Attempts by Roskomnadzor to block access to Telegram turned into the largest blocking in history - over the past 24 hours, the agency actually blocked 0.4% of the entire Internet in Russia. This did not lead to the desired results - and, apparently, will not lead. Roskomnadzor's successes On Monday evening, Roskomnadzor (RKN) began blocking IP addresses belonging to Google and Amazon, to which Telegram moved after blocking its IP.

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has temporarily stopped trading UC Rusal aluminum due to US sanctions against the company. Japanese commodity traders also asked to stop shipping aluminum. Against the background of this information, it became known that the company is reducing its export shipments by 25%. Details The LME decision came into force on the night of April 17 and will last “until further notice.” According to ACRA, the London exchange accounts for 10%-20% of Rusal's sales.

The second day of the TEELGRAM blocking proved: it is doomed to failure Attempts by Roskomnadzor to close access to Telegram turned into the largest blocking in history - over the past day the department actually blocked in Russia 0.4% of the total Internet. This did not lead to the desired results - and, apparently, will not lead.

“The degradation of Telegram is now 30%,” Alexander Zharov, head of Roskomnadzor, told The Bell. Not all subnets used by Telegram are blocked, he added. As of 17:00 Moscow time , the RKN blocked more than 18 million Google and Amazon IP addresses. This is done to prevent Telegram from bypassing the block. Roskomnadzor "continues to work with Google and Amazon," Zharov added, without specifying exactly what this work consists of.

Roskomnadzor (RKN) has blocked more than 18 million IP addresses, according to the official registry of the service, which was analyzed by the website 2018.schors.spb.ru . Details: Now there are only 4 billion available IP addresses in the world, says Alexander Kalinin, head of Group-IB's Cyber ​​Incident Response Center. Assuming that the RKN continues to block 16 million IP addresses every two business days, the process of completely blocking the Internet could take about 500 days.

Telegram blocking has led to an increase in the number of views in the messenger and an increase in the number of subscribers for the largest Telegram channels. The service managed to save the entire audience, experts say. Details According to tgstat.ru, on the day of the Telegram blocking, the number of views of 40 thousand Russian -speaking channels increased in total by 30 million. This is approximately 17% more than on average.

Donald Trump has decided to postpone the imposition of new anti-Russian sanctions, writes The Washington Post, citing sources in the White House. According to the publication, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, who announced the emergence of new restrictions on Russia over the weekend, was "mistaken." The Russian market and the currency are growing on the news - at the beginning of trading on the Moscow Exchange, the dollar was worth less than 61 rubles.

There will be no new US sanctions against Russia yet - but the government is preparing for such that it becomes scary Photo: kremlin.ru There are no new sanctions against Russia yet - Donald Trump decided to postpone them until the next reason from Russia, found out The Washington Post. The ruble and the Russian market responded to the growth of growth - the dollar at the opening of trading on the Moscow Exchange was cheaper than 61 rubles.