Evening Medusa

April 9. Rolling and falling ruble exchange rate

The euro for a day went up by three rubles , the dollar - by two. The RTS index collapsed by 12%. The reason is the new US sanctions , the introduction of which was announced on Friday.

Under sanctions, in particular, were Oleg Deripaska and Victor Vekselberg - the co -owners of Rusala, who supplies aluminum to the American market. The company's shares at the auction on Monday fell by 30%. Rusal warned that he could declare a technical default for some credit obligations.

According to Forbes, Deripaska lost 1.3 billion dollars, Vekselberg - about a billion.

Other news

Human rights organizations working in Syria reported a chemical attack in the city of Duma near Damascus. According to them, the helicopters of the Syrian armed forces dropped bombs with Zarin or Chlorine, from 40 to 70 civilians died. Russia and Syria called this information a fake.

The head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow Region, Alexander Shestun, recorded an appeal in which he complained about threats from the governor’s administration. According to Shestun, he was demanded not to coordinate the rally against the Lesnaya landfill and not to nominate his candidacy in the next elections.

A resident of the Oryol region, Alexander formerly, was sentenced to 330 hours of compulsory work for publishing a poem about Ukraine on the VKontakte social network. Five criminal cases were instituted on formerly, in one of them in 2015 he received 300 hours of compulsory work. Former is included in the list of extremists and terrorists.

Report from Hungary

In the parliamentary elections in Hungary, held on April 8, the ruling Party “Fides” and its leader Viktor Orbanwon . One of the most odious European leaders will lead the country's government for the third time in a row. The Special Corps of Medusa Konstantin Benyumov went to Hungary and found familiar signs of time there:

Now, according to the definition of European observers, the elections in Hungary are “free but not honest”: there are practically no falsifications at the voting stage, but the Orban government is ensuring that the opposition candidates, which are already actually completely discredited, does not have too broad access to funding and the media.

“The Christian nation, marriage as an alliance between a man and a woman, is called the best hits of conservatism. In my opinion, this is all flirting with the audience, ”says Peter Erdeli, journalist of the independent Hungarian edition of 444.

What else

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• Some people still believe that the earth is flat. We deal with their arguments .
• On April 14, Russia will host the Total Dictation. There is a way to prepare - with the help of our game !

Dmitry Tomilov