The collapse of the ruble on Tuesday only accelerated. What will happen next? Photo: AGN "Moscow" The Black Monday in the Russian market was replaced by the Black Tuesday - at least for the ruble. The dollar went up to 63 rubles, the euro - to 78. Analysts assure that the market reaction is “redundant” and are already waiting for correction tomorrow - but they said the same thing yesterday.

Last year, bitcoin (despite regular crashes and high volatility) experienced a real boom - from January 2017 to December, the cryptocurrency grew to $ 20 thousand (an increase of 2000%). In December, American exchanges began trading in cryptocurrency futures: the market opened up for large funds, and it seemed that it was in for unbridled growth ahead - Citigroup analysts, for example, predicted a rate of $300,000.

The ruble is falling for the second day, and today it is falling faster than yesterday. The dollar exchange rate exceeded 63 rubles/$ for the first time since the summer of 2016 and by the evening it had remained stable: at 17:30 Moscow time the dollar was worth 63.3 rubles. The euro exchange rate exceeded 78 rubles/€ for the first time since December 2015 and by 17:30 it was 78.3 rubles.

Yulia Skripal has been discharged from the hospital in Salisbury, said the head physician of the institution, Christine Blanchard. The woman was moved to a "safe place," clarifies the BBC Russian service , citing unnamed sources. Former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal remains in the hospital. Details “Julia has already been discharged from the hospital. She asked the media to respect her privacy, and I wanted to remind her of this request, ”Blachar said.

A bill on new sanctions against Russia, this time in connection with the poisoning of Yulia and Sergei Skripal, was introduced on April 5, 2018. The main proposal is to ban American investors from making transactions with new issues of Russian government debt and to ban any transactions with Russian state-owned banks in the United States. The chances of the bill being passed are not so great, but it has already managed to become a factor in today's fall of the ruble.

At the auctions on the Moscow Exchange that opened on Monday, the ruble continued to fall - the dollar exchange rate for the first time since the summer of 2016 exceeded 63 rubles / $ and is trading at 63.2 rubles at 11:45 Moscow time. exchange rate The euro for the first time since December 2015 exceeded 77 rubles / € and now stands at 77.9 rubles, and in time of trading it also broke through the mark of 78.

The largest payment systems will create a service for mobile transfers from card to card, Vedomosti reports , citing sources. They can be used by clients of different banks. Details Money can be transferred using a phone number. Now many banks provide this service, but money can only be transferred to a client of the same bank. If the card is opened in another bank, you need its number. Pochta Bank, VTB and Tinkoff Bank are already planning to connect to the system.

For victims of sanctions, a tax paradise on the island of Russian will create Photo: Pexels Yesterday Dmitry Medvedev promised that the government will help companies affected by sanctions - and today there is already a first aid measure. Oligarchs (today Bloomberg estimated their losses from sanctions of $ 16 billion) will propose to transfer foreign assets to domestic offshores in the Kaliningrad region and on the island of Russian near Vladivostok.

The first measure of assistance to the sanctioned oligarchs will be the creation of domestic Russian offshore companies for them in the Kaliningrad region and on Russky Island near Vladivostok. In these zones, a special ultra-favorable tax and legislative regime will be provided.