Belousov predicted the fall in GDP by less than 3% this year The recession of GDP according to the results of the year may be lower than 3%, and inflation will not exceed 13%, says First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov. He gave such a forecast today at a meeting with Mikhail Mishustin.

Pavel Durov announced the withdrawal of nicknames associated with Telegram channels that have remained inactive for the past year. The businessman estimated the share of such inactive nicknames in the messenger at 70%. According to him, they were reserved for cybersquatters from Iran. “This created a graveyard of dead nicknames that cluttered search results and made it difficult for millions of Telegram users to choose appropriate names for their accounts, groups and channels,” Durov wrote.

The decline in GDP at the end of the year may be below 3%, and inflation will not exceed 13%, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov believes. He gave such a forecast today at a meeting of the presidium of the government commission on improving the stability of the Russian economy in the face of sanctions. Belousov's estimates are more optimistic than those of the Ministry of Economic Development and the Central Bank .

NASA on Monday was forced to postpone the first launch of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket under the Artemis lunar return program. The next launch window is September 2nd. According to the agency, during the purge of the engines of the central stage, they could not be brought to operating temperature for launch. Data collection continues.

Andrey Zayakin, a Novaya Gazeta journalist and co-founder of Dissernet, has been detained. He is accused under the article on financing extremist activities (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code), reports Novaya Gazeta . Europe". The house of Zayakin was searched. The journalist spent the night in the temporary detention center on Petrovka, today he was brought to court to choose a measure of restraint. The investigation asks to appoint Zayakin a ban on certain actions.

The plot of the accusation of the ex-journalist of Kommersant and Vedomosti Ivan Safronov of treason, which remained a mystery for two years, has been published . She confirms the thesis of the defense that the journalist did not have access to any secret data. What happened The publication Proekt, recognized as undesirable in Russia, many of whose journalists are recognized as foreign agents, received access to the indictment in the Safronov case of high treason and some other materials.

The courier delivery operator CDEK is investigating the circumstances of the leak of user data and taking measures to prevent its spread, the company said. The press service did not specify the scale of the leak, but stressed that the customer's passport numbers and bank card data were not leaked. “We are studying the database posted on the network, and are already finding out the circumstances of the incident.

Last week Yandex, VK and Sberbank exchanged assets. Sberbank and VK thus completed the divorce process in their failed partnership, and Yandex got rid of toxic media services, in which the presidential administration has been interfering for many years. But in order for the deal to take place, Yandex had to cede to VK its main page yandex.ru, the most visited site on the Russian Internet. We tell how it happened and what this deal will mean for companies.

The main result of the Jackson Hole conference of world central banks that ended this weekend is that regulators are ready to raise rates, even if this will harm economic growth, but will help curb inflation The tone of the event was set by the speech of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday. He bluntly called "some harm to households and businesses" a "regrettable sacrifice" that would have to be made to deal with inflation.

Central banks prefer fighting inflation to stimulating the economy The main result of the conference of world central banks in Jackson Hole is that regulators are ready to raise rates, even if this will harm economic growth, but will help curb inflation. The tone was set by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday. He bluntly called "some harm to households and businesses" a "regrettable sacrifice" that would nonetheless have to be made to keep inflation under control.

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