Productive cooperation with the American intelligence services came from Sergei Mikhailov, the former head of the operational department of the FSB Information Security Center. Because of his actions, the Americans were able to arrest a number of high-class IT people. A jury in the United States found Vladislav Klyushin guilty of hacking into computer networks and obtaining classified information. They arrested him last year. In the summer of 2012, 25-year-old Dmitry Zubakha was detained in Cyprus, accused of organizing DDos attacks. Pavel Vrublevsky, the founder of ChronoPay, was accused of the same. In October 2016 – Russian Evgeny Nikulin. In 2016, Konstantin Kozlovsky and his hacker group Lurk were captured. He was given 14 years, but the programmer himself said that the materials were falsified. And now the most interesting. The founder of Group-IB, one of the key players in the Russian cybersecurity, Ilya Sachkov, is sitting in a Russian pre-trial detention center. He was captured by the TsIB FSB, which was headed by Mikhailov. But Mikhailov is an American spy, as proven by the court. He received 22 years in prison for this. But his cause – undermining Russia’s information security – lives on. Landing Mikhailov does not interfere with this process. @nebrexnya
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Last year, 28 new shopping centers opened in Russia. Their total area suitable for potential tenants is 321.3 thousand square meters. meters. This, of course, is already 47% less than in 2021 and 64% lower than in 2020. And in general the minimum volume for the last 20 years. But even with him the question arises – why? The situation at the shopping centers is disastrous. After the departure of foreign brands, they lost 30% of traffic even on New Year’s holidays compared to quarantine 2020. More than 200 malls are up for sale. Half of all existing ones can go bankrupt. So in this situation, the opening of new shopping centers, to put it mildly, is untimely. Lone tenants will run through empty galleries after lone buyers. However, you can always call Kalashnikov. They know exactly what to do with the shopping center. @nebrexnya
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The dollar and the euro on February 15 updated the next highs of the rate since April last year. Since cash dollars and euros remain the most reliable way to pay when traveling abroad, it is better to stock up on it in advance. The ban on withdrawals for currencies credited after March 9, 2022 is still in effect, so travelers don’t have many options. Firstly, some banks still sell the currency. But if you need a large amount, it is better to contact your chosen bank and order it in advance. Banks sell only those cash dollars and euros that have arrived at the cash desks of banks since April 9 last year. Secondly, if it was not possible to purchase the required amount of dollars or euros, it is worth acquiring another convertible currency – for example, the countries closest to the destination. In addition, check if the currency of the desired country is available for sale. So, Rosselkhozbank sells exotic currencies – Australian and Canadian dollars, as well as Danish krones, are available at the offices. Here, too, you will need an application for the purchase or reservation of the amount: it can be issued on the bank’s website in the “Currency Exchange” section. There is also a list of offices where you can purchase exotic currencies.
