Access to the Schengen will be complicated for all Russians: the agreement on a simplified procedure for issuing visas will be suspended. This is not the worst option for Russian citizens and a victory for EU countries bordering Russia Today, EU foreign ministers have reached the expected compromise: they will continue to issue tourist visas to Russians, but it will become much more difficult to obtain them. .

On August 30, at the 92nd year of life, the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and one of the most famous politicians on the planet died. The Bell in the photo gallery recalls what Gorbachev was - a politician who changed the life of not only his country, but the whole world. Mikhail Gorbachev was born in 1932 - he was the first Soviet leader born in the Soviet Union.

This spring, even before the deal with Elon Musk, Twitter was considering monetizing adult content by selling paid subscriptions on the basis of OnlyFans, writes The Verge, citing sources. The idea, if implemented, could become a “gold mine” for the social network, but it had to be abandoned due to the fact that Twitter is already unable to cope with the moderation of prohibited content on the platform, the publication claims.

EU diplomats today agreed to suspend the agreement on a simplified procedure for issuing Schengen visas to Russians. But the decision to completely ban the issuance of tourist visas (which required unanimous approval) was not adopted. .

Recently, we told what difficulties the Russians are facing in Western banks. With the outbreak of war, the “legalization” of money in Europe has become a separate hard quest for many Russians. In today's article, our Columonist Pavel Komarovsky, the author of the @Rationalanswer channel, in his inimitable manner talks about European practices of countering the laundering of income that everyone can encounter.

On Tuesday, August 30, at the age of 92, died the last general secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, the first and last president of the USSR, the famous reformer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev, . He will be buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery next to his wife. We tell how the world comments on his death. How did they react in Russia?

Gazprom, which has already deceived shareholders' expectations once this year, now intends to pay record interim dividends - for the first time in its history, the company has never paid dividends for six months so far. On this news quotes of "Gazprom" at the opening of trading today jumped by more than 30%. But, what is remarkable, they were growing yesterday, for no apparent reason, even before the announcement of dividends.

Gazprom quotes took off by 30% to news about intermediate dividends TASS @ Gazprom, which has once deceived the expectations of shareholders this year, now intends to pay record intermediate dividends - for the first time in its history, the company has never paid dividends for six months. On this news, Gazprom quotes at the opening of trading today jumped by more than 30%. But, noteworthy, they grew yesterday, without obvious reasons, even before the announcement of dividends.

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