The Trump administration has decided to impose new sanctions on Russia after it found that Moscow used chemical weapons against former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal living in the UK. this on Wednesday.

The morning publication of the full text of the American sanctions bill, which actually revealed a proposal to impose tough sanctions against Russian state-owned banks, caused the strongest shock on the Russian market since the April sanctions. At the closing of the Moscow Exchange, the dollar for the first time in almost two years cost more than 65 rubles, the euro - more than 75, Sberbank - fell in price to the April minimum.

The ban on dollar operations for Russian state banks was a real opportunity. What will this mean for customers? Details - in the mailing of The Bell. Photo: Agency Moscow/Kirill Zykov The morning publication of the full text of the American sanctions bill, which really discovered a proposal to impose strict sanctions against Russian state banks, caused the most powerful shock in the Russian market from the moment of April sanctions.

Oleg Deripaska's UC Rusal will be forced to stop plants in September-October, sources told RBC. The reason is in contracts with foreign clients - the current ones expire on October 1, and the company may not sign new ones. Details The Fitch rating agency reported on Wednesday that UC Rusal will conclude contracts for 2019 in September-November. If the company remains under sanctions, its ability to sign new deals will be limited, analysts warned.

From October 28, customers of Pobeda Airlines (Aeroflot's low-cost airline) will have to pay an additional fee for check-in at foreign airports, the carrier said in a press release. The cost of the service is 25 euros. Details Pobeda explains the new fee by the need to compensate for the sharp rise in fuel prices. According to Andrey Kalmykov, CEO of the company, fuel costs have increased by more than 10% since last year.

On Wednesday, the ruble exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange experienced a new fall, dropping below 75 rubles per euro and 65 rubles per dollar. Experts interviewed by The Bell agree that this is a negative market reaction to new US sanctions: the latest issue of the Kommersant newspaper published an analysis of the full text of the sanctions law against Russia being considered in Congress.

If your company plans to buy back its own shares (and you are not Igor Sechin ), do not be surprised if the tax authorities come to you - the Federal Tax Service has come to the conclusion that buybacks often hide a scheme for tax optimization and withdrawal of money from the country.

On Tuesday, Elon Musk once again stunned the market with a bizarre tweet about what Tesla is going to take as a private company if its shares rise to $420 a share. However, this time the billionaire was really not joking - he later clarified his intentions in a series of further tweets and a letter to company employees. Details Theses in the tweets and the letter are the same.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) at a meeting on Wednesday approved three applications for a referendum on raising the retirement age. Details Applications were submitted by an initiative group led by A Just Russia candidate for mayor of the capital Ilya Sviridov, activists from the All-Russian Association of Organizations for Work with Large Families Marina Semenova and Oksana Sharobokova near Moscow, as well as a group from the Altai branch of the Communist Party.

Kommersant found the full text of the bill on new sanctions against Russia, presented in late July by senators from the Republican and Democratic parties. The main provisions of the bill coincide with those that the senators listed when it was presented - we wrote about it in detail here . But in the full text there are both proposals that were not included in the presentation, as well as new details of already known proposals.

The full text of the project of new anti -Russian sanctions has appeared. Details - in the morning newsletter The Bell Meeting of the US Congress. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Kommersant found the full text of the bill on new sanctions against Russia, submitted at the end of July by senators from the republican and democratic parties. The main provisions of the bill coincide with those that the senators listed when it presented it - we wrote in detail about this here .

During a July meeting with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin handed over to the American president a "note" with a list of proposals for cooperation in the field of armaments. The document ended up in the possession of Politico - it is called "Dialogue on the problem of arms control." The document proposes to extend the START-III treaty on the limitation of nuclear weapons and start negotiations on a new agreement on limiting the deployment of weapons in outer space.