Summing up the results of Russia's negotiations with the United States provoked a worst collapse in the Russian market since the spring of 2020 The last day of Russia's negotiations with the West did not bring any surprises.

Geopolitics will remain the main economic risk for Russia in 2022, analysts at the Swiss bank Credit Suisse believe. Analysts do not exclude the risk of a complete halt of foreign investment in the country, although they indicate that such a scenario is unlikely.

The discussion of Russia's proposals on security guarantees from the United States and NATO at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday, January 13, did not give a clear result, follows from a press conference of Russia's permanent representative to the organization Alexander Lukashevich.

The State Duma may indefinitely postpone consideration of the second draft law on QR codes, which restricts the access of unvaccinated citizens to public places. The head of the Just Russia - For Truth faction, Sergei Mironov , told Interfax that the State Duma may refuse to consider the bill on QR codes for visiting public places. Sergei Mironov Head of the Duma faction "A Just Russia - For Truth" I have good reason to believe that the QR code bill will be postponed indefinitely.

Why it is impossible to dive into negotiations as a pool, barely pulling a bathing suit, and as only 15 minutes of training can help the entrepreneur avoid failure, says Evgeny Kogan, a teacher of Harvard University. -The Harvard negotiation school declares the Win-Win approach. But is it often that both sides are really winning - is there no cunning here?

The Russian ruble and stocks fell on Thursday after Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that there were no reasons to continue meetings with the US and its NATO allies to discuss security guarantees.

Last year, 1.67 million new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles were sold in Russia, which is 4.3% more than in 2020, the AEB notes . The positive dynamics was determined by the low base effect: the last time sales of new cars in annual terms in the country increased in 2018, and in 2020 they decreased by 9.1%. In physical terms, the market corresponds to the level of 2017, when 1.59 million cars were sold.

Against the backdrop of the spread of the omicron strain of coronavirus in Russia, half of Sberbank employees will be sent to remote work, said the head of the financial institution German Gref. The distance is introduced from January 17th. “We [Sberbank] are sending 50% of [employees] remotely from Monday and are transferring all meetings to a virtual [mode],” Gref said on the sidelines of the Gaidar Forum (quoted by TASS ) .

Russia's talks with the United States and NATO this week were generally negative, and the sanctions of the new bill prepared against their background in the United States can be equated with a break in relations, Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said . today “Negotiations were initiated in order to get specific answers to specific fundamental questions raised. It is on these fundamental issues that disagreements have been recorded. This is bad.

On January 13, Alma-Ata hosted a solemn ceremony dedicated to the completion of the CSTO peacekeeping operation in Kazakhstan. The Secretary General of the organization announced the stabilization of the situation in the country. From today, peacekeepers will begin to leave Kazakhstan, the withdrawal of forces will last 10 days. During the solemn ceremony, especially distinguished members of the peacekeeping mission were awarded.

The more infectious omicron has already supplanted the dominant delta in the United States, writes Bloomberg. The disease with a new variant of coronavirus is more mild, but the burden on hospitals has not become less - on the contrary, it is expected to increase. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; administered by the US Department of Health), the proportion of omicron in new cases of coronavirus in the country reached 98% in a week by January 8.

A critical vulnerability has been identified in the software of Wi-Fi routers of several popular brands in Russia, allowing attackers to use them for mining and DDoS attacks. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that these are mostly home devices, whose users rarely (if ever) update the firmware. The vulnerability, which was assigned the identifier CVE-2021-45388 , was found by experts from SentinelOne.

The former executive director of AFK Sistema, Felix Lieb, became the CEO of Natura Siberica structures, and Irina, the first wife of the founder of the cosmetic group Andrei Trubnikov, became his adviser. Experts are confident that Sistema will enter the capital. The fact that Lieb headed the five companies that are part of Natura Siberica was told to Kommersant in the group. The information was confirmed by Lieb himself and Sistema representative Sergey Kopytov.

Which countries are attractive in terms of tax regimes for startups Until recently, the term "international company" could rather be applied to large business or corporations, but now enterprises and enterprises that relate to small and medium -sized businesses now think globally. Over the past few years, the startup industry has turned into a global system for which geographical boundaries are not a hindrance. Pandemia contributed to the development of this trend.