Frame from the movie "Wolf with Wall Street" Mass sales to ordinary people for complex financial instruments make the worst practices of illegible in the funds of financial businessmen and rightly cause the regulator’s worship. According to the Central Bank, at the end of 2020, there were structural products (structural bonds) for 495 billion rubles on the accounts of Russians in the depository, this is about 10% of all individuals of individuals in the stock market.

Joe Biden Photo: The White House In his speech to both houses of Congress on April 29, US President Joe Biden warned that the 21st century. will determine the outcome of the titanic struggle between democracy and autocracy, which the autocrats are confident they will win.

Boris Spiegel Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS The Moscow Basmanny Court extended until August 20 the deadline for detention of the founder of the pharmaceutical holding of BIOTEK Boris Spiegel, accused of giving a bribe to the former governor of the Penza region Ivan Belozertsev, reports RBC with reference to the press secretary of the court Irina Sofinskaya.

Graffiti with a portrait of Alexei Navalny and the phrase “Hero of the New Age” on a transformer booth in the Pushkar garden photo: Alexander Demyanchuk / TASS In the article: You crucify freedom at a distance at forty Life of a transformer booth in art Unbearable portrait Graphic design - from lyrics to anger The portrait of Alexei Navalny on a transformer booth in St. Petersburg became an event of not only a political, but also artistic life, and after he was painted over.

Retailer Lenta has entered into an agreement to acquire the Billa Rossiya supermarket chain for 215 million euros ($263 million). The company reported this to VTimes. As a result of the transaction, Lenta's total share in the food retail market in Moscow and the Moscow region will be about 3%. Lenta plans to integrate 161 supermarkets, logistics infrastructure and Billa employees into its network. After supermarkets come under the Lenta brand, the Billa Russia trademark will cease to exist.

Photo: Vladimir Gerdo / TASS The St. Petersburg retailer “Lenta” agreed to buy a Bill supermarket network from the German REWE Group, the parties said. The amount of the transaction is 215 million euros, or 19.3 billion rubles. At the Central Bank course for May 19. This is the second major deal in Russian retail in two days. On the eve of the second in circulation, the player, Magnit, announced the purchase of a Dixie business for 92.4 billion rubles. (1 billion euros).

Almost 40% of Russian ice cream producers do not have time to begin mandatory labeling of products on June 1. They fear production stops and ice cream shortages. This was discussed at a meeting with Deputy Head of the Ministry of Agriculture Oksana Lut on May 18, Kommersant reports .

Aluminum producer Rusal plans to separate plants with the highest levels of emissions into a separate structure. After this, the company will change its name to AL+, according to a press release from Rusal. The decision is due to the company’s desire to focus on implementing the ESG strategy and complying with obligations to achieve zero CO2 emissions by 2050, Rusal said.

Photo: Lyudmila Pakhomova / TASS A scientific degree is a necessary condition for a professional science. The absence of a dissertation can easily stop career growth at the university or the Scientific Institute - it will not be possible to get a higher position, apply for large grants or manage the research of younger colleagues. The dissertations are defended not only by those who plan to engage in science or teach at the university.

Photo: Tima Miroshnichenko / Pexels The longer the stock indices grow, the higher the risks of a serious fall. And if professionals and experienced traders have already experienced more than one drop in the market, then for many newly -made private investors who, over the past year, downloaded a brokerage application in the hope of earnings well, correction can be the first serious blow to accumulations.

Over the past 24 hours, the Bitcoin rate has fallen by 20% and dropped below $35,000, according to Coindesk data. The drop occurred amid the introduction of new restrictions on transactions with cryptocurrencies in China, reports Reuters. Following Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies also fell in price: Ethereum lost almost 30% and dropped to $2,283, Dogecoin fell by 35% to $0.31. Shares of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase fell by 9.3% to $229.66.

Manufacturers of beer and soft drinks are faced with a shortage of aluminum cans, RBC reports . The shortage of packaging was confirmed to AB InBev Efes (produces Bud, Stella Artois, Corona Extra, etc.) and Lenta. A shortage of aluminum cans has been observed for the last three months among all manufacturers of soft drinks, said the manager of one of the large manufacturers. Suppliers are primarily trying to supply major brands, including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, but they too have had problems.

Photo: Liza Summer / Pexels The State Duma adopted in the third reading a bill prohibiting banks and brokers offers complex financial products to unskilled investors before the start of mandatory testing. The document is published on the State Duma website.

© 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: Sandid / Pixabay In 1987, the countries of the world signed the Montreal Protocol, having agreed to stop the production of chlorfto -rounderods (HFU) and some other substances that destroy the ozone layer.

The United States will impose sanctions against the company Nord Stream 2 AG, which controls the construction of Nord Stream 2, but will immediately abandon them, Bloomberg reports , citing sources. The State Department's report to Congress states that the activities of Nord Stream 2 AG are subject to sanctions, but the administration of US President Joe Biden decided to lift them for reasons of national security, Bloomberg interlocutors said.