Reckless reliance on single-mandate candidates is fraught with new problems for the authorities The new State Duma elections are still a long way off, but talk has already begun that the principle of forming the lower house of the Russian parliament will change again. The fact that each regular parliamentary election in Russia is held according to new rules is not news.

The idea to organize a festival of films about art came from the publisher of the newspaper The Art Newspaper Russia (TANR), Inna Bazhenova, a long time ago. “I really love cinema and art, I never miss films about artists, creativity and the art world.

Press service of the festival "END OF THE WORLD" The International Film Festival "Edge of the World" was held in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk for the ninth time and for the first time with the word "East" added to the title, since this year it is competing in pairs with the western "Edge of the World", born in Kaliningrad. At the closing of the 9th Sakhalin "Krai", the acting governor of the region Valery Limarenko announced the establishment of a local cinematography council.

05 September 2019, 00:41 / Management How businesses can work with universities How companies can build relationships with universities and avoid making mistakes Sergey Mardanov , director of university relations at Mail.ru Group Today, not only corporations, but even medium and small businesses can afford to cooperate with universities.

Porsche has unveiled the production version of the brand's first electric car, the Taycan sedan. The car is shown at a special event simultaneously in North America, China and Europe - these three markets are the most important for the model, the company explained . The public premiere will take place next week at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Read on vedomosti.ru “The Taycan is the link between heritage and future,” said Porsche Chairman Oliver Blume.

Amazon, which owns the Whole Foods grocery chain, is testing a system for identifying customers based on the size and shape of their hands, reports the New York Post. The company will link this data to customers' accounts and payment details, so they can pay using gestures. An Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment to the New York Post on this information. Read on vedomosti.ru The scanners, codenamed “Orville,” will be installed in stores by early next year, clarifies Business Insider .

The exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine could begin before the end of the week, possibly as early as September 7. Interfax reports this with reference to two diplomatic sources. One of them clarified that the exchange agreements are still preliminary. The parties will agree on the exact date in the middle of the week. Read on vedomosti.ru Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov refrained from commenting, explaining that the topic is sensitive.

The state company Rostelecom will conduct an additional share issue to consolidate Tele2. will buy part of it VTB and become the owner of about 17% of Rostelecom, said bank president Andrei Kostin on the sidelines of the EEF, reports . Interfax Read on vedomosti.ru Rostelecom owns 45% of Tele2 shares, the rest is owned by Tele2Russia Holding AB, in which VTB owns 50% , Alexey Mordashov’s Invintel BV 40%, and Rossiya Bank 10%.

On Sunday, September 8, for the first time in the history of Abkhazia, the second round of presidential elections will take place. Nine candidates participated in the first round on August 25, two of whom will continue to fight. This is the current head of the republic and leader of the Forum of National Unity of Abkhazia party, Raul Khadzhimba, who received 23.85% of the votes, and the candidate from the Amtsarakha party, Alkhas Kvitsinia (21.97%).

The head of the State Duma Committee on Culture, Elena Yampolskaya, who has headed the editorial board of the Kultura newspaper for the past three years, announced her resignation from this post. The return to the post of editor-in-chief of the newspaper, announced in mid-August, will not take place, the deputy said in a statement on her Facebook page . Read on vedomosti.ru Yampolskaya explained her decision by a possible change in the newspaper publisher.

Russian banks must be responsible for the level of debt among the population, reports with reference to the Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin. RIA Novosti Read on vedomosti.ru “If a person finds himself in a difficult debt situation, it is not only the fault of that person, obviously, his fault here is undeniable, but it is also the fault of the bank that offered products to such a person, which pushed him to become more indebted,” he said at the Eastern Economic Forum .

During the development of the Baimskoye copper deposit project with reserves of 9.5 million tons in Chukotka, which Kaz Minerals bought a year ago from Roman Abarmovich and Alexander Abramov, unmanned dump trucks and automated factories with a control center in Moscow will be used, said Oleg Novachuk, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kaz Minerals at the Eastern Economic Forum at a session on the extraction of solid minerals.

Russian retailer Vkusvill plans to open stores in France, the Netherlands and China, Reuters reports citing the chain’s founder Andrei Krivenko. “We are already seriously promoting the Tasteville project in Paris. I think we will appear there in the near future,” Krivenko said. The entrepreneur clarified that the opening of the first store outside Russia could take place in 2020. Over the past year, Vkusville has begun to develop outside its native Moscow market. Its stores opened in St.

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05 September 2019, 05:00 / Media Yandex will show all NHL matches for free The company signed an exclusive agreement with the Maria Istomina League Icon SMI / TASS Yandex acquired from the National Hockey League (NHL) exclusive rights to show the next three seasons of the league in Russia - 2019/2020 , 2020/2021 and 2021/2022, the company told Vedomosti. The league will begin broadcasting in October when the new season kicks off.