The international rating agency Standard & Poor's on Thursday, March 20, downgraded Russia's rating outlook to "negative" from "stable" "amid growing geopolitical and economic risks," the agency said . The agency confirmed Russia's rating "BBB".

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that Moscow will adequately respond to every hostile attack from the United States, and published a list of high-ranking Americans against whom retaliatory sanctions are being imposed.

The arrest was imposed in Russia on the accounts of the Roshen confectionery corporation, owned by the Ukrainian billionaire and politician Petro Poroshenko (No. 1284 in the global ranking of billionaires according to Forbes, fortune - $1.3 billion), spokeswoman for the corporation Inna Petrenko told ITAR-TASS on Thursday. According to Petrenko, the accounts were seized on March 14.

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The list of Russians against whom the United States imposed sanctions on March 20 included, in addition to 16 government officials, “members of the inner circle of the Russian leadership,” according to the website of the US Treasury Department. We are talking about businessmen Gennady Timchenko (No. 61 in the global ranking of billionaires according to Forbes, net worth: $15.3 billion), Yuri Kovalchuk (No. 1210, net worth: $1.4 billion), Arkady Rotenberg (No.

photo by RIA Novosti JSCB Rossiya holds assets for this amount abroad in correspondent accounts and short-term deposits Sanctions against Russia, published on March 20 by the Department of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury following the speech of President Barack Obama, concern only one legal entity - AKB Rossiya, controlled by the structures of Vladimir Putin's longtime acquaintance - Yuri Kovalchuk (No. 1210 in the Forbes world ranking of billionaires , $1.4 billion).

The Russian Presidential Administration intends to initiate a criminal investigation into the fact that a closed letter from assistant to the head of state Andrei Belousov about the state of affairs at Rusal was leaked to the media. Belousov himself told reporters about this on Thursday, Prime reports . The presidential aide called the report that the letter contained recommendations to the main owner and CEO of Rusal Oleg Deripaska (No.

The Federal Tax Service on Thursday denied tax audits against Dozhd, saying that it was checking the lease agreements for the TV channel’s premises in the Red October business center at the request of a State Duma deputy, the Prime agency reported, citing the press service of the Federal Tax Service. “The service does not conduct a tax audit in relation to the Dozhd TV channel,” the Federal Tax Service said in a press release.

Businessman Gennady Timchenko (No. 61 in the global ranking of billionaires according to Forbes, fortune - $15.3 billion), against whom the United States imposed sanctions on March 20, sold his stake in the oil trader Gunvor to the company's executive director Torbjorn Tornqvist, reported .

President Vladimir Putin will hold a so-called direct line in April and communicate with citizens on television, the Kommersant newspaper wrote on Thursday, citing sources and the press secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. Peskov confirmed that the “direct line” could take place in April, but did not name the exact date and expected topics of the conversation. According to government sources, the broadcast will most likely take place no earlier than mid-April.

Billionaires from the Forbes list and Rossiya Bank fell under American sanctions. Forbes is monitoring the situation On March 20, US President Barack Obama announced a new package of restrictions against Russian citizens and organizations. The sanctions are Washington’s response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol without the consent of the Ukrainian authorities, following the results of a referendum in the autonomous republic.

Photo by Evgeny Mironenko Pavel Durov's dreams of maintaining control in the company he created did not come true. How much of the blame for this lies with the founder of VKontakte himself? After the issue went to press, it became known that Ivan Tavrin sold his stake in VKontakte to the Mail.Ru Group holding, which became the largest shareholder with a share of almost 52%.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) has identified a channel for smuggling weapons from EU countries to Russia through the territory of Ukraine, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the FSB public relations center. The FSB noted that smuggled supplies of weapons from EU countries through Ukraine were carried out using road, rail transport, as well as postal operators.

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