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Ukraine. The sixth day. What is happening now
On the night of February 24, Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a “special military operation” in Ukraine in order to “protect the inhabitants of Donbass”.
We continue to follow the main events in our online. About how the events developed, read online for February 24th . About the main events of February 25 here
About the events of the third day we led online here.
Online, dedicated to the fifth day of hostilities, we were forced to remove at the request of Roskomnadzor.
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The day before, the first negotiations were held between the delegations of Ukraine and Russia, which lasted about five hours. The parties agreed to meet again - after consultations with the leaders of the countries. According to members of the Russian delegation, “some points on which can predict common positions” were found; The Ukrainian delegation said that "a number of priority topics were determined by which certain decisions were outlined."
The ruble collapsed. The Central Bank raised the key rate to 20%. After the opening of trading on the Moscow Exchange, euro and dollar courses reached historical marks and exceeded 132 and 117 rubles, respectively. The Central Bank ordered exporters to sell 80% of foreign exchange earnings. At the time of the closing of a trading at 19:00 euros, there was 106 rubles, the dollar - 94 rubles.
In turn, Vladimir Putin forbade residents of Russia to transfer currency to his own accounts in foreign banks and to translate payment services to foreign suppliers.
More than 1 million people signed a petition against hostilities in Ukraine.
12:20
Taiwan will join measures to turn off Russian banks from SWIFT, RIA Novosti reports .
12:00
Canada intends to refuse to supply raw oil from Russia, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Reuters writes about this.
“We announce our intention to prohibit all the import of raw oil from Russia - the industry, which has benefited President Putin and its oligarchs,” Trudeau said.
Canada is one of the largest oil exporters in the world. The share of the imported oil from Russia for this country is less than a percent. According to RBC , in 2020–2021, Canada did not buy raw oil from Russia and imported only oil products - $ 132 million and $ 277 million, respectively.
11:40
The Tomsk branch of the unregistered Libertarian Party of Russia (LPR) filed a notice to the city hall of the city of the rally against hostilities in Ukraine. The event is planned to be held on March 12 on Novo-Sobornaya Square.
The protest is scheduled for 14:00, according to the notification transferred to the city hall, the approximate number of rally participants are estimated at a thousand people. The organizers noted that, they “almost have no doubt that the administration does not agree on this rally”, without explaining whether they are going to hold an event in this case.
11:20
Sberbank, following a sharp increase in the key rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to 20%, again raised the mortgage rates, Interfax reports . The growth amounted to 7.3 percentage points. The loan rate on under construction and finished housing from March 1 will be from 18.6% (earlier - from 11.3%).
The bets under state support programs have not changed, the bank said.
Sberbank recalled that customers can reduce the mortgage rate during the electronic registration of the transaction, the initial contribution of 20%, as well as when confirming the income or its part of the extract from the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. In addition, the bank has rates of 0.1% for subsidizing programs with developers, the bank notes.
The consumer loan rate for any purpose starts from March 1, 2022 from 21.9% (earlier - from 6.9%), follows from the bank materials.
11:00
MasterCard disconnected several Russian banks from its system due to sanctions. The company does not specify which credit organizations are in question. The company will continue to work with regulatory authorities in order to fully comply with obligations to fulfill the requirements.
10:40
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation proposes to provide the status of a veteran to the participants of the "special operation" in Ukraine. The draft federal law has been published in the database of regulatory documents, writes TASS.
- surcharges to pension;
- tax, housing and communal benefits;
- free travel by city and suburban transport;
- trips for rehabilitation or rest;
- providing prostheses and prosthetic orthopedic goods;
- Vacation benefits.
In the light of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, WarnerMedia suspenses the release of the feature film "Batman" in Russia. We will continue to monitor the development of the situation and hope for the speedy peaceful resolution of this tragedy.
09:30
Vladimir Zelensky made a new appeal. According to him, the delegation will soon return to Kyiv and then in the country will determine how to approach the second round. The President of Ukraine advocated that Russia needs to close the entrances to all ports and airports in the world and abandon Russian goods.
09:00
The European Union imposed new sanctions against Russia. The list included a press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, the Russian billionaire and founder of the USM Holdings Alisher Usmanov. This was reported in the official journal of the EU.
In total, 26 Russians fell under European sanctions, including high -ranking officials and military, businessmen and journalists. Among them are also the main owner of Severstal, Alexei Mordashov, chairman of the board of directors of Alfa-Bank, Peter Aven, the head of the Alfa-Group Supervisory Board Mikhail Friedman, TV presenters Arkady Mamontov, Anton Krasovsky, Olga Skoyan, Tigran Keosayan and cellist Sergei Rooldugin.
In addition, the European Union introduced restrictions on the Sogaz insurance company.
Japan also imposed personal sanctions against Putin, Medvedev and Lavrov. Also, Sergey Shoigu, the Secretary of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev and the head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov fell under the personal sanctions.