On the night of Thursday to Friday, the IP address Twitter, VKontakte, Yandex, Facebook, Odnoklassniki, Yahoo! and the site LiveInternet.ru of the presidential adviser on the Internet Hermann Klimenko. A few hours later, the service made another unloading in which it marked these addresses as unlocked. Details One of the first to block the IP addresses Twitter, VKontakte, Yandex, Facebook and Liveinternet.ru was reported by the IT consultant of the FBC Vladislav Zdolnikov.

European countries have already managed to persuade the United States to make the first concession in anti-Russian sanctions - now their Asian partners can achieve new concessions. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he would ask the State Department to make an exception from the sanctions list for buyers of Russian (and potentially American) weapons - Indonesia, India and Vietnam.

At the request of Asian countries, the Pentagon will seek mitigation of sanctions against the Russian defense industry European countries have already managed to persuade the United States to make the first concession to anti -Russian sanctions - now their Asian partners can achieve new concessions. Defense Minister Jim Mattis said the State Department would ask for an exception to the sanctions list for buyers of Russian (and potentially American) weapons - Indonesia, India and Vietnam.

Oleg Deripaska plans to keep control of Rusal even if the company has to fight to survive under sanctions imposed by the US Treasury. , citing unnamed sources . This was reported by Bloomberg Details As writes the edition, Deripaska hopes for lobbying of mitigation of sanctions from the European authorities. In recent days, he has made several changes in the top management of the company to focus on sanctions and plans to personally monitor what is happening.

Tesla and Space X founder Elon Musk tweeted about his new project. "By the way, I'm creating a cyborg dragon," the businessman wrote. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/989198118666162176 Musk did not give any details about the possible new project, nor did he explain how serious his statement was. Blog readers reacted with jokes to a post about a cyborg dragon.

The investigation into the case of FSB officers accused of treason has ended, Ruslan Golenkov, a lawyer for one of the accused, Sergei Mikhailov, told The Bell. FSB Colonel Mikhailov, FSB Major Dmitry Dokuchaev, as well as former Kaspersky Lab employee Ruslan Stoyanov and Internet entrepreneur Georgy Fomchenkov were arrested a year and a half ago. According to The Bell, they are involved in the leak of information about attacks on the servers of the US Democratic Party.

Cherkizovo Group announced that it had decided to postpone the placement of shares on the Moscow Exchange. The reason is market volatility. Details Cherkizovo Group CEO Sergey Mikhailov noted that the company will continue to monitor the development of the situation on the capital markets in order to conduct the placement at a more favorable time. Cherkizovo announced its intention to conduct an SPO in early April. The deal was to be organized by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Sberbank CIB.

Fintech startup Revolut, founded by Russian immigrants Nikolai Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko, has raised $250 million in a new round of investments. One of the participants will be Yury Milner's DST Global. After the round closes, Revolut will be valuated at $1.7 billion. For the first time about the future new round of investments Revolut wrote the publication Recode in early April; then it was assumed that the company would be valued at $1.4 billion.

Russia is counting on a new softening of sanctions against Rusal - and Oleg Deripaska to save the company Photo: Wikimedia Commons Russia expects that Angel Merkel and Emmanuel Macron will agree with the United States on new softening of sanctions for UC Rusal - in particular, the opening of aluminum for the Rusal European market, Reuters reports with reference to a source in the Russian Ministry of Finance.

Russia expects that Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron will agree with the United States on new easing of sanctions for UC Rusal - in particular, on the opening of the European aluminum market for Rusal, Reuters reports , citing a source in the Russian Ministry of Finance. In this case, the government will not have to nationalize Rusal, and Oleg Deripaska will be able to maintain control over the company, Moscow hopes.