Opinions Get off the course. Economist Igor Lipsitz on how the fall of the ruble dispelled fantasy about the "brilliant financial policy" 10 August 2023 Igor Lipsits Doctor of Economics Since the beginning of the year, the ruble has fallen to the dollar by more than 30%. The euro is firmly fixed above 100 rubles, the dollar is selected to this mark.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia recognized the team of investigators Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), which, by open sources, collects data on the war in Ukraine, the press service of the department reports .

News The Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine promised to conduct an investigation into reports of sexual harassment in the Armed Forces August 10, 2023 The Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malelya asked all the Ukrainian military who faced sexual harassment, contact her and promised to help in the judicial persecution of those who were guilty of this.

The Eksmo Publishing Group acquired 51% of Popcorn Books, known for the Russian audience in the scandal with the novel Summer in the Pioneer Tie. This was reported by RBC with reference to the press service of Eksmo and the executive director of Popcorn Books Dmitry Protopopov.

There were six people on board the VSS Unity space aircraft. The successful flight was made: the commander of the ship, the former astronaut NASA XJ Sturckow, the pilot Kelly Latimer and Beth Moses, the chief instructor of Virgin Galactic in astronautics, which prepared the crew before the flight. As well as three private passengers, including a healthy lifestyle coach Keish Shahaff and her 18-year-old daughter Anastasia Mayers, both natives of Antigua.

Microsoft notified its Russian corporate clients that after September 30 she would stop extending licenses for their software products, writes Tdaily with reference to a letter from the Microsoft support service. The company’s report says that this will happen due to the impossibility of Microsoft to accept payments to its Russian bank account. Already purchased licenses will work before their expiration. The company suspended sales of its products in Russia in March 2022.

News Volozh’s statement was commented at the FBK: “We would be happy to see the story of how the largest IT company was turned into a censorship tool” August 10, 2023 Photo: Vladimir Putin and Arkady Volozh (Mikhail Metzel / TASS) Alexander Pomazuev, lawyer ACF International (international name for the Corruption Fund) and the head of the working group for sanctions, in a conversation with The Insider commented on the anti -war statement that the founder of Yandex Arkady Volozh was today.

Yandex business restructuring will be carried out in early 2024, TASS reports with reference to the source. According to this information, the proposal for the restructuring of the company will be submitted by the board of directors before the end of 2023, it should be approved by the shareholders. There are several potential investors with whom negotiations are being held on the purchase of shares in Yandex.

The organizers of the 75th Emmy Television Award nevertheless transferred it due to the strike of the Actors and Scriptwriters of the United States, Variety reports . Now the ceremony is scheduled for January 15, 2024. The presentation of Emmy is postponed for the first time since 2001, when the event was canceled due to terrorist attacks on September 11. It was originally planned that the awards would be presented on September 18, 2023.

News The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are advancing in the Kupyansk direction, in Zaporozhye the rocket hit the temple next to the Sich plant.

Moscow and Minsk are openly suggesting that mercenaries belonging to the Wagner Private Military Company, stationed in Belarus, might endeavor to breach European Union territory by using the pretext of establishing the Suwalki Corridor towards Kaliningrad. Despite the unlikelihood of such a venture succeeding, Poland and Lithuania are treating this potential threat with utmost seriousness.

Читать на русском языке The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has declared the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), an independent investigative organization gathering open-source intelligence on the war in Ukraine, an “undesirable organization”, according to the agency's press service.

Читать на русском языке Arkady Volozh, co-founder of Russia’s largest tech company Yandex, has denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a statement sent to independent business publication The Bell by his representatives. Volozh had remained publicly silent since February 24, 2022. The Insider publishes Volozh's statement in full: «Many questions have been asked of me over the last year, but especially this week.

The fears about the “brainwashing” from the IT sector do not yet allow Russia to capture Yandex, four sources of Reuters reported , which are aware of plans regarding the future of Yandex. The fate of the company began to talk about the fate of the company after in November last year the company announced the plans of corporate restructuring, as a result of which its main assets that bring income in Russia should be allocated from the maternal company registered in the Netherlands.

Initially detained on charges of petty hooliganism of the Kaliningrad businessman Andrei Galchevsky, is now accused of attempting to the Stateizer, according to the Telegram channel “Caution, News”. According to the channel, a 59-year-old businessman was detained in October last year.