Russia and the USA closer to a military clash in Syria. What scenario can it develop? US attack on the Syrian air base in 2017. Photo: US Ministry of Defense After today's tweets of Donald Trump and the statements of the American Ministry of Defense, doubts that the United States in the coming days, and possibly, will not strike at Syria in Syria.

After Donald Trump called on Russia to prepare for a missile attack on Syria, oil prices jumped, and WTI showed a two-week high. Oil as a whole rises in price against the background of the escalation of the conflict - the market is afraid of interruptions in supplies from the Middle East. Both Brent and WTI began to rise in price today a few hours after the opening of trading and by the time of the announcement they were up by more than 3%.

President Donald Trump called on Russia to prepare for a US missile attack on Syria. “Russia has promised to shoot down all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready, Russia, because they will arrive, cool, new and "smart"! You shouldn't be allied with the Gas Killing Animal," he tweeted . https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/984022625440747520 “Our relationship with Russia is now worse than ever, including the Cold War. There is no reason for this.

"Black Tuesday" was replaced by "black Wednesday" for the ruble - at the auctions that opened today, the Russian currency fell to more than 80 rubles / € (a record since March 2016), the dollar traded above 64 rubles. But the fall quickly stopped, and by 12:00 Moscow time, the euro costs 78.85 rubles, the dollar - 63.85.

An American missile attack on Syria after the alleged chemical attack in Douma seems to take place after all - at night the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) warned airlines about the danger of flying in the Eastern Mediterranean due to possible missile attacks on Syria. According to the report, strikes are possible within 72 hours with air-to-ground missiles and / or cruise missiles. According to TASS , the Federal Air Transport Agency sent out a similar notice.

The American attack on Assad becomes inevitable - and for the ruble it does not mean anything good The American missile blow to Syria after the alleged chimatima in the Duma seems to be the same-at night the European Aviation Security Agency (EASA) warned the airline about the danger of flights in the Eastern Mediterranean due to possible missile attacks on Syria. According to the message, blows are possible within 72 hours by missiles of the “Air - Earth” class and/or cruise missiles.

Plastic penguins in front of the Bolshoi Theater, digested sidewalks, multi -kilometer traffic jams, crowds of hurrying people, artificial Sakura in the central streets, and to top it off - ultra -high housing prices - Moscow is a complex and controversial city. But not everything for which the capital is customary to scold is true. Together with a partner - the Neva Towers complex, we checked several of the most common myths about Moscow.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg spoke at a US Senate hearing on the leak of 87 million user data. The meeting lasted more than five hours, and given Facebook's previous many missteps during the Cambridge Analytica crisis, the worst was to be expected. But in the end, according to Bloomberg, Zuckerberg looked prepared and confident, and during his speech, the company's shares rose by 4.5%.