Twitter owner Ilon Musk has organized a poll on whether he should resign as head of the social network, and Bloomberg called the fall of Russian stocks in 2022 the worst in the world – these and other important news for the morning of Monday, December 19, in our daily review.

The owner of Twitter, billionaire Ilon Musk asked users of the social network to vote on whether he should step down as head of the company. He promised that he would stick to the results of the poll. As of 4:00 MSC, about 60% of the poll participants voted in favor of Musk’s resignation. “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will stick with the results of this poll,” Musk wrote.

Russian stocks fell in price in 2022 more than other securities around the world, Bloomberg wrote. Russia’s dollar-denominated RTS stock index fell 34.9 percent for the year (as of the close on Dec. 16 compared with the close on Dec. 30, 2021), according to data from the Moscow Exchange). Bloomberg called it the worst result in terms of national currencies among the 92 indices it tracks, and one of the worst in terms of dollars. The ruble-denominated Mosbirzhi index fell 44% in 11 1/2 months – on a year-to-date basis, it could be the sharpest collapse since 2008, Bloomberg noted.

Europe has suffered about $1 trillion from soaring energy prices, but the deepest energy crisis in decades is just beginning, Bloomberg wrote, citing its own calculations. The estimate, calculated by Bloomberg based on market data, is the total amount of money spent on skyrocketing energy prices to supply power to consumers and companies.

Huawei will close its Enterprise Business Group division in Russia, which deals with corporate sales of data storage systems, telecommunications equipment and other information and communication technology (ICT) solutions. This is reported by “Kommersant” with reference to a source in the market.

Rostec’s lessor, Aviacapital Service (AKS), filed a lawsuit in the Moscow Arbitration Court against the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. The amount of the advance payment, which AKS intends to claim from Airbus, is about $200 million, Kommersant writes, the parties did not name the amount of the claim. International leasing consultants and sources close to Aeroflot confirmed the assessment to the newspaper.