On the evening of August 8, the broadcasting of federal television channels in Moscow was interrupted for several minutes due to a warning from the Ministry of Emergency Situations about dangerously strong winds, Vedomosti correspondents report. Users of social networks also spread information about this. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin asked citizens to take the announced storm warning seriously.

Former President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, whom Kyrgyz security forces had previously tried to detain, recorded a video message, it was published on the website of the April TV channel. Atambayev appealed to law enforcement officials not to use force against the people. Read on vedomosti.ru Atambayev emphasized that during the special operation to “capture” him, civilians were injured.

Law enforcement officers came to search the office of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) of Alexei Navalny. This was reported by the Telegram channel “Apology of Protest” and confirmed by the politician’s ally Leonid Volkov. “A crowd of masked people came to the FBK office,” he wrote on Twitter . There are no other details yet.

Russians buy books more often than they read, showed a survey by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) . At the same time, the share of readers has remained stable over the past two years and amounts to more than half of all respondents. Read on vedomosti.ru Respondents were asked if they remembered how many books they had read in the past three months.

In July 2019, the active subscriber base of Sberbank's virtual mobile operator - operating under the Sbermobile brand - amounted to approximately 400,000 people, reported RBC , citing the bank's First Deputy Chairman of the Board Lev Khasis. Read on vedomosti.ru On the eve of Khasis’s statement, the number of active users of Sbermobile became known from Sberbank’s presentation for investors for April 2019.

The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) confirmed information about the blocking of the accounts of the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK) and searches of the organization’s employees.

09 August 2019, 00:52 / Business VTB helped AFK Sistema buy two pharmaceutical companies for 12 billion rubles Within three years, the corporation will buy out the bank's share Ekaterina Burlakova Irina Sinitsyna VTB helped AFK Sistema buy two pharmaceutical companies (in the photo, the head of AFK Sistema Vladimir Evtushenkov, Chairman of the Board of VTB Bank Andrey Kostin (from left to right) / Artem Korotaev / TASS AFK "Sistema" of Vladimir Evtushenkov, together with a financial partner,

"Many feel they have no choice but to engage in physical confrontation to force the regime to listen to the people," says Jeffrey Ngo of the pro-democracy movement Demosisto / Edgar Su / REUTERS Hong Kong is facing its worst crisis since China handed over control to it from British rule in 1997, according to one of China’s most senior officials overseeing the autonomous territory.

The creators of the television series “Game of Thrones,” David Benioff and Daniel Brett Weiss, left HBO and signed a multi-year contract with Netflix, The New York Times writes , citing an official statement from the writers. The contract amount was not disclosed, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, it is $200 million. Read on vedomosti.ru Under the terms of the agreement, Benioff and Weiss will create new film and television projects for Netflix.

08 August 2019, 14:49 / Finance Sberbank has agreed with 700 retail outlets to withdraw cash at the checkout Vedomosti Sberbank has agreed with more than 700 merchants in 76 regions to withdraw cash without commission when paying for purchases at the checkout, says the bank’s press release . This service has become available to Sberbank clients living in remote and sparsely populated areas and rural areas where ATMs are not installed.

Rambler plans to make good money on English football. In the photo are the head coaches of Manchester City Pep Guardiola (left) and Liverpool Jurgen Klopp / PAUL ELLIS / AFP On Friday, August 9, the Okko video service, which is part of the Rambler Group, will begin showing English Premier League (EPL) football matches via a paid subscription.

The online publication Baza reported that its employees are being monitored: phones are tapped, computers are monitored daily, and personal correspondence is read. The publication's sources claim that this is being done by the Rosneft security service. Read on vedomosti.ru “Our sources tell us that Rosneft security officers, using their connections in a variety of Russian departments, put our phones under wiretapping,” Baza said in an editorial statement.

On Thursday, after a lengthy standoff, Kyrgyz law enforcement officers detained former President Almazbek Atambayev at his residence in the village of Koi-Tash near Bishkek. He was taken to the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) and will be interrogated over the hostage-taking and murder of the deputy commander of the SCNS Alpha special forces unit during an unsuccessful assault on his house on Wednesday. As a result of this assault, more than 50 people were injured.

Samsung presented two versions of its flagship smartphone: the regular Galaxy Note 10 and the large Galaxy Note 10+. The presentation of smartphones took place in New York, its recording was published on the company’s YouTube channel. The developers promise that the new devices will only take half an hour to fully charge. Read on vedomosti.ru The Galaxy Note 10 has a 6.3-inch screen, while the 10+ (6.8-inch) is the largest in the smartphone family.

08 August 2019, 14:19 / Finance VTB's net profit fell by a quarter The State Bank earned 76.8 billion rubles, having lost on currency revaluation and expensive deposits Ekaterina Litova Anna Tretyak After the publication of the financial statements, VTB shares on the Moscow Exchange fell by 1.6% to RUB 0.04021. / Victoria Bobrovich for Vedomosti The net profit of VTB Group in the first half of the year amounted to 76.8 billion rubles.