US President Donald Trump has begun setting the stage for a possible military strike against the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in response to the alleged chemical attack in Douma. France and Great Britain can join the USA. According to the Wall Street Journal , at least one American destroyer has already headed for the Syrian coast.

Why did American sanctions work, which were previously considered non -working Photo: Pixabay.com / Gerealt To understand the consequences of large events, sometimes it makes sense to wait. The expansion of US sanctions is the news of last Friday, and, as in all previous cases, neither the Russian nor even the foreign markets have practically responded to the news. Well, sanctions and sanctions.

In front of people, a person goes crazy in front of his eyes and begins to look for someone manic, but they are completely indifferent to them The court began in the case of attempted on me. It is very strange to write it all. But I'll try. Preliminary hearings took place. Further, already on April 18, they will begin to consider the case on the merits. I do not plan to go to meetings. I will only give testimony. I studied the case file.

The Russian Ministry of Finance has canceled April 11 auctions for the placement of federal loan bonds. As stated in the message of the Ministry of Finance , the cancellation is due to "unfavorable market conditions." This is the first such decision of the Ministry since August 2015, Bloomberg notes . According to RBC , at the last auction a week ago, the Ministry of Finance placed bonds of federal loans for 20 billion rubles.

The head of the Central Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, speaking at the Moscow Exchange forum, said that she does not see risks for financial stability in the collapse of the ruble exchange rate and regards the fall in quotations as a correction. Meanwhile, according to Kommersant , according to trading data on the Moscow Exchange, at 10:33 Moscow time, the dollar exchange rate for the first time since January 4, 2017 exceeded 62 rubles / $.

In the Syrian conflict, Russia and the United States approached a dangerous line, behind which is their direct military clash with unpredictable consequences The UN Council of Security Council after a chemical attack in Syria, April 9, 2018 photo : un.org The theory that the past in the modern world is doomed to be repeated, but events are taking place at an accelerated pace.

The jury delivered a guilty verdict in the case of the "Primorsky partisans", which is being considered for the third time in the Primorsky Regional Court in Vladivostok. The jury considered the involvement of the defendants in the murder of four residents of Primorye in September 2009 proven. At the same time, the jury considered that all five defendants deserve leniency, Interfax reports . The term of punishment for the defendants will be determined by the court.

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation set the exchange rate for April 11. The euro has risen in price by 5 rubles, the dollar - by almost 4 rubles. The dollar exchange rate on April 11 was 62.3699, the euro exchange rate was 76.8522. On April 10, foreign currencies were worth 58.5714 and 71.884 respectively. On April 10, the dollar exchange rate for the first time since January 4, 2017 exceeded 62 rubles/$. The euro exchange rate exceeded 77 rubles/€ for the first time since May 2016.

American Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro proposed a bill that would ban transactions with Russia's new sovereign debt. Vedomosti writes that according to the bill, sanctions must be imposed by US President Donald Trump within 60 days after its adoption. No later than 90 days after the imposition of sanctions, the President will prohibit US citizens from engaging in transactions with Russian sovereign debt issued on or after 180 days after the imposition of sanctions.

Former governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleev, who resigned after a fire in the Zimnyaya Cherry shopping center, was elected chairman of the Council of People's Deputies of the region. On April 1, Tuleev himself wrote and sent a letter of resignation to the president. In his video message, he linked his decision to the fire that claimed the lives of 64 people. “It is impossible to work as governor with such a heavy load. It’s morally impossible,” Tuleev said.

On May 7, the Volokolamsk city court will essentially consider the claim of residents against Yadrovo LLC. People demand to close the landfill and pay them 800 thousand rubles. compensation. Interfax was told in court that eight people filed lawsuits, each of them demanding 100,000 rubles. The administration of the Volokolamsky district of the Moscow region is declared as a third party in the case.

Who and for what reasons were chosen by defendants for a new sanctions list and whether it is possible to achieve an exclusion from it - The New Times asked the famous economist Anders Audond from the Washington Atlantic Council NT: *judging by what is written in the documents of OFAC (Office for Foreign Asset Control - an office for monitoring foreign assets of the US Department of Finance), 24 names and 15 companies were punished for the Crimea, and for the war in the east of Ukraine, and for

Who and for what reasons were chosen by defendants for a new sanctions list and whether it is possible to achieve an exclusion from it - The New Times asked the famous economist Anders Audond from the Washington Atlantic Council NT: *judging by what is written in the documents of OFAC (Office for Foreign Asset Control - an office for monitoring foreign assets of the US Department of Finance), 24 names and 15 companies were punished for the Crimea, and for the war in the east of Ukraine, and for

Judge Tatyana Vasyuchenko of the Presnensky Court of Moscow, who sentenced the former governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh to eight years in a strict regime colony, resigned of her own free will. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the city qualification board of judges. Vasyuchenko resigned on March 15. The reasons for her departure are not yet known. The Collegium terminated the powers of the judge at her request. Belykh's verdict was announced on February 1.

The cumulative losses of the richest people in Russia after the imposition of US sanctions amounted to $16 billion. Vladimir Potanin lost the most from the list of Bloomberg Billionaires. According to Bloomberg , the fortune of the main owner of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, who was not included in the sanctions list, decreased by $2.25 billion.