The USSR collapsed from decrepitude, and it is difficult to assess what role the lack of horizontal connections played in this decrepitude It is difficult to say what conscious motives moved Joseph Stalin when organizing mass repressions . But one of the important systemic effects of the repressions was the destruction of horizontal connections, communication nodes.

July 13, 2017, 00:34 / Auto Automakers attract poor buyers Ford and Hyundai sell cars on credit without a down payment Anastasia Ivanova The stagnation of the automobile market is forcing manufacturers to look for new ways to attract customers. Hyundai and Ford offer to buy cars on credit without a down payment / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti From July 12, Ford Sollers began selling Ford cars on credit without a down payment.

Sergey Dmitriev, co-founder of the training company Unusual Concepts, recalls that he tried to start the first agile trainings in Russia back in 2007, but there was almost no demand. He made his second attempt in 2010, after receiving the international Scrum Alliance certification. He hoped that this certificate would help attract customers. And I found students, mostly enthusiasts from the IT industry.

Megafon proposed concluding a concession agreement between Russia and telecom operators in order to create, modernize and operate the systems necessary to implement the requirements of the Yarovaya Law on traffic storage. Read on vedomosti.ru “We saw that the functions that are proposed to be assigned to operators are similar to relations within the framework of a public-private partnership <...>.

Read on vedomosti.ru A survey by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) showed that the first meeting of Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump became a notable event - 89% of Russians know about it. The topics most remembered by those surveyed were the situation in Syria and Ukraine, issues of bilateral cooperation, and the fight against terrorism.

“It promotes increased competition; ultimately, conscientious banks benefit from it and their financial stability increases. Both depositors and borrowers, especially medium and small businesses, benefit,” write Central Bank experts. According to them, it also turned out that an active supervisory policy in the medium term reduces the level of monopoly and increases the efficiency of the banking system, although in the short term the position of medium and small banks is weakened.

The press service of Power Machines refused to comment on the information that appeared in the media about the detention of the company’s general director, Roman Filippov. “We do not comment on media reports about Filippov’s detention,” the press service said. An Interfax source claims that a criminal case has been opened against Filippov under the article on disclosure of state secrets.

Roskomnadzor issued a universal broadcast license to the subsidiary of the National Media Group (NMG) for the Izvestia TV channel, writes Kommersant . Previously, the Izvestia multimedia information center (MIC, unites the news services of REN TV, Channel Five and the Izvestia newspaper) has already launched Internet broadcasting on the website iz.ru. A media outlet with the name “Izvestia TV Channel” was registered with Roskomnadzor at the end of June.

Bizet would not have been upset to see Stephanie d'Oustrac and Michael Fabiano in the roles of his heroes / Patrick Berger / Artcompress The foundation of any review of Dmitry Chernyakov's new production is a detailed retelling of the interpretation of a particular textbook (or not so textbook) plot, savoring unexpected plot twists and paradoxical details.

Zaur Dadaev, considered the main perpetrator of the murder of Boris Nemtsov and found guilty by the jury, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a maximum security colony and a fine of 100,000 rubles. This decision was made by the Moscow District Military Court. The court sentenced Anzor Gubashev to 19 years under Art. 105 of the Criminal Code, his brother Shadid - to 16 years, Temirlan Eskerkhanov - to 14, Khamzat Bakhaev - to 11 years in a maximum security colony.

The Central Bank has finally done what the banking market has been waiting for three years: it has introduced a temporary administration to the Yugra bank and frozen payments to its creditors. There have been complaints about the bank before – the regulator has repeatedly limited the acceptance of deposits, and the hiding shareholders have caused discontent, the real owner Alexey Khotin did not disclose his participation until 2016 – but the Central Bank has only now moved to decisive action.

The German concern Siemens denied Reuters reports according to which two more turbines were delivered to Crimea. “Our previous press release remains valid - we believe that two of our turbines are located on the peninsula,” said company spokesman Wolfram Trost. Earlier, Reuters reported that two gas turbines from the German company Siemens were delivered to the port of Feodosia for the construction of a power plant in Crimea.

In October 2014, the owner of Gloria Jeans, Vladimir Melnikov, told Snob magazine that the company had completely withdrawn its production from Russia and Ukraine. At that time, the company had eight enterprises in the Lugansk region and one in the Donetsk region. "I don't know. The bandits took over, I didn’t go there and I don’t know who is there. Factory directors say that bandits have come and are taking away the cars.

Rosneft with reference to materials will attract a credit line from Alfa Bank for 71.45 billion rubles, reports Prime from the government procurement website. This bank, as a result of a non-competitive procurement, was selected as the sole supplier of financial services - providing a credit line for a period of five years. What Rosneft plans to spend this money on is not stated in the documentation.

General Director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater Vladimir Kekhman will leave his post within a month. It has not yet been decided who will be appointed to replace him. This was stated by Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky. Read on vedomosti.ru According to the minister, Kekhman’s departure is related to a bankruptcy court case. “I had a long conversation with Kekhman on this topic.