Sputnik / Sergey Bobylev via Reuters Belarus has the right to use any oil supply options that are more profitable than those offered by Russia, said Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president's press secretary. "In this case, we are talking about a commercial issue," he noted. He acknowledged that with the current level of integration between Russia and Belarus, "we cannot talk about equal conditions" for consumers.

Depot Moscow Attendance Breaks Records / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Five Russian restaurants in The World's 50 Best Restaurants rating The year was the most productive for the Russian restaurant industry in The World's Best Restaurants – the most authoritative global restaurant rating. For the first time, two Russian restaurants made it into the top half of the rating – Moscow’s White Rabbit and Twins Garden. And both improved their results over the year.

Sberbank transferred the company's "golden share" to Yandex, TASS reports , citing the bank's press service. "We transferred [the "golden share"] on December 23," the agency's source said. A Yandex representative confirmed this information to TASS, recalling that after the registration of the Public Interest Fund, the "golden share" will be transferred to it. The "golden share" gives the right to block the sale of more than 25% of the shares of the Internet company.

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Russian-Turkish talks are taking place amid worsening military situation in Syria / Marco Djurika / Reuters The visit of the Turkish government delegation to Moscow lasted an unprecedented three days due to the importance of the issues discussed, related to the situation in Syria and Libya, a Russian source close to the negotiations said.

December 25, 2019, 13:09 / Vedomosti& Issue dated December 25, 2019 Investments in hype How to make money on drones, e-sports and biohacking Tatyana Pavlova EPICENTER At the beginning of December, the Danish Astralis became the first professional esports club in history to hold an IPO. The company raised almost $22 million on the NASDAQ First North Growth Market Denmark in Copenhagen and was valued at $75.5 million.

December 25, 2019, 14:48 / Finance Nabiullina proposed to the government to buy the Central Bank's share in Sberbank Vedomosti The issue of changing the main shareholder of Sberbank is being discussed, but we can only talk about selling the stake to the government, and not about transferring it, said Central Bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina in an interview with Interfax .

The Bulgarian company Falcon Home Distribution has become the sole owner of the Moskhoztorg chain of stores since December 12, 2019, as follows from SPARK-Interfax data. to this was the first to draw attention RBC . Until June 2019, 50.5% of Moskhoztorg was owned by one of its founders, Veronica Kiryanova; previously, another 10% of the network belonged to St. Petersburg entrepreneur Ilya Traber, and 39.5% belonged to Ilya Polyachkov.

Alexander Shcherbak/TASS In 2019, the global trend of lower rates allowed the Russian investment market to grow in all directions. What strategies did market players use in search of profitability against the backdrop of lower rates, and will the achieved result be maintained in 2020? One of the main trends that determined the dynamics of markets not only in Russia but also in the world was the reduction of rates against the backdrop of the easing of monetary policy by regulators.

The implementation of the law on mandatory pre-installation of Russian applications on smartphones and computers may lead to malfunctions in the operation of devices, Anton Guskov, a representative of the Association of Trading Companies and Manufacturers of Household Electrical and Computer Equipment (RATEK), told Kommersant. RATEK unites Apple, Google, Samsung , Philips and other companies.

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The head of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) Vladimir Bulavin said that the agency will step up its efforts to combat corruption within the agency. "I have already said several times in different formats that we have fought and will fight such a disease as corruption. <...> Regardless of ranks and titles, official position," he told journalists. According to Bulavin, the number of criminal cases initiated on corruption against FCS employees has increased this year: 120 cases against 85 in 2018.

December 26, 2019, 00:54 / Economics Low income tax could be eliminated But personal income tax reform can affect the entire population Elizaveta Bazanova Philip Sterkin Anna Kholyavko Officials have found a path to tax fairness and increased demand in the economy (pictured is the Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin) / Dmitry Azarov / Kommersant In order to support the poor, the authorities are seriously discussing the introduction of a deduction from personal income tax in the

December 25, 2019, 01:14 / Career What to do if you haven't been promoted Seven questions a frustrated employee should ask themselves Sabina Nawaz Varvara Grankova for Vedomosti Have you ever been in high spirits expecting a promotion at work and ended up with nothing because you weren’t chosen? Many people take a long time to recover after their dream job has literally slipped out of their hands.

Varvara Grankova for Vedomosti Today, most companies and government agencies are engaged in reforms of a scale that only happens once in several centuries. These are not just changes in technology, distribution channels, or competition – they are all of the above. Today, large organizations recognize that their existing strategies and organizational structures are not flexible enough to mobilize innovative people and technologies to solve emerging problems.