’s business leaders call it the main priority for companies. Why is business chasing digital transformation and what is important to know about it? We understand with Andrei Filatov, CEO of SAP CIS.

First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov said that the government had developed “an absolutely specific scheme for solving the problem with Rusnano's debts. The official said that the authorities would not allow any default of the corporation. In an interview with Forbes, Belousov said that Rosnano would be provided with "government support" - according to him, the authorities had already drawn up a specific plan for resolving the current situation.

The Ministry of Agriculture has prepared a forecast on how food prices will change in the near future, writes Izvestia , citing a document dated December 10 and sent to the government. It follows from it that one should expect a rise in the price of wheat flour, bread from it and sunflower oil. According to the calculations of the ministry, producer prices for flour may rise by February 2 by 2.9% compared to November - up to 24.6 thousand rubles per ton.

Important vulnerabilities were found in the popular corporate messenger Microsoft Teams. This is another reminder that public services do not provide security guarantees in principle. German cybersecurity group Positive Security has released four vulnerabilities in Microsoft Teams. It follows from the message that the developer was notified about them back in March, notes Kommersant .

Tesla will restrict access to games that can be played while driving on a touch screen located on the center console of an electric vehicle, according to The Wall Street Journal. We are talking about the Passenger Pay function. Earlier this week, the US regulator, the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA), launched an investigation into a complaint from a driver. The check will cover about 580,000 Tesla 3, X and S electric cars produced from 2017 to the present.

Important vulnerabilities were found in the popular corporate messenger Microsoft Teams. This is another reminder that public services do not provide security guarantees in principle. What happened German cybersecurity group Positive Security has released four vulnerabilities in Microsoft Teams. It follows from the message that the developer was notified about them back in March, notes Kommersant .