Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti The United Russia congress has ended in Moscow. The party's leadership was renewed , and President Vladimir Putin advised United Russia members to "shake down" officials and not automatically agree with any of their opinions.

President Vladimir Putin called on members of the United Russia party not to wait for problematic issues in the regions to surface during a direct line, but to resolve them themselves. “Find and raise pressing issues yourselves, without waiting for the next direct line, which I hold every year,” he said, speaking at the United Russia congress in Moscow.

November 23, 2019, 1:56 pm / Finance In Russia, the number of cases of counterfeit bank cards has sharply decreased Vedomosti The number of cases of use of counterfeit bank cards decreased sharply in 2019, reports RBC , citing a study by Raiffeisenbank and Kaspersky Lab. Over ten months, their number fell by 73% compared to the same period last year. The study authors identified several main factors that influence the reduction in the number of card fraud cases.

November 23, 2019, 12:19 / Auto Elon Musk lost $770 million after presenting an electric pickup truck from Tesla undefined Vedomosti Tesla shares fell 6% after the presentation of the armored Cybertruck electric pickup truck. As a result, the fortune of the company's founder and CEO Elon Musk decreased by $768 million to $23.6 billion, Forbes reports . The demonstration of the pickup truck, which was not perfect, did not inspire confidence among investors, the publication notes.

Empty talkers and opportunists who consider themselves to be part of United Russia can easily betray it, President Vladimir Putin has warned. "The windbags and opportunists who have attached themselves to the ruling status of the party will, if anything, betray not only it but the country as well," he said, speaking at the United Russia congress in Moscow. According to Putin, this has already happened in Russian history more than once.

General Director of SPAO Ingosstrakh Mikhail Volkov has been appointed president of the company, the press service of the insurer reports. His previous post will be taken by Konstantin Sokolov. Ivan Matveev became the first deputy general director. These changes are associated with the transformation of the organizational structure of Ingosstrakh. Mikhail Volkov graduated from St. Petersburg State Technical University. Received an Executive MBA degree.

Internet giant Amazon has filed a lawsuit in a US federal court challenging the country's Defense Department's decision to award Microsoft a $10 billion contract, Reuters reports . An Amazon spokesman declined to disclose details of the lawsuit, citing information that constitutes a commercial secret. In late October, the Pentagon signed a ten-year, $10 billion contract with Microsoft , with Amazon considered the leading contender.

November 23, 2019, 12:30 / Finance Exclusively by subscription European banks have to pay extra for loans, and investors have to pay extra for deposits German banks began to introduce negative rates on deposits Alexey Nevelsky One of the most active banks with negative rates is Volksbank / Ronald Zak / AP Photo In Germany, 58% of banks have already established negative interest rates on deposits for corporate clients, and 23% for retail clients, a Bundesbank survey showed.

The President of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) Dmitry Shlyakhtin announced his resignation. "I submitted a statement of my resignation to the presidium," Interfax quotes him as saying. The President of the St. Petersburg Athletics Federation, Yulia Tarasenko, will act as the head of the ARAF. She was elected as the first vice-president of the ARAF at the vote that took place on November 23.

The Russian spacecraft Kosmos-2422, which was part of the missile attack warning system, left orbit and burned up in the atmosphere, the Defense Ministry reported. This happened on the night of November 23 over the Pacific Ocean. "Kosmos-2422", developed on the basis of the US-KS "Oko" platform, was launched in July 2006 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. It was intended to track the launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The congress should see a rotation of the party's general council, after which replacements will be made in the executive committee / Sergei Bobylev / TASS The United Russia congress has opened in Moscow, which will kick off the party's preparations for the 2021 State Duma elections. President Vladimir Putin will attend the event.

The population traditionally prefers to keep part of their savings in foreign currency for a “rainy day” / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The growth rate of foreign currency deposits of the population is more than twice as fast as ruble deposits, despite lower rates, according to the Central Bank's statistics for January-October.

Members of United Russia should be proud of their party affiliation and not stand in elections as independent candidates, says Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. "If someone is embarrassed to be in our ranks, it is better to leave the party," he said at the United Russia congress in Moscow. According to the prime minister, the participation of some United Russia members in the September 8 elections as independent candidates only confused voters.

The mayor of the flood-hit city of Tulun, Yuri Karikh, was in a traffic accident on the evening of November 23, killing his wife. This was reported by Interfax, citing an informed source. According to the agency, the mayor lost control and crashed into a truck parked on the side of the road. The information was confirmed by the Tulun dispatch service, TASS reports . The accident occurred at the beginning of ten o'clock in the evening local time.