The State Duma Budget Committee recommended adopting in the second reading the norm on introducing taxation on interest on deposits and savings accounts exceeding one million rubles . This was reported by TASS. According to the draft law, only ruble deposits with a rate of no more than 1%, as well as interest on escrow accounts, will not be taxed. Income from interest on foreign currency deposits will be converted into rubles on the date of their actual receipt.

A 65-year-old woman died in the Moscow region, who was diagnosed with a coronavirus infection. This is the first death from COVID-19 in the region, the operational headquarters said. Also on the evening of March 30, four more people died in Moscow. The operational headquarters emphasized that all of them had chronic diseases. The deceased were between 76 and 86 years old. In total, taking into account the latest data in Russia, 17 people died from coronavirus infection.

Why you can trust our articles about coronavirus - and who writes them for you Hi all! Starting from this letter, you will receive another “Evening Medusa”, because now everyone is interested in only one topic - and you know what. None of us living on the planet have ever experienced anything like this epidemic (and this quarantine) - and none of us journalists have covered it.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. System for tracking citizens in Moscow with QR code. Can the authorities use it later to control society? On March 30, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin promised to create a city system of control over the movement of citizens in a few days. It will contain information about the actual addresses of millions of people and, probably, other personal information.

More than 100,000 people have been infected with the coronavirus in Italy since the start of the pandemic. The total number of infected according to the results of the daily report of the authorities on the evening of March 30 amounted to 101,739 people. During the entire epidemic in Italy, 11,591 people died from COVID-19 - this is almost a third of deaths worldwide. Over the past day, 812 people have died. 14,620 people have recovered from the disease.

Russia, represented by the Federal Property Management Agency, established the Roszarubezhneft company with an authorized capital of 322 billion 752.01 million rubles. This was done on March 28, the day when the Russian government announced the purchase of Rosneft assets in Venezuela. Interfax reports this. The new company was headed by a man named Nikolai Aleksandrovich Rybchuk.

Update: This article has been corrected to indicate that for individuals below 65 years old, the measures announced for St. Petersburg are recommendations; they are only mandatory for older residents. Meduza regrets the error. The government of St. Petersburg has issued a general self-isolation recommendation, according to a document posted on the city’s website. While the recommendation remains in place, residents of St.

The government of St. Petersburg recommended that all residents of the region observe the regime of complete self-isolation. The corresponding decision is posted on the official website of the city administration. During self-isolation, it is recommended to leave the house only to work, to the store, to the doctor, to the pharmacy, or to take out the trash and walk with the pet. For people over 65 years of age, the isolation requirement is mandatory, for the rest it is only a recommendation.

A running list Alexander Astafyev / Pool / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin (left) and Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin attend a meeting of the government team responsible for combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. March 30, 2020 On the evening of March 29, the governments of the city of Moscow and the Moscow region announced that both areas would fall under shelter-in-place orders the following day to suppress the coronavirus epidemic.

Russian non-profit organizations have asked Russians not to refuse donations during the coronavirus. They launched a flash mob on social networks #if there are no funds, which shows the importance of charity in the life of every person. As the ideologist of the flash mob, representative of the Warm House Foundation Anastasia Ryabtseva, said, in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, people began to save money.

Akkalak aiempradit / shutterstock.com Quotes “A hundred -year -old vaccine is studied as a means of combating coronavirus” ( Bloomberg ) “BCG vaccines more than a million children a year in countries where tuberculosis is common, but now researchers say that it can help in the fight against new coronavirus” ( Reuters ) “The refusal of BCG vaccinations was associated with high mortality from coronavirus” ( Rambler ) In a number of media outlets there were reports that BCG vaccine can protect

Russia's capital becomes a ghost town as residents begin to shelter in place Evgeny Feldman for Meduza Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin ordered a citywide self-isolation regime to begin in Russia’s capital on March 30. The measure is intended to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. City residents will only be permitted to leave their homes in order to go to work, visit the nearest grocery stores or pharmacies, walk their pets near their buildings, or receive urgent medical care.

Backstreet Boys participants are sitting home - and give concerts straight from their own living rooms, wardrobes and pools. Especially for the FOX channel, the group performed its 1999 hit “I Want it that Way”. The musicians did not even have to change clothes - many sang in home clothes. The children of Backstreet Boys participants also starred in the video. Austin Kellerman Now urgently review the clip on I Want it that Way!

European countries are recalling thousands of Chinese protective masks and coronavirus tests that turned out to be of poor quality. According to Vice, the Netherlands has recalled 600,000 FFP2 respirators with defective filters from hospitals. Another 700,000 masks from the same batch will not be distributed to medical facilities, according to NOS. As a result, hospitals in the Netherlands do not have enough protective masks, so they are forced to reuse them after sterilization.

Presidents of Russia and the United States Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump held telephone conversations. During the conversation, the presidents discussed the fight against the coronavirus and the possibility of closer bilateral cooperation on this issue. In addition, Putin and Trump "exchanged views on the current state of the world oil market" and agreed to hold further consultations between the energy ministries.