Yesterday's semi -finals of the European League League Liverpool - Barcelona became a sensation. The English club was not in stellar composition sensationally recoup against Lionel Messi with a score of 4: 0, losing the first match 0: 3. The rival of Liverpool in the final will be the English Tottenham or the Dutch Ajax - not one of the richest European clubs has reached the final this year.

Why did the richest in the football world Barcelona and Real have not reached the Champions League finals Even if you are not at all interested in football, you probably heard something about yesterday's semifinals of the European Liver League Liverpool-Barcelona. The English club was not in stellar composition sensationally recoup against Lionel Messi with a score of 4: 0, losing the first match 0: 3.

Trade war talks between China and the US stalled, but they have a clear deadline. The United States is ready to sharply - from 10 to 25% - to increase duties on imports from China worth $ 200 billion from May 10 if the situation does not get off the ground, reports Reuters . Trump had warned of such a measure as early as May 5: two of his Sunday tweets crashed global markets, and China suffered its worst drop since 2016.

In one day on May 8, Aeroflot canceled or rescheduled 11 Superjet flights on May 8. The airline does not comment on the situation, but experts consider human suspiciousness to be the main reason for cancellations and postponements: after air crashes, aircraft crews file malfunction claims at the slightest suspicion, as they do not want a repetition of the tragedy.

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow on Wednesday sentenced Zenit striker Alexander Kokorin to 1.5 years in a penal colony, and Krasnodar midfielder Pavel Mamaev to a year and five months, both under the article on hooliganism. The football player's brother Kirill Kokorin was sentenced to the same 1.5 years, their friend Alexander Protasovitsky - to a year and five months.

The Government of Ukraine at a meeting on May 8 recognizes passports issued by Russia to Ukrainian citizens in the Donbass, and will invite foreign states to follow their example, Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman said . Russian passports will be outlawed when crossing the state border and when trying to use them in the country.

Hong Kong-based exchange Binance has reported a hack that led to the withdrawal of $41 million worth of bitcoins from the site. Detailed. A security vulnerability in the system was discovered on May 7th. Hacking was carried out using viruses, phishing and other methods. As a result of the attack, the attackers gained access to user keys and two-factor authentication codes.

The site with the lottery for obtaining a green card - a residence permit in the United States - has not been working for more than 12 hours. The failure of the service came after the results of this year's drawing were published. What's happened. The last time the site with the green card draw ( www.dvlottery.state.gov ) worked on May 7 at 10 pm Moscow time, responding with a delay of 31 milliseconds, and a little after midnight - with a delay of 26 milliseconds.

The Central Bank on Tuesday published an annual report for 2018. Now we know how the structure of foreign exchange reserves and their geographical distribution have changed - the changes are sharp and very geopolitical. The fact that in the spring of 2018, after American sanctions, the Central Bank translated the fifth of its international reserves from dollars in euro and yuan, became known in January.

The Central Bank transferred its assets from the United States to China and doubled the share of assets in dollars The Central Bank on Tuesday published an annual report for 2018. Now we know how the structure of foreign exchange reserves and their geographical distribution have changed - the changes are sharp and very geopolitical.

The Iranian authorities sent a notice to the participants in the nuclear deal to terminate certain obligations. They explained their decision by the fact that the countries that signed the agreement did not take enough measures to compensate for the damage from tough US sanctions. If the parties do not resolve the situation in two months, Iran will refuse to comply with other agreements. What's happened.

This year, most major banks do not plan to launch shares with higher rates in honor of Victory Day, writes Kommersant . Of the major players, only Sberbank has announced a holiday contribution so far. The absence of "winning" proposals is a general trend towards a decrease in the profitability of deposits. Numbers. Most of the large banks surveyed by Kommersant are not going to launch shares with higher rates by Victory Day.