Day: November 8, 2021

VTB will offer customers of other banks to “test” their products and services for free other banks. This was reported to “Lente.ru” in the press service of VTB. The new version of the application includes 25 of the most popular functions for everyday payments and transfers, which allows you to register only by phone number, instantly get a bank card VTB and make transactions without additional identification in the amount of up to 15 thousand rubles. According to VTB's estimates, up to 750,000 clients of other banks will use it in the first year alone. At the first stage of launching “VTB Online” for clients of other banks will contain 5 financial and 20 non-financial services. The client will be able to instantly issue a free digital VTB card. Delivery of its physical counterpart can be ordered by courier. Users will be able to instantly and free of charge make

Zhanna Shamalova spoke about the details of her marriage with businessman Kirill Shamalov billionaire Kirill Shamalov. The interview appeared on the YouTube channel “Caution: Sobchak.” The celebrity said that she married a businessman in 2018 after a year of relationship. The wedding ceremony took place in a Moscow restaurant and was designed for a small number of guests. As an outfit, Shamalov's wife chose a white dress from the luxury brand Ralph & Russo, the creative director of which is her close friend Tamara Ralph. The businesswoman also described the engagement ring that her husband gave her a few months before the wedding. According to her, he chose a diamond jewelry piece weighing about four carats, exclusively created by an undisclosed jeweler. At the same time, Shamalova noted that she owns an extensive collection of jewelry, which also contains more luxurious items.

CNBC: China increased its coal purchases by 96.2 percent compared to October 2020 In October, China purchased 26.9 million tons of coal, which almost doubled, or 96.2 percent, more compared to the same period a year earlier. CNBC writes about such an increase. In September last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a video message to the UN General Assembly, presented China's new climate policy. The head of the second largest world economy promised that the country will seek to reduce the growth of emissions in order to reach a peak by 2030, and in 30 years to reduce them to the level of carbon neutrality. Thus, after only a year, the country had to substantially adjust their plans to make up for the critical power shortage. In early October, 18 provinces faced significant resource shortages, but the return of coal-fired generation reduced their number to two. Due to the

“Vedomosti”: Russian banks did not want to calculate the cost of living of debtors will collect, and intend to shift this responsibility to the bailiffs. New tricks became known to the Vedomosti newspaper. The publication refers to a letter sent by the National Financial Market Council (NSFR) to the Ministry of Justice. Bankers fear that such an approach will force them to incorporate new risks into loan rates. In addition, banks were concerned that this practice would negatively affect the payment discipline of borrowers. The relevant amendments to the Civil Procedure Code and the law on enforcement proceedings should enter into force in February 2022. It will allow debtors to keep in their accounts the amount of the minimum wage after all collection. After the law is passed, a person who finds himself in a difficult life situation due to debts will be able to determine one account, in which

Canadian scientists: older people with COVID-19 develop more antibodies to the virus 50 years old, produce more antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 than younger ones. An article dedicated to a previously unknown defense mechanism appeared in Scientific Reports. Researchers from the Universities of Laval and Montreal collected blood samples from 32 patients 14-21 days after their PCR test for COVID-19 was found positive. “Everyone who was infected with the coronavirus produced antibodies, but in the elderly, their content was higher than in people under 50. In addition, antibodies were in the blood even 16 weeks after diagnosis, “- said one of the researchers, professor at the University of Montreal, Jean-François Masson. At the same time, the antibodies of the elderly provided greater protection, scientists noted. “This was determined by measuring the ability of antibodies to suppress the interaction of the S-protein of the delta variant (coronavirus – approx.” Lenta.ru “) with the

The head of the Polish Ministry of Defense: 12 thousand servicemen are on alert at the border border with Belarus. This was announced by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak on Twitter. According to him, 12 thousand Polish soldiers are guarding the border from the oncoming crowd of migrants.

The cost of Ethereum for the first time in history exceeded 4.7 thousand dollars thousands of dollars, according to data from the CoinGecko website. Altcoin capitalization exceeded $ 560 billion for the first time in history.

“World of apartments”: rooms in Sochi have doubled in price over the year portal “World of apartments”, available at the disposal of “Lenta.ru”. On average, this type of housing in a resort city now costs 3.4 million rubles. Experts analyzed the dynamics of prices for rooms in 69 largest cities of Russia and named those of them where this type of property has risen in price most noticeably since November 2020th. The first place in the rating was taken by Sochi, the second – by Krasnodar (plus 55 percent per year). The price tags in Kaliningrad and Sevastopol, St. Petersburg, Chita, Moscow, Kazan, Simferopol and Vladikavkaz have grown by more than a quarter. Rooms in only ten cities have dropped in price – Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Tagil, Izhevsk, Magnitogorsk, Ryazan, Ulyanovsk, Orenburg, Arkhangelsk, Samara and Cheboksary. On average, a room in Russia currently costs 976 thousand rubles, analysts calculated, – 17

German Gref: Tighter monetary policy could lead to a crisis in a number of countries According to him, the tightening of monetary policy by leading financial regulators can lead to this in a number of countries, but it remains unclear to what extent this is a systemic risk. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti. “There are such risks. Someone may suffer, but the question is how systemic this risk is, “he commented and added that so far rates are growing only in nominal terms. In September, the Russian Central Bank included the possibility of the onset of the global financial crisis in 2023, which can be comparable in scale to the crisis of 2008-2009. The reason may be the growth of the global debt of states and corporations. The mechanism, as noted by the regulator, may be as follows: the US Federal Reserve System (FRS) will sharply tighten credit

TV presenter Alexander Maslyakov: KVN has a bright future, we are not going to close down accused the creators of the comedy show “Game” on TNT, the filming of which was suspended, of plagiarism and spoke about the future of his project. His words are reported by News.ru. The TV presenter denied rumors about the closure of KVN, which appeared after the launch of the “Game” show, the format of which was considered by many to be similar to Maslyakov's project. According to the head of the club, the authors of the program on TNT “took and stole the idea” of KVN. “KVN has a bright future. We're not going to close. Why on earth? We know the capabilities of KVN, we know the interests of young people, “he stressed. Maslyakov also recalled that recently a new project, Children's KVN, was launched on Channel One. “So everything will be fine,”