May 18, 2018, 12:36 / Business / News PayPal bought credit card reader developer for $2.2 billion undefined Vedomosti Payment service PayPal acquired Swedish fintech startup iZettle for $2.2 billion, which is double the capitalization that iZettle expected to receive as part of its IPO. The Wall Street Journal reports this. The publication clarifies that the transaction was the largest in the history of PayPal.

Russian watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin created a limited edition “Joker” watch for the World Cup. He announced this on his Instagram page. The time is shown on the clock using “pointer eyes in which a soccer ball is reflected,” writes Chaikin. The alligator leather strap is stitched with white thread that resembles a football net. Chaykin has been producing watches for 15 years.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev presented candidates for the new government at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Sochi. Thus, Medvedev proposed appointing Vladimir Kolokoltsev as Minister of Internal Affairs, Olga Golodets as Deputy Prime Minister, and Dmitry Patrushev as Minister of Agriculture. On Tuesday, Medvedev presented proposals on the structure of the new government.

US opposition to the construction of the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline does not guarantee an increase in sales of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the European market, said German Minister of Economics and Energy Peter Altmaier. The United States is preventing the construction of a gas pipeline in order to increase its own LNG exports, Altmaier is quoted by Reuters .

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May 18, 2018, 01:21 / Comments What does ethnic discrimination look like in the Russian labor market? Researchers Alexey Bessudnov and Andrey Shcherbak analyze the ethnic preferences of employers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Ufa Alexey Bessudnov Andrey Shcherbak What nationality of workers do Russian employers prefer? The Russian Constitution prohibits discrimination based on nationality, and in theory employers should evaluate workers on their professional competencies.

The Russian gas company Novatek will create a transport company - Arctic Marine Transport LLC. This is stated in a message from Novatek. There is no such legal entity in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities yet. The company is being created to optimize costs and increase the competencies of Arctic navigation, the report notes. An effective transportation model along the Northern Sea Route (the shortest route between the European part of Russia and the Far East across the seas.

Presidential Advisor on Internet Development German Klimenko called for changes to blocking technologies after Roskomnadzor’s unsuccessful attempts to block Pavel Durov’s Telegram messenger in Russia. He spoke about this in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper. “In practice, it seems that blocking technologies need to be changed. This story (from Telegram) showed that the current structure of a fixed legislative definition of blocking methods and methods is not working.

The plane crashed after taking off from Jose Marti International Airport / Enrique de la Osa / AP A Boeing 737 passenger jet crashed after takeoff from Havana's Jose Marti International Airport, CNN reports. According to the channel, the plane belonged to the Cuban airline Cubana de Aviacion . At the same time, the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina reported that the plane belonged to the Mexican airline Damojh.

Unlike the secondary market in Moscow, where housing prices are slowly but surely sliding down, secondary apartments in the Moscow region demonstrate price stability. Over the year (from April 2017 to April 2018), the average unit supply price for finished housing in the Moscow region has remained virtually unchanged and fluctuates within the error range - 80,100-81,100 rubles. per sq. m, experts from the Miel company calculated.

Sergei Prikhodko (pictured) demoted to first deputy head of the government apparatus / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appointed Sergei Prikhodko as the first deputy head of the government apparatus, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported. In the previous government, Prikhodko headed the apparatus as a deputy prime minister. Prikhodko is a career diplomat, one of the most experienced Russian officials and a veteran of the civil service.

May 18, 2018, 00:43 / Auto Renault and Rostec are preparing to buy out AvtoVAZ shares from minority shareholders The offer could cost them almost 23 billion rubles Vladimir Shtanov The joint venture between Rostec and Renault “will remain in one form or another,” Skvortsov said / A.

18 May 2018, 18:17 / Economics Dvorkovich became co-chairman of the board of the Skolkovo Foundation The former deputy prime minister comes to the fund as a “playing coach,” Vekselberg told Irina Chevtaeva Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Former Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was elected co-chairman of the board of the Skolkovo Foundation , the foundation's press service reported.

The full composition of the cabinet of ministers, announced on Friday by Dmitry Medvedev, did not add any revolutionary flair to the appearance of Putin’s next six years, but it did make it clear which personnel reserves and biographies the president considers the most promising: firstly, the gubernatorial corps, and secondly, the president’s inner circle.