Industry Minister Denis Manturov invited the owners of the largest metallurgical companies to a meeting on rising metal prices for state projects. This was reported by RBC with reference to two sources close to these companies. The meeting will take place on June 1.

Photo: Zamir Usmanov / TASS United Russia completed the preliminary voting procedure for candidates who will present the party in the Duma elections in September. United Russia reported that 11.7 million people took part in the procedure. Almost half voted online, the counting of the votes from the sites is still ongoing, so the final results will be summed up in the near future.

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Thanks to the advertising campaign with the rapper Morgenstern, 162,000 digital cards were issued at Alfa Bank, the bank’s chief managing director, Vladimir Verkhoshinsky, told Kommersant. The average age of new clients is 19 years. “These are already good clients, and within two to five years it will become even more profitable to work with them,” Verkhoshinsky noted.

Australian airline Qantas Airways Ltd. has offered bonuses to passengers vaccinated against the coronavirus to help speed up the pace of vaccinations in the country . According to Bloomberg, 10 families of four will be able to get an unlimited number of free flights on Qantas and its low-cost Jetstar for a year. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has also called on other companies to offer bonuses for getting vaccinated. “We have a vested interest in this,” Joyce emphasized.

Polytechnic College Photo: Alexander Avilov / Agency "Moscow" The specialties of secondary vocational education (SPO) will become less, the terms of training in many of them will be reduced to two years, budget places will be allocated based on the needs of regional labor markets, and curricula will become more practical and oriented. In addition, small innovative enterprises will open on the basis of colleges, where students will be able to earn their first money.

The owner of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant, Vladimir Lisin, called the statement of First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov that metallurgists must return excess profits in the amount of 100 billion rubles to the budget “Gosplan syndrome,” RBC reports . According to Lisin, the government did not take into account the double increase in industry tax payments and the significant increase in investment. “The old expression applies here: 'Don't fix what doesn't work,'” he said.

Ozon Express and Yandex.Lavka are planning to launch franchises, Kommersant found out . The newspaper noticed that Ozon published on HeadHunter a vacancy for a head of franchising development. A source told Kommersant that the company plans to develop the dark store as a franchise. The terms of cooperation will be formulated after the formation of the franchising department.

Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) Recognized as a “foreign agent” in Russia. We indicate this at the request of the authorities. Organizations and individuals recognized as “foreign agents” are challenging this decision in court. We do not agree with this decision and express our support for it. accused former FBK employee Fyodor Gorozhanko of stealing a database of email addresses of participants in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny.

Photo: Jonas Leupe / unsplash.com How globalization affects the sustainability of economies, how quickly technology is changing payment behavior, in which area is predicted to create almost half of all new jobs, and how a smartphone is like a house: the main thing in economists’ blogs.

Soyuzmultfilm and the Sber Games company will begin developing children's educational games for mobile platforms based on the studio's cartoons. Their heroes will be cartoon characters “Zebra Checkered,” “Orange Cow,” “Raccoons,” “Plasticine,” “Monsiki,” TASS writes , citing a statement from the studio. The development will be preceded by scientific research with the assistance of specialists in the field of neuropsychology.

In 2021, the average cost of subscriptions to fitness clubs in Russia will increase by 7–10% year on year, Kommersant reports , citing data from the Association of Fitness Industry Operators (AOFI). In this way, the business will try to compensate for the 20% increase in costs associated with servicing loans, paying for rent of halls and advertising.

New logo "tape" Illustration: company "Lenta" The Lenta hypermarket network conducted a rebranding, including updated the logo, the company’s press service told TASS. The company's logo remained sunflower, which is its symbol from the base, but its appearance was changed. He became “ lighter, modern and digital-films,” said Dmitry Bogoda, director for commerce and marketing of tape.

Russian Post will move to a holding company format with 10 subsidiaries. The changes are mentioned in the company’s strategy for 2020–2030, they were confirmed in a conversation with RBC by the company’s general director Maxim Akimov. “It is impossible to control such a huge body in the form of a monolith. The rigid structure crumbles under any shock. It’s like an air wing – it needs to have some degree of flexibility, and the holding structure will provide that,” he explained.

MTS launched the first large-scale user pilot 5G network in St. Petersburg. MTS subscribers will be able to connect to 5G Internet at speeds of up to 1.5 Gbit/s in 16 popular locations in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt: Expoforum is the main venue of SPIEF; Palace Square; Gazprom Arena, square near the stadium; Yacht Bridge; technopark "Lenpoligrafmash"; Botanical Garden; st. Italianskaya, Arts Square; st.