A humorous song about Russians Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov, whom the British authorities accused of poisoning double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March of this year, was published on the Internet without the consent of the author and therefore removed, Semyon Slepakov said in his VKontakte.

On Thursday, Britain accused the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (formerly the GRU) of organizing several large-scale cyber attacks, linking them directly to the Kremlin for the first time, and also listed hacker groups behind which Russian military intelligence stands. Much of these accusations were made for the first time.

The Netherlands, the USA, Great Britain and Canada consistently accused the GRU of cyber attacks around the world. Details - in the mailing room The Bell Today, you can officially call the GRU day - we have never received so many information about employees of this organization at a time. What threaten Russia with new finds of Western special services? Russian accusations of cyberataki followed today one after another and were clearly coordinated.

As part of the de-dollarization plan, the authorities until 2024 may cancel the need to return export earnings for those who make payments in rubles, said Finance Minister Anton Siluanov . According to experts interviewed by The Bell, this measure is unlikely to have a serious impact on the ruble exchange rate: it is unlikely that the share of ruble settlements will increase significantly in an unstable Russian currency.

The US Ministry of Justice charged with cyberataki on international sports organizations, including WADA and FIFA, seven GRU employees. Everyone was charged with a conspiracy for the purpose of fraud, as well as in a conspiracy for the purpose of fraud using electronic means of communication and laundering of funds. The maximum punishment for these crimes is 20 years in prison.

On Thursday, the Netherlands reported that back in April, four Russians were sent from the country, they were suspected of participating in a special operation against the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCO) in the Hague. According to the country's Ministry of Defense, the Russians are also involved in the theft of documents on the investigation of the MH17 plane crash in Ukraine and a hacking laptop owned by WADA.

The president's trust rating has fallen to 2013 levels, according to a Levada Center survey. The decrease in confidence in the president is explained by the shock of people who expected wage increases after the elections, and not the retirement age. For the first time in six years, the president was “overtaken” by the army in terms of confidence, which aroused a sense of pride among the population during the demonstration of new weapons.

The Federal Tax Service continues to disclose data on Russian business, which was previously considered a tax secret. From a new piece of data - the financial results of 2.5 million Russian companies - it turned out that almost every fifth company in Russia ended last year with a loss, calculated .

Russia is going to open access to its analogue SWIFT for foreign companies. The main goal is to enable Russian companies that have fallen under sanctions to settle accounts with their foreign counterparties. A draft law has been submitted to the State Duma that will allow foreign legal entities to connect to the Russian analogue of SWIFT - the financial messaging system (SPFS), writes . Kommersant SWIFT is an international interbank system for transferring information and making payments.

Russia will offer foreign companies to connect to their SWIFT analogue. Details - in the mailing of The Bell Photo from Facebook Central Bank Russia promises to open access to its SWIFT analogue for foreign companies. The main goal is to enable companies that have fallen under sanctions to pay their foreign counterparties.