After a three-month decline, the Brazilian real hit a new all-time low. Since the beginning of the year, the Brazilian currency has fallen in price by 52%. In September, S&P downgraded Brazil's credit rating to junk. Brazilian real (Photo: REUTERS 2015) The Brazilian real, which fell for the third month in a row, set a new historical low. As of 16:42 Moscow time, one dollar at the auction gave 4.0519 Brazilian reals.

Photo: flickr.com/100heads On Monday, Skype users around the world experienced a service outage. In Russia, only the mobile version of the messenger is used for personal and work purposes by more than 4 million people. Massive complaints about the work of Skype appeared on social networks from about 11 a.m. Moscow time.

Leading media outlets in Crimea and Sevastopol received a letter asking them to stop using the word “Majlis.” The letter came from the Ministry of Internal Policy of Information and Communications of the Republic of Crimea, reports the Sevastopol portal ForPost. The ministry's message focuses on a letter signed by the prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea, Natalya Poklonskaya, addressed to the department.

The Cabinet of Ministers announced the start of the procedure for restructuring the state debt. The Ukrainian Ministry of Finance is ordered to suspend payments on debt obligations Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk (Photo: Maxim Nikitin/TASS) Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk signed an order to begin the procedure for restructuring and partial write-off of state and state-guaranteed debt.

Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina/RBC The implementation of the strategy to support small and medium-sized businesses in 2016 may cost the state 20 billion rubles. The main volume will be received by the Ministry of Economic Development, and Rosmolodezh has appeared on the list of recipients of budget funds. President Vladimir Putin ordered the development of a strategy to support small and medium-sized businesses following the work of the State Council, which took place on April 7, 2015.

In Moscow, on the morning of September 22, the most difficult morning rush hour for the entire September was recorded. This is stated in a message from the Yandex.Traffic service on Twitter. Currently, traffic jams in the capital are estimated at three points. On September 22, the “World Car Free Day” event is taking place in many cities around the world, including Moscow. According to m24.ru , it is expected that about 10 thousand people will take part in the action.

A US federal court on Monday sentenced the former owner of the peanut company Peanut Corporation of America to 28 years in prison. The court found him guilty of a salmonellosis outbreak that killed nine people, Reuters reports . Former owner of Peanut Corporation of America Stuart Parnell and his brother Michael Parnell, who sold peanuts, were found guilty of supplying spoiled nuts to customers in September 2014, knowing that they were contaminated with salmonella.

“It’s a drive, it’s like juggling a thousand crystal balls when you can’t drop a single one.” Photo: Artem Goloshchapov for RBC Cellular retailer Svyaznoy experienced a change in its key shareholder: its founder Maxim Nogotkov was unable to repay a $120 million loan to Mikhail Prokhorov’s ONEXIM group. ONEXIM assigned the debt to the Solvers group of Oleg Malis, who in February 2015 took possession of a controlling stake in the Cyprus Trellas Enterprises LIMITED, which unites Nogotkov’s assets.

Against the background of the decline of the retail market, personnel changes began in the management of monoliner banks. The Chairman of the Board of the Hungarian OTP Bank, Georgy Chesakov, is leaving his post on October 15; the shareholders have not yet found a replacement for him Photo: Novoderezhkin Anton/TASS Three sources close to the bank told RBC that Chesakov was leaving OTP Bank and was confirmed by the press service.

Photo: AR Ukrainian activists on Sunday began blocking roads from Ukraine to Crimea. They also stated that they would demand an energy blockade of the peninsula. RBC was looking into whether Crimea could provide itself with resources. Unlimited promotion The blockade of Crimea began at noon on Sunday. The protesters are trying to prevent Ukrainian commercial transport with cargo for Crimea from entering the territory of the peninsula.

Musician Sean Combs, known under the pseudonym P Diddy, topped the Hip-Hop Cash Kings ranking of the highest paid hip-hop artists, compiled by American Forbes. According to the publication, last year he earned $60 million. It is noted that P Diddy does not perform often, and his main income comes from the TV show Revolt, the Sean John clothing brand, Ciroc vodka and Aquahydrate water. Not long ago, he announced that his new album, No Way Out 2, was being prepared for release.

Rescue work has been completed at the site of the collapse of a residential building in Omsk. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. The department said that the removal of rubble was carried out mainly on the second floor, the situation was complicated by the possibility of further destruction of the building. A two-story residential building collapsed on the afternoon of September 22. As a result, one person died and five were hospitalized.

The United States is preparing to deploy new American atomic bombs of the B61-12 type in Germany, which can be used on German aircraft. The ZDF TV channel learned about this after studying the budget of the American Air Force.

Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina/RBC RBC studied credit institutions offering the highest rates on deposits - at 14% per annum. Is it worth keeping money there? Using the Sravni.ru service, RBC Money selected ten deposits with the highest rates (13.5–14% per annum) as of the beginning of September, and analysts from the rating agency Rus-Rating analyzed the statements of the banks offering them.

The head of the Kurortny district of St. Petersburg will join the board of directors of Rossiya Airlines and JSC Pulkovo Airport A. Kuimov (Photo: gov.spb.ru) The government of St. Petersburg delegated the head of the Kurortny district, Alexei Kuimov, formerly one of the leaders of the party “For Holy Rus',” to the boards of directors of Rossiya Airlines and Pulkovo Airport OJSC. reports this Fontanka with reference to a source in the airline. On the board of directors of Rossiya, A.