According to the Career.ru portal (HeadHunter project), in the first half of 2018, young people posted 2.3 million resumes on HeadHunter, but employers were able to provide them with only 250,183 vacancies. On average, 7.4 people applied for one job – competition among young specialists is much higher than among all other applicants (4.5 resumes per place). In June of this year, the unemployment rate in Russia was 5%, and among young people aged 20-24 years old - 13.5%, the study reports.

People who pay a thousand rubles for a ticket and two hundred rubles for a glass of beer are unlikely to take part in mass riots The World Cup, which was brilliantly held in Russia in the summer of 2018, will have major long-term consequences. Not for the economy as a whole: the World Cup is not a big enough event in an economic sense to have macroeconomic consequences. But it will have major consequences for Russian football.

The Russian Ministry of Health is preparing to release new drugs to combat cancer. Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova spoke about this at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (the text of their conversation is provided by the Kremlin website).

July 23, 2018, 15:11 / Finance / Economics Banks will pay more for foreign currency deposits The decision of the Central Bank should reduce the share of foreign currency in the Russian economy Anna Eremina Lyudmila Koval Anna Tretyak The Central Bank makes you believe in the ruble / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti / Vedomosti From August 1, the Central Bank will increase the reserve ratios for bank liabilities in foreign currency by 1 percentage point (pp), the regulator said.

Surgutneftegaz is trying to sell its subsidiary insurance company Surgutneftegaz, three people who know about this from the insurer’s employees told Vedomosti. Surgutneftegaz tried to sell the insurance company about 1.5 years ago, says one of the interlocutors. Then negotiations were conducted with several different interested parties, he adds.

US President Donald Trump is ready to revoke the security clearance of several former intelligence agency chiefs, said White House press secretary Sarah Sanders . According to her, these are former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey and former US National Intelligence Director James Clapper. Sanders pointed out that they politicized and in some cases monetized their awareness to accuse Trump of inappropriate ties to Russia.

Quotes of electric car maker Tesla fell by more than 4% before the opening of trading on news that the company was demanding refunds from suppliers, writes Reuters. Analysts consider this another sign that Elon Musk's company is starting to run out of funds. Today, The Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla has asked suppliers for retroactive refunds—some as far back as 2016.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a telephone conversation with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, invited the President of Belarus to come to Russia, and also spoke about the details of his meeting with US President Donald Trump. The conversation took place at the initiative of the Russian side, the official website of the President of Belarus reported . “Vladimir Putin invited Alexander Lukashenko to visit Russia in the near future.

The authorities continue to actively interact with citizens who bought apartments from the bankrupt developer Urban Group. Today at the Dom.rf office, representatives of the Fund for the Protection of Participants in Shared Construction, the authorities of the Moscow region, as well as a representative of the bankruptcy trustee of the developer met with shareholders. Homebuyers from a troubled developer were presented with a roadmap to solve their problems.

The family of the former CEO of the Russian Copyright Society (RAS) Sergei Fedotov may return to the field of copyright management with a blockchain platform project. this . reports The Kommersant newspaper At the end of 2017, Fedotov was released on parole on charges of fraud. Now his mother, a former accountant of the organization Vera Fedotova, has become the general director of the new Eurasian Intellectual Property Organization (EUROIS), the newspaper writes.

If you now call the company a mobile or cellular operator in the presence of Megafon managers, you can spoil their mood a little: for more than a year now, the company has been calling itself an operator of digital opportunities or a company of "integrated digital communications." Such a phrase was used, for example, by Megafon CEO Sergey Soldatenkov, explaining his new strategy.

Germany's summer heat has created problems for brewers in Germany as they face bottle shortages. about this . writes The Telegraph When buying beer in Germany, you must pay a deposit of 8-15 cents per bottle, notes The Telegraph. It will be returned when you return the used bottle. Usually in German supermarkets there are long lines of people who want to return containers. The bottles are then returned to the brewers so they can reuse them.

July 23, 2018, 06:45 / Business / News UC Rusal shares rose in price in anticipation of decisions by the US Treasury on sanctions undefined Vedomosti Statements by the US Treasury about the possible finding of an acceptable solution to sanctions against UC Rusal provoked an increase in the company's quotes at the opening of trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Securities quotes rose to a three-month high by 17%: from the previous $2.10 to $2.45. This is evidenced by trading data.

The history of the investigation into the brutal beating of convicted Evgeniy Makarov by employees of the Yaroslavl IK-1 - this video recording was widely distributed in the media and social networks - clearly reflects the state’s attitude to the suppression of violence by employees of law enforcement and penitentiary systems.

July 22, 2018, 22:58 / Economics / Management Exclusively by subscription What hinders productivity growth The fruits of innovation go to large companies, economists found out Jason Douglas John Sindreu Georgi Kanchev One of the largest construction companies in the world, Skanska, and the furniture giant Ikea, using innovative approaches, make ready-made rooms at the factory (pictured); competitors find it difficult to compete with them / Boklok Since the Industrial Revolution, innovation has