What's happened The Duma Ethics Commission found no "violations of behavioral norms" in Leonid Slutsky's behavior. Earlier, three journalists openly accused him of harassment, one of whom had a tape recording of a conversation with harassment.

What's happened The US Federal Reserve System (FRS) raised its key rate from 1.5% to 1.75%. The forecast remains the same: in 2018 the rate will be increased twice more, and in 2019 - three times. 1.75% is the highest Fed rate since December 2008. In 2008-2015, the rate remained at a historically low level of 0–0.25%. Why is it important This is the first rate decision made by new Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, appointed late last year by Donald Trump to replace Janet Yellen.

The main theme of the day was the poisoning of dozens of children in Volokolamsk and a rally, where Governor Vorobyov nearly beat the governor Residents of Volokolamsk at the hospital, where children with a diagnosis of "poisoning" were hospitalized. Photo: Mikhail Postuev/TASS The main theme of the day was the poisoning of dozens of children in Volokolamsk.

Photo: Mikhail Postuev/TASS What's happened The theme of the day today was events in Volokolamsk. In the afternoon, 57 children with complaints of nausea, vomiting and nasal bleeding contacted the city’s hospitals. Given adults, 69 people were injured. Some victims were brought to the ambulance. Parents of children associate their condition with emissions at the Yadrovo garbage training ground. Representatives of the regional Ministry of Health denied this during the day.

What's happened The Venezuelan cryptocurrency Petro, which was launched in late February, was created jointly by Russian and Venezuelan officials and businessmen to circumvent US sanctions, say Time sources . They say that Vladimir Putin personally decided to help Venezuela. How it all started Time writes that Russia is trying to fight the dominance of the dollar in the world market and US sanctions, including with the help of cryptocurrencies.

What's happened The former head of Uber Travis Kalanik almost a year after dismissal from his own company found a new lesson - for $ 150 million he will buy a startup City Storage Systems (CSS) and will become his CEO. The company is engaged in reselling problem real estate, it was founded by one of the early Uber investors Diego Berdaki. What does ubereats have to do with it?

What's happened While Facebook is shaking, Amazon is tearing up - last night, Jeff Bezos' company for the first time outperformed Google's parent company Alphabet in capitalization. Details With a value of $768 billion, Amazon has become the second most valuable company in the world after Apple ($889 billion). Amazon bridged the $200 billion price gap with Alphabet (less than it separates it from Apple) in just 2 months.

What's happened The struggle for positions in the new government can be considered almost officially announced - Alexei Kudrin, who developed the economic program for Putin's fourth term, wrote a programmatic article in Kommersant with an equally programmatic title, "Three tasks in two years." Details The main idea is not original - after the elections, in which the president received 77% of the votes, there is no need to think about how to “not alarm the voter” with reforms and “finally focus

Alexey Kudrin began preparations for the formation of a new government with a program article Alexey Kudrin. Photo: kremlin.ru The struggle for positions in the new government can be considered almost officially declared - Alexei Kudrin, who was developing an economic program for the fourth period of Putin, wrote a software article in Kommersant with no less program heading “Three Tasks for two years”.