Photo: Reuters In the operational cash desks of Moscow, against the backdrop of a sharp collapse of the ruble, interruptions in cash in dollars or euros began. In some places there is no currency, and in some banks you have to order it in advance. Field tests The ruble depreciated by 4.5% during trading on the Moscow Exchange on Wednesday. The daily maximum was 85.99 rubles. per dollar and 93.7 rubles. per euro.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pay an unofficial visit to Russia ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's trip to Japan. Both leaders agreed on this during a telephone conversation on Friday.

Four new divisions in the western and central directions will be formed in Russia in response to the build-up of NATO exercises, the commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces said.

As of January 22, more than 20 cases of H1N1 influenza were registered in Kamchatka. This was reported by the regional Ministry of Health, Interfax reports . According to the department, among the sick there are 18 adults and 3 children, all of them “with moderate severity.” No severe or atypical forms of influenza or viral pneumonia have been registered, the ministry noted. in Moscow was recorded The day before, the first flu death of the new year .

March Brent crude futures rose above $30 per barrel. This is evidenced by data from the London ICE exchange. As of 10:47 Moscow time, its price was $30.25 per barrel. The day before, January 21, oil also increased the price of WTI . March WTI futures rose above $30 per barrel during trading. According to former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, the price of oil for a very short time could drop to $18 or even $16 per barrel.

Oleg Barabanov filed a claim for his own bankruptcy Photo: RBC The owner of one of the largest St. Petersburg auto holdings, RRT, Oleg Barabanov, filed a claim for his own bankruptcy. According to materials on the website of the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, the claim has not yet been accepted for proceedings. The entrepreneur’s application was registered on January 21, 2016. He himself confirmed the information about the claim in a conversation with RBC St.

Kiev expects $7 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Petro Poroshenko stated this in an interview with CNN, according to the Twitter page of the Ukrainian presidential administration. Earlier, Poroshenko in an interview with Bloomberg said that Ukraine expects to receive the third tranche from the IMF in February. He noted that the next IMF mission is not expected to arrive in the country and the fund does not put forward any special conditions for receiving money.

We are talking about “information attacks” concerning events in Ukraine, the migration crisis in Europe and guardianship issues in Finland This week, about 100 Finnish government employees were trained in American methods of repelling information attacks. We are talking about “information attacks” concerning events in Ukraine, the migration crisis in Europe and guardianship issues in Finland.

Concept Group plans to enter the Indian market, and if the experiment is successful, the company may expand its business to China and Arab countries. about this in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel.

Photo: AP The report on the death of Alexander Litvinenko said that he was probably killed with the knowledge of the Russian leadership. Now British politicians are deciding how to punish Russia What is a public inquiry? On January 21, the results of a public investigation into the death of Alexander Litvinenko were announced at the Royal Court of London and at the same time in parliament. Public inquiries are held in the UK in cases of high public importance.

The exhibition of Russian artist Valentin Serov, exhibited at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, will be open in the evenings “until the last visitor.” this Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky announced on his Twitter page. “I went to the Tretyakov Gallery. We decided: V. Serov’s exhibition will be open in the evenings “until the last.” visitor" until January 24, on," he wrote. As previously reported, the exhibition “Valentin Serov.

Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China Li Yuanchao acknowledged the "immaturity" of the Chinese stock market and promised, if necessary, to continue the policy of intervention to prevent speculation. "Not yet mature" China will continue to intervene in the stock market to curb speculation that harms bona fide investors, Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao said in an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday in Davos, Switzerland, where the World Economic Forum is taking place.

Oil prices will reach minimum levels within one to three months, says Citigroup analyst Ivan Shpakovsky. He also called oil the “deal of the year” because it will pull up a wide range of assets. Oil will hit bottom within one to three months, Ivan Shpakovsky, an analyst at Citigroup in Hong Kong, told Bloomberg .

A rally in support of Ramzan Kadyrov has started in Grozny.

The President of Kyrgyzstan denounced the agreement with Russia on the construction and operation of hydroelectric power stations. Previously, the Kyrgyz authorities stated that Russia, due to the economic downturn, is no longer able to finance projects in this country Photo: Vladimir Smirnov/TASS President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev approved the denunciation of the agreement with Russia on the construction and operation of the Kambarata HPP-1 and the Upper Naryn cascade of HPPs. this .