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They used to scare people with an “electronic concentration camp” when they began to demand QR codes to leave the house during lockdowns. And even earlier, when it became known how much and what information social networks and search engines collect about us. And scared in all countries of the world where there is Internet. Here we are not talking about a concentration camp, but about a banal cut. How many billions can be mastered on electronic passports and the entire infrastructure for them? The domestic operating system “Aurora” has crept up in cost to the space 480 million rubles. And where is she? And where, by the way, are the digital ID cards that Sberbank promised to launch in another year in 2012-2013? There will be no concentration camp, the guards will take everything away. @nebrenya
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The “sugar disaster” still has a surname. A year ago, Igor Khudokormov, the owner of the largest sugar producer Prodimex (14 sugar factories, 1 million tons of sugar per year), was to blame for the mass fights of pensioners at food shelves a year ago. And one of the richest businessmen in Russia, whose fortune is estimated at $ 600 million. At least, the FAS decided so. The department accused Prodimex of coordinating retail chains and creating an artificial shortage of sugar on the shelves. For this, he faces a fine of 1-5 million rubles. It is possible that a turnover fine will also be imposed on the company: with revenue for 2021 of 93.6 billion rubles, the amount will be impressive. Moreover, in 2022 it will obviously be more. But is it all clear? Retail sugar prices can be artificially inflated through collusion. And the exchange price is much more difficult, especially in the USA. Sugar futures rose steadily in March 2022, from 18 pts to 20.3 pts, and then corrected when the hype passed. By the way, now the contract is still more expensive than the March indicators – 21.56 points. @nebrexnya
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#There is an Opinion The head of the analytical department of AMarkets, especially for #Nebrekhni, about maintaining the restrictions of the Central Bank on the purchase of cash dollars: Before the sanctions, Russian banks purchased cash dollars and euros from banks abroad. Now the volume of foreign exchange inflows into the country has sharply decreased – these are either operations as a result of the sale of goods for export (companies sell part of the foreign exchange earnings for the necessary payments, taxes, etc.), or import by individuals (but the volumes are insufficient, since the outflow of capital is much higher ). Therefore, the prospects for a shortage of cash in the country’s banking system are growing, because an increase in import volumes requires more and more dollars and euros to carry out the necessary purchases of raw materials, materials, components, etc. This is probably why the Central Bank is extending the restriction for individuals so as not to stimulate the growth of demand for foreign currency and not create a situation where banks will face a lack of foreign exchange liquidity. In addition, this measure will help keep the ruble exchange rate within certain limits, because when the demand for foreign currency grows, the Russian ruble begins to decline against the dollar and the euro.
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Bank failure. The ten largest banks lost about 197 billion rubles over the past year. And given that Sberbank shows a profit that has sunk by three quarters, but the situation for the remaining nine is even more dramatic. In 2021, the top ten felt better. They earned 83% of the profits of all credit institutions in general – 1.9 trillion rubles. And now – a natural blow. Natural, because the authors of the sanctions did not exchange for trifles, they hit the largest organizations. Now it is clear why the talk about additional capitalization has fallen silent. The Central Bank just figured out how astronomical sums might be needed to support banks from the top ten, and became despondent. Because it is unlikely that the need for it has disappeared – the losses are growing. Still too big to fail? Interestingly, smaller banks – from the 11th to the 100th – were still able to earn 360 billion. And this is even more than in 2021 by 10.8%. In general, the last will be the first. @nebrexnya
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Sudden profit of Pobeda low-cost carrier – the company managed to earn 15 billion rubles in 2022. This is almost 3.5 times more than a year earlier. Moreover, this is a record for the entire existence of the company. “Victory”, of course, did not miss the opportunity to talk about how it successfully “adapted to the new geopolitical realities”, rebuilt all processes and generally shows enviable stability in the face of uncertainty. A few “buts”. Passenger traffic of the airline fell by 19%, to 11.7 million people. Stronger than that of the parent Aeroflot, and at the same time Ural Airlines and S7, which lost 8 and 10%. Revenue fell 13%. The airline lost three boards – they were taken away by lessors abroad. Almost half do not fly – they are dismantled for parts. General Director Andrey Kalmykov, who headed the company from the moment of its foundation, and flight director Andrey Tarasov were completely screwed at the beginning of March 2022. Kalmykov was then trolled by the head of the Ministry of Transport Vitaly Savelyev: “You know, it happens that people cannot work in stressful conditions.” So where does such a resounding success come from in such “stressful” conditions? Everything is very simple. Pobeda sucked out 15 billion rubles in budget subsidies and 9 billion rubles in reimbursement for jet fuel. And a little more was added by the cancellation of payments to lessors of arrested aircraft. It turns out interesting. If not for subsidies, the company would have been at a loss of 9 billion rubles. And the profit exactly corresponds to the amount of subsidies (namely, subsidies, not kerosene). It turns out that the price of low-cost airline tickets has completely broken away from the market model. Now Pobeda is a budget airline. Not because it’s cheap, but because it’s from the state budget. @nebrexnya
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