Varvara Grankova A job seeker's worst nightmare is to receive no feedback from the employer after several interviews. Many complain about this behavior of employers. Two colleagues said that they encountered sudden and mysterious silence from companies: one went through two interviews, after which the employer disappeared without a trace, and the other - three interviews. But recently, the scenario has been reversed.

August 01, 2018, 00:07 / Society Russians' readiness to protest has returned to pre-Crimean highs 37% of respondents are ready to personally oppose pension reform Olga Churakova The numbers show that there is mass discontent, but there is no organized protest, says political scientist Nikolai Mironov / Alexandra Zotova for Vedomosti The likelihood of mass protests with economic demands for the first time since 2009 exceeded the 40% threshold, according to a July survey by the Levada Center.

Orhan Dzhemal, Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko, who died in the CAR (Central African Republic), were kidnapped and interrogated before their deaths. This was reported by the local publication Palmares Centrafrique, citing sources. The publication also published a photograph of the bodies of the two dead. On it are Rastorguev and Dzhemal, confirmed to The Bell.

Self-employed citizens must be responsible for the size of their future pensions, said Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin. this reports RBC with reference to the official’s statement. The minister emphasized that today every Russian, regardless of how much insurance payments he has paid, is guaranteed a minimum social pension.

New highway Dzhubga - Sochi worth 1.2 trillion rubles. is vital for the Krasnodar Territory as a resort region, said Governor Veniamin Kondratyev. “We have raised the issue of building such a road more than once at the federal level, and it is very important for the Krasnodar Territory that the initiative is now being considered in detail.

US President Donald Trump is exploring the possibility of raising import duties on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods by 25%, rather than the 10% he previously warned. this with reference to sources . reported Bloomberg and The Washington Post Previously, the US authorities had already introduced a 25% duty on $35 billion worth of goods imported from China and plan to increase this amount by another $16 billion in the coming days.

Not all voters changed their polling station of their own free will, say experts from Golos / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti The Golos movement recommends that public observers and candidate headquarters pay closer attention to the use of the Mobile Voter system in the upcoming elections, which allows voting at one's place of residence.

Most economists view the world through the lens of economic determinism, believing that the economy is always primary and everything else is secondary.

The damage that fake news can cause today pales in comparison to the potential threat from high-tech fakes. I was recently shown dozens of images of Donald Trump. Some were real, others were digitally created. I couldn’t tell the difference. When asked to pick three that I thought were fake, I only guessed one. If you thought fake news was a problem, welcome to the world of deepfakes and the potential security threat they can pose.

July 31, 2018, 23:43 / Economy Exclusively by subscription The Ministry of Finance wants to exempt businesses from fines for non-return of foreign currency earnings But not everyone will be able to take advantage of this opportunity.

Officers of the counterintelligence department “M” in the FSB, who reported facts of corruption in the FSIN, themselves found themselves under arrest. about this writes Kommersant with reference to the decision of the Moscow Garrison Military Court, which was made at the request of investigators from the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. We are talking about captain Konstantin Strukov and major Sergei Nikityuk.

Following a meeting on July 31 - August 1, the US Federal Reserve System (FRS) decided to maintain the key interest rate on federal lending funds at 1.75-2% per annum, according to a release from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The FOMC decision was unanimous and coincided with the forecasts of economists and market participants.

Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin, speaking at a meeting of the Council for the Development of the Digital Economy, said that in Russia by 2024 a third of officials can be cut. “We see that officials can be reduced by a third in six years through digitalization,” Kudrin noted. The burden of control and supervisory activities on those being audited can be reduced by half: the Accounts Chamber in the future will conduct fewer inspections, but “see everything,” Kudrin noted.

01 August 2018, 23:05 / Economics There are no regions in Russia with the most developed infrastructure Experts suggest improving the situation with additional investments Olga Adamchuk The biggest problems in transport infrastructure / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti There is not a single region in Russia whose infrastructure could be considered the most developed, InfraOne analysts write in the infrastructure development index they prepared.

The support motorcycle for the Cortege project, developed by the Kalashnikov concern, will go on sale under the Izh brand, said Sergei Chemezov, general director of the Rostec state corporation. “The motorcycle is planned to be freely sold; it will enter the market under the Izh brand. This brand has been known since Soviet times, now it belongs to our Kalashnikov concern, which is working on a new machine,” Chemezov said.