The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has begun checking producers of chicken meat and eggs, RBC reports . Manufacturers are suspected of collective dominance and unreasonably inflating prices. The inspection was initiated by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov. The FAS indicated that chicken producers could enter into anti-competitive agreements and abuse their dominant position.

Photo: Nataliya Vaitkevich / Pexels A researcher from Stanford University confirmed that millions of employees working in the last year on the remote one feel on themselves: endless video calls and negotiations cause more stress than meetings in real life due to “non-verbal overload”.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to three years in prison, two of which were suspended. Le Monde reports this. Sarkozy is accused of attempting to bribe magistrate Gilbert Azibert. The ex-president offered him a prestigious job in Monaco in exchange for information about a criminal investigation into his political party. The prosecution provided recordings of telephone conversations on this topic between Sarkozy and his lawyer Thierry Erzog.

Several Russian companies have applied to register trademarks with the word Clubhouse, Kommersant writes with reference to the Rospatent database. According to the publication, the St. Petersburg website development company Kreobits filed an application for a trademark for software classes on February 16. Three more applications for the trademarks Clubhouse, Clubhouse Radio and Clubhouse Audio were filed on February 20 by Choose Radio LLC.

Photo: SaveourClimate / Flickr “Hour of the Earth” is the most massive environmental action on the planet (affects 2 billion people from 180 countries) traditionally takes place on the last Saturday of March.

Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS Banks have found a great occasion to improve the terms of deposits. With the onset of spring, at least 5 of the 30 largest retail players decided to increase the profitability of investments. Some launch seasonal deposits, others carry out promotions, increasing the rates of deposits and accounts of basic lines, VTIMES found out. How banks improve investment conditions One of the first to renew the lines of deposits took up the state banks.

Photo: Grigory Plaz The new tax regime was in demand among owners of foreign structures. More than 260 people submitted notifications of the transition to it since 2020, the Federal Tax Service (Federal Tax Service) said. This is about half of the number of people who declared their controlled foreign companies (KIK) in 2019 - 557 people, according to the Federal Tax Service.

Business Ombudsman Boris Titov proposed introducing a tax amnesty for a number of Russian companies affected by the consequences of the coronavirus. He sent his proposals to First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, Prime reports with reference to the ombudsman’s press service. According to Titov, 80% of enterprises saw their revenue fall in 2020, the same number noted a strong decline in demand, and 11% plan to initiate bankruptcy proceedings in 2021.

A database of 21 million Android VPN app users has been leaked online. As Kommersant and Cybernews write, the database dates back to February 24 and contains data from the services SuperVPN, GeckoVPN, and ChatVPN. In the leaked data, you can find email addresses, passwords and user logins, data about countries and payments for premium accounts. Some records contain data about users' devices: serial numbers, phone types, and brands.

Photo: Vladimir Smirnov/TASS In the article: Myth 1. The threat of food security of Russia Why does the ground have no owners Myth 2. The transfer of overgrown agricultural lands to the state flesh will eliminate wood deficiency What the Ministry of Natural Resources offers and what you cannot agree with What will happen if you accept the amendments of the Ministry of Natural Resources The discussion about the changes proposed by the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Government Decree No.

Photo: Denis Voronin / Agency "Moscow" According to the latest (January) data, annual inflation amounted to 5.2% - very little for Russia by historical standards and slightly higher than the focus declared by the Central Bank - 4%. A small surge is most likely explained by the rapid increase in world food prices (almost 20% in the last eight months).

Photo: Andrey Nikerichev / Agency "Moscow" More than half of the Russians surveyed (64%) believe that coronavirus was artificially created as a “new form of biological weapons”, the Levada Center said in a new study of the Russian Federation in the register of NGOs that perform the functions of a foreign agent).

© The Financial Times Limited 2021. All Rights Reserved. Reprint, copying or any modification of the text is not allowed. The translation was made by VTIMES. Financial Times Limited is not responsible for the quality and accuracy of the translation. Photo: Erik McLan / Unsplash The world car manufacturers, suffering from a lack of microchips, will have to live in tension for more than a month.

Yandex co-founder Arkady Volozh and his family trust will sell up to 29,180 Class A shares of the company as part of Volozh's "long-term strategy to diversify assets and ensure liquidity," the company said in a statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Yandex class A shares on the NASDAQ exchange, according to data at the close of trading on February 26, cost $63.9 per security . The package being sold by the company 's co-founder could be worth almost $1.9 million .

The Finnish government has declared a state of emergency due to the growing number of coronavirus cases. Reuters reports this . The country will close schools, restaurants and limit intercity travel. In regions with the most unfavorable epidemiological situation, gyms, fitness clubs, swimming pools and public saunas will also be closed . According to Johns Hopkins University, a new round of Covid incidence in Finland began on February 18 - 614 new cases per day.