Deal on the manufacturer of "Sputnik V", the rule of the investor. Highlights of the night

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VTB decided to buy a stake in the vaccine manufacturer Sputnik V, the head of the Finstar investment company Oleg Boyko talks about post-capitalism, private investment and happiness, Switzerland and Spain in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals - in the RBC review

VTB will buy a stake in the manufacturer of Sputnik V from AFK Sistema

AFK Sistema Vladimir Yevtushenkov plans to sell 11.2% of the parent company Binnopharm Group to the investment division of VTB, a source close to one of the parties to the transaction told RBC. Binnopharm Group is one of the largest pharmaceutical holdings in the country, producing more than 450 drugs, including the Sputnik V vaccine.

According to the interlocutor of RBC, the transaction amount is 7 billion rubles, if it takes place, the effective share of AFK Sistema will decrease from 86.5 to 75.3%, and VTB Bank will remain Sistema's financial partner in holding management. A representative of Sistema confirmed the fact of negotiations with VTB Capital, adding that the deal could be closed in the near future. A VTB representative said that Binnopharm Group and the pharmaceutical sector "in general, are investment-attractive assets."

Head of Finstar Oleg Boyko - about dreams of a billion and the main rule of an investor

The main rule of an investor is to invest in what you understand, says billionaire, head of the investment company Finstar Oleg Boyko. But instead of dreaming of the first billion, it is better for a businessman to focus on finding the maximum “level of happiness” for himself.

In an interview with RBC, Oleg Boyko also spoke about whether he believes in the success of ecosystems and whether it is possible to create a new business by appointing line employees to leading positions, as well as what awaits the world after capitalism and why a business must necessarily work for society and “have a human face".

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Switzerland and Spain in the quarter-finals of Euro 2020

The Spanish national football team beat Croatia at the European Championship. The meeting was held in Copenhagen on the field of the Parken stadium and ended with a score of 5:3.

In the quarter-finals, Spain will face Switzerland, who defeated France in the round of 16 of Euro 2020. The match was held in Bucharest and ended with a penalty shoot-out, as the regular time of the match ended with a score of 3:3. Spain and Switzerland will play in St. Petersburg on July 2.

What else happened:

The idea of ​​the Central Bank to introduce new capital and disclosure requirements for banks building their own ecosystems is likely to lead to capital problems for such banks, Lev Khasis, first deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank, believes. At the same time, according to him, Sberbank has enough money. The capitalization of the social network Facebook amounted to more than $ 1 trillion after the growth in the value of the company's shares following the results of trading on June 28. It has taken Mark Zuckerberg's company nine years since the IPO. The Ministry of Education and Science issued an order that provides for temporary suspension from work for those employees of subordinate organizations who refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19in the absence of contraindications to vaccination. The order applies to regions whose authorities have introduced mandatory vaccination of certain groups of the population. The simultaneous use of vaccines manufactured by AstraZeneca and Pfizer allows you to achieve greater immunity to coronavirus than these drugs separately, scientists at Oxford University found. A preprint of the study was published in the Lancet medical journal.

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