Americans think about new sanctions, a threat to the ruble and the most strange drone

In response to the “betrayal” of Trump, Congress can be adopted by the most radical anti -Russian law during the conflict. Details - in the mailing of The Bell.

While Donald Trump is trying to justify himself for a meeting with Vladimir Putin, after which in the United States he is called a traitor in direct text, Trump's opponents prepare retaliatory anti -Russian measures. The most difficult for Russia may be the adoption of a new sanctions law, which will automatically, without the consent of the White House, impose sanctions for interference in the elections. The set of anti -Russian measures listed in the project is the most radical for the entire time of the conflict between Russia and the USA.

• The bill called Deter ACT was introduced back in January by two influential senators - the Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Chris Van Hollen, but he was not taken out for consideration - the measures listed in it then seemed too gesture even for Congress, and then hopes for the restraint of Russia were then associated with the “Kremlin list” , which the Trump administration approved two weeks later.
• After the summit in Helsinki, who caused a sharply negative reaction even among Trump's supporters, they remembered the bill, and on July 17 a number of influential congressmen led by the leader of the republican majority in the Senate Mitch MacConnell said that the project could now be adopted. In support of its adoption, the head of the Law Committee of the Senate Chak Grassley and the Bob Corker, the Committee on International Affairs Committee.
• Deter ACT proposes in the case of a new intervention of a foreign state in the elections (for example, in the intermediate elections in November 2018), in an automatic decision against it, within 10 days after the statement of the head of national intelligence that the intervention has taken place. The introduction of sanctions will not even require formal coordination with the president.
• A separate head of the project concerns measures against Russia in case of its intervention. The authors propose to freeze all American assets and correspondent accounts of Russian state banks, freeze energy assets (including private - for example, Lukoil) and defense companies and all participants in the Kremlin List (that is, the entire Russian Forbes list), as well as to prohibit American investors with Russian public debt (we described the possible consequences of this measure here ).
• The bill is so hard that even one of the main architects of the current American sanctions system, Daniel Frida, is opposed to its adoption. In January, Fried wrote about his inadmissibility a special article , and at the end of June “In connection with the information about the possible consideration of the project,” he specially reminded her on the Atlantic Council website.

What am I to me?

It is unlikely that the Rubio and Van Hollen project will be adopted in a constant January form, but even its softened version can bring much more serious problems for the Russian economy than all previous sanctions combined. And the support of the project in the Senate suggests that the new sanctions act against Russia will be developed in any case.

MONEY

Gift "Rosneft", a signal for the ruble

The weakening of currency control in Russia may not only have pleasant consequences - it can lead to a weakening of the ruble up to 65 rubles/$, predicted by Raiffeisenbank analysts in a review of July 17. Last week, the State Duma adopted amendments that cancel the mandatory repatriation of foreign exchange earnings for Russian exporters who fell under sanctions. The main beneficiary of the amendments is Rosneft, the only sanctions company among the five largest exporters, who were obliged to sell foreign exchange earnings in the Russian market in December 2014. As a result, the currency proposal in Russia can be reduced in the amount of $ 25 billion to $ 64.3 billion (so much amounts of Rosneft's currency revenue).

Down with the investment in the USA

Russia is rapidly getting rid of American government bonds, which were almost a quarter of the country's international reserves. Since the introduction of April sanctions, the Central Bank has sold 85% of the US State University belonging to it in the amount of $ 80 billion. Elvira Nabiullina explained the sale of “tenderly” by the desire to “diversify reserves, taking into account financial, economic and geopolitical risks”. It seems that the last risks played the largest role - the dollar is strengthened, and it is its analysts that it is recommended to buy in case of a possible crisis .

PRACTICE

The most strange drone

Imagine a black robot in the form of a machine that resembles two Mini Cooper in shape and size, inside - neither the steering wheel nor the dashboard, and the seats are located facing each other (be sure to look at these photos ). According to the creators, this is the safest car. This is what an extremely unusual unmanned car from Zoox looks like . According to the founders of the startup Tim Kentli-Klei and Jesse Levinson, all other companies trying to create a drone do it wrong-and they, instead of “introducing sensors and smart technologies into existing cars, are building a drone from scratch (literally). Investors estimated the plan at $ 800 million.

To work without a pass

If at the entrance to the office you have to look for your working pass among things for a long time or if you are completely inclined to forget it at home, this news will please you. The Openpath startup, which in the last round of financing attracted $ 20 million, has developed a technology that allows employees to go to the office using phones. The cloud service will recognize your smartphone and automatically opens the door. The advantage of the technology is that it can establish a connection with the phone via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and cellular communications, this makes it more reliable in comparison with many other “electronic keys”, which work only in 90% of cases.

Peter Mironenko