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The cost of war in Ukraine. Online April 28
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15:05 The court sent Blinovskaya under house arrest in the case of tax evasion for almost a billion rubles and money laundering. Earlier today, the TFR reported that Blinovskaya, during interrogation, repented of her deed and fully admitted her guilt.
13:30 The Central Bank for the fifth time kept the key rate at 7.5%. It has been at this level since September last year.
12:21 Daria Trepova, accused of the murder of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, was included in the list of terrorists and extremists.
On April 24, the Moscow City Court left Trepova under arrest in the case of an explosion in a St. Petersburg cafe, which the investigation qualified as a terrorist attack. Trepova, according to investigators, carried a figurine with explosives into the cafe, only Tatarsky died.
Ukraine and supporters of Alexei Navalny were immediately accused of organizing and planning the explosion.
Earlier this week, Navalny announced that a new terrorism case had been singled out against him, in which he could face life imprisonment. Navalny's colleague Ivan Zhdanov (recognized as a foreign agent) believes that the new "case of terrorism" is probably connected with the murder of Tatarsky.
The main thing for the night and morning:
- Georgia has become the second supplier of still wines to Russia, displacing Spain and approaching the leading Italy, writes Kommersant . Over 13 million liters of wine were imported from Georgia in the first quarter, up 49% year-on-year. Supplies of other types of alcohol from Georgia are also growing - imports of sparkling wines in the first quarter increased by 8.5 times, Georgian cognacs and brandy - by 120%. Experts attribute the growth to the “specifics of difficult times”: deliveries from other countries were difficult for political and logistical reasons. With Georgia, which has taken a neutral position on Ukraine, there are no problems with payment and delivery.
- All over Ukraine, was announced an air alert in Kiev at night, and rocket attacks were reported on several cities, including Dnipro, Kremenchug, Poltava and Nikolaev. Air defense worked . In Uman, a rocket hit a residential nine-story building - six people were killed, nine were injured. in Dnipro died A woman and a three-year-old child . This is the first rocket attack on Ukraine since the beginning of March.
- Blogger Elena Blinovskaya, during the interrogation, repented of her deed and fully admitted her guilt, the Investigative Committee said in the morning. Today, the court will choose a measure of restraint for her. In addition, the Investigative Committee writes that it will look for persons who will warn Blinovskaya that they are going to detain her. We talked about how the Blinovskaya case became indicative in the evening mailing list .
- Intel posted its biggest quarterly loss in its history. In the first quarter, the company's revenue fell by 36% year-on-year. This is the fifth consecutive quarter of falling sales of one of the largest chip manufacturers and the second quarter with a loss. However, Intel's performance was better than analysts' expectations, so its shares rose 2.8%. How Intel has lost its leadership in the processor market and is trying to get out of the crisis, read here .
- Microsoft, despite statements about leaving Russia, continues to cooperate with some private Russian companies, learned Kommersant . According to him, since the beginning of the year, about a thousand organizations - Russian representative offices of international companies and legal entities that have not fallen under sanctions - have received offers from Microsoft to renew licenses for its software. Market participants believe that this is how the company is trying to maintain its presence in Russia and reduce the level of piracy.
- Erdogan will not appear in public again today - he will take part in the opening ceremony of the bridge online, reports Anadolu . The President of Turkey had health problems three weeks before the most difficult election of his career.
- The Central Bank will consider the issue of the key rate today, most analysts expect it to remain at 7.5%. It has remained at this level since September last year. In March, the Central Bank allowed rate hikes in the face of increased pro-inflationary risks. Such risks are now creating increased budget spending. However, the authorities do not yet see this as a problem.
- Russia may ban the sale of potatoes, other vegetables and fruits in nets, which could lead to a 20% increase in prices for such products, writes Vedomosti . The Russian environmental operator is in favor of abandoning this type of packaging: polyethylene mesh bags are difficult to recycle, because of them the equipment often fails. The issue has already been raised at a meeting in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, but no decision has been made yet.