Expert discussion "Does Russia need a digital ruble?" Photo: Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS A number of experts of the financial market perceived the idea of ​​the Bank of Russia on the introduction of a digital ruble skeptically. The Association of Russian Banks even released a report, which describes possible risks and cast doubt on the feasibility of introducing such a tool.

Shares of the wine company Abrau Durso on the Moscow Exchange jumped in price by almost 10% after the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the wine-making activities of business ombudsman Boris Titov. Immediately after the president’s statement, the price of shares increased from 198 rubles. up to 217 rub. per piece, but then began to decline. Answering questions from students, Putin commented on Alexei Navalny’s film about the “presidential palace” in Gelendzhik.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs opened criminal cases against unidentified persons for blocking roads and blocking traffic in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vladivostok. In Vladivostok, streets were blocked from 14:30 to 17:20 local time, notes the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Primorsky Territory. Because of this, the ambulance could not travel to four urgent calls, the report states. The St.

Photo: Andrej Cukic/EPA/TASS Before Panasonic could imagine the thermal containers designed specifically for transportation at the ultracking temperature of vaccines from the Covid-19, as European and American logistics companies filled it with requests with a request to provide them for testing. The government of Japan, which is subjected to public criticism due to the slow pace of preparation for mass vaccination, is preparing to start it only at the end of February.

Photo: Sergey Kiselev/Agency "Moscow" At the end of January, two vaccines from the Covid of domestic production are available to the Russians - the “satellite V” of the Hamalei Institute and the “Epivaccoron” of the Center Center Center. Vaccination is the first most massive. Two more vaccines await registration in the Russian Ministry of Health: the domestic “covivak” of the Center for the Chumakov RAS and the Chinese “Connection”.

Lenta has launched a discounter format in test mode under the guise of “365+,” Kommersant reports with reference to the retailer’s presentation. The company opened two points in Novosibirsk and Barnaul on the site of the main brand's supermarkets after reconstruction. A decision on further expansion of the format will be made in the first half of the year. The area of ​​the new stores is approximately 375 square meters. m. The assortment includes 1,600 items, of which 60% are private brands.

The managing partner of the Moscow office of the American consulting company McKinsey & Company, Vitaly Klintsov, sent employees “clarifications” to a letter warning them about participating in uncoordinated protests in support of Alexei Navalny . According to The Moscow Times, the report states that the ban on participation in rallies does not correctly reflect the company's policy.

Alexander Mamut. Photo: Vasily Kuzmichenok/TASS The structures of businessman Alexander Mamut submitted four claims to the bank of non -core assets of Trust at once, according to a file cabinet of arbitration affairs. Three claims were filed by Sinema Park JSC, which is one of the legal entities of the largest cinema of Russia - the united cinema network (Cinema Park, Formula Cinema and Kino OKKO), the fourth lawsuit filed A&N Investments LTD, which controls the assets of the mamut.

Photo: Artem Chernov Statistical studies of protests voiced by a political scientist and economist Alexei Zakharov in a speech on the Rain television channel and published on Facebook showed a very interesting picture. The core of protests this time was a generation of age 25–35 years. I have been following this age group for a long time, since it belongs to my eldest daughter, as well as many of my former students.

American Senator Marco Rubio sent a letter to the head office of the consulting company McKinsey with a request to clarify the letter to Russian employees about rallies in support of Alexei Navalny, according to the senator’s website. According to Rubio, it is no secret that McKinsey maintains close business ties with Russian government agencies and companies with ties to the Kremlin.

Kuaishou Technology, a competitor to ByteDance Ltd., which owns TikTok, is preparing to raise up to $5.4 billion on the Hong Kong exchange. According to Bloomberg, the company's IPO will be the largest since Uber Technologies Inc. in 2019. Then the taxi calling service raised $8.1 billion. Under the terms of the deal, the short-video service, backed by tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd., will sell 365 million shares priced between HK$105 and HK$115 each.

The Ministry of Justice and the Central Bank are developing a bill to prohibit the transfer of funds under writs of execution directly to accounts abroad, a participant in the discussion told RBC and was confirmed by a representative of the Ministry of Justice. To receive compensation under this document, even foreign citizens and companies will need an account in a Russian bank.

Photo: Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash Russia at once tightened the conditions for obtaining tax benefits in agreements with many countries popular among business: it will become much more difficult to prove the right to them, especially holding companies. The new rules are provided for by the International Convention against Abuse of Tax Agreements (MLI) - last week the Ministry of Finance published a list of countries with which it has already earned since 2021.

Photo: Sofya Sandurskaya/Agency "Moscow" What global threats people around the world consider to be the most relevant personally for themselves, whether Europe is ready to introduce vaccination passports, how a one -time grant for young people can help reduce inequality: the main thing in the blogs of economists. The article was first published on the ECCON website.

The European Union will refrain from imposing new sanctions on Russia if the Kremlin releases Alexei Navalny, EU foreign ministers said on Monday. According to Reuters, despite calls from the Baltic countries, Italy and Romania to impose sanctions on Russian officials in response to Navalny's detention, Germany insisted on giving the Kremlin more time.