10% Google's annual revenue could be the amount of the European Commission's fine for each case brought against the company by the EU antitrust authority, said Tommaso Valletti, chief economist at the European Commission for Competition. The European Commission has already warned Google of possible fines. In 2016, Alphabet's (Google's owner) revenue grew by 20.4% to $90.3 billion. The commission has been investigating several cases against Google for the past two years.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who arrived in Moscow on an official visit, is forced to cut it short and return to the Philippines, local media reported. Duterte will fly out of Moscow at 22:00 Moscow time and arrive in Manila tomorrow around midday local time. Duterte's personal meeting with the Russian president, scheduled for May 25, will take place today, May 23, Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. "No.

Nedelko continues to use Mail.ru mail / S. Porter / Vedomosti Lawyer Vasily Nedelko filed a lawsuit against OOO Mail.ru in the Savelovsky District Court of Moscow, according to information published on the court's website. He is asking to invalidate some clauses of the Mail.ru user agreement, in particular the lack of mandatory notification of users about changes in this document, according to a copy of the lawsuit, which Vedomosti has reviewed.

May 23, 2017, 18:12 / Business Natalya Potanina assessed the prospects for collecting 849 billion rubles from her ex-spouse undefined Vedomosti Natalya Potanina assessed the prospects for collecting 849 billion rubles. from her ex-husband, businessman Vladimir Potanin. “The prospects for the claim are good if the court recognizes this property as the common property of the spouses.

Politics Former national security adviser Michael Flynn, citing the 5th Amendment (the right against self-incrimination), refused to provide documents requested by the Senate committee investigating ties between the Trump team and Russia. It was also revealed that Flynn lied during a standard security clearance test in 2016, saying he had not received money from foreign organizations.

“Data ownership helps autocratic systems,” Western experts admit / Yu Fangping / Zuma / TASS The all-seeing eye of the Chinese state has turned to business. The PRC is already developing a large-scale IT system for monitoring the behavior of individuals. Much less attention has been paid to another of Beijing’s projects: using big data analysis to build the world’s largest system of surveillance and control over companies.

The artistic director of the Moscow Gogol Center theater, Kirill Serebrennikov, has been questioned as a witness in a case of embezzlement of budget funds, TASS reports, citing a statement from the official representative of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for Moscow, Yuli Ivanov.

The explosion at the Manchester Arena in the UK was carried out by 23-year-old Salman Abedi, CBS News reports . According to the TV channel, the British authorities knew about this person before the terrorist attack. An explosion occurred on the night of Tuesday, May 23, at the Manchester Arena stadium, where a concert by American singer Ariana Grande was taking place. 22 people were killed, including children, and dozens were injured.

The new system links bitcoins to the CitiConnect payment tool, which allows large sums to be transferred in different currencies / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti The Citigroup-NASDAQ project, which began several months ago, would link Citigroup's corporate payment services to the NASDAQ blockchain system used to buy and sell shares. It could be a milestone in the history of blockchain technology (see sidebar), which underlies the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.

The terrorist organization Islamic State, banned in Russia, has claimed responsibility for yesterday's terrorist attack in Manchester. A BBC correspondent reported that information about this was disseminated by one of the ISIS channels on Telegram. At the same time, the term "soldier of the Caliphate" used in the message may refer not to a member of ISIS, but to its supporter. The terrorists called the explosion at the stadium revenge for the bombing of Iraq and Syria.

The director and artistic director of the Gogol Center, Kirill Serebrennikov, is being searched, human rights activist Olga Romanova reported on Facebook . RBC reports that investigative actions in Serebrennikov’s apartment have been taking place since 9 a.m. Human rights activist Zoya Svetova told the Dozhd TV channel that riot police officers came to the Gogol Center.

May 23, 2017, 16:58 / Economics Nabiullina explained the difference between 8% and 4% inflation for ordinary Russians Vedomosti Doubling the inflation target would lead to the depreciation of household deposits by almost a trillion rubles, Bank of Russia Chairman Elvira Nabiullina said today in the State Duma.

Searches are underway in the apartment of director Kirill Serebrennikov and the Gogol Center / M. Stulov / Vedomosti A search is being conducted at the home of director and artistic director of the Gogol Center Kirill Serebrennikov, human rights activist Olga Romanova reported at around 10:00 Moscow time. According to RBC, investigative actions in Serebrennikov's apartment have been underway since 9:00 a.m. At around 3:00 p.m.

May 23, 2017, 14:03 / Business Minority shareholders of YUKOS filed a lawsuit against former company executives Vedomosti A group of former minority shareholders of OJSC Oil Company YUKOS, who owned approximately 10% of its authorized capital at the time of liquidation of the company, filed claims in the court of the Kingdom of the Netherlands against the former managers of YUKOS, US citizens Stephen Theede, David Godfrey, as well as other directors of the Stichting Administratiekantoor

The GM-AvtoVAZ automobile plant (Togliatti, a parity joint venture between AvtoVAZ and General Motors) has suspended its assembly line for an indefinite period from May 17, a company representative said. According to him, the reason was that one of the suppliers - Avtokomponent Plant LLC - stopped supplying components to the joint venture. “We do not disclose the names of components and do not provide detailed information,” the interlocutor added.