The markets survived the worst week since 2008. When it stops and what to do so as not to lose money The coronavirus epidemic finally covered world markets - and the collapse became the most rapid from the 2008 crisis. American indices lost almost 15%in a week, the Moscow exchange in just a few days lost all growth since October 2019, oil can hardly balances on the verge of $ 50, and the dollar costs 67 rubles.

The price of Brent oil for the first time since July 2017, during the trading, fell below $ 50 per barrel. At a minimum, she reached $ 48.95. Since the beginning of January, the fall was already 24%. During the day, the price fell by the previous closure by about 5%. But at 21:00 in Moscow, the price of Brent on the ICE exchange in London again rose above $ 50 per barrel. Oil has been cheaper since the beginning of January, and the fall is already about 24%.

After the opening, a catastrophic fall continued in the American stock market: by 18:15 Moscow time, the S&P 500 index loses 3.09%, Dow Jones - 3.52%. In Russia, even worse - the Mosbirzhi index lost 4.98%, the RTS dollar index - 6.5%. The dollar costs more than 67 rubles. If the collapse of American indices will continue at the same pace, a weekly market drop will exceed 14% - this is the worst week in the United States since 2008.

The search for "Yandex" issues a warning that some of the results are hidden, when searching for the key phrase "Alexander Udodov". This was indicated by the Telegram channel "Another Roldugin" and the oppositionist Alexei Navalny drew attention .

This year, the Geneva salon will not take place-the organizers noted the exhibition due to the ban on the Switzerland authorities to hold events with a number of more than a thousand people due to the threat of coronavirus spread. The organizers emphasized that the exhibition participants will not receive compensation for losses. The organizers clarified that the annual exhibition is not tolerated, namely, it is canceled, and they hope that the event will resume in 2021.

The fall of quotes associated with the threat of coronavirus spread, in total, cost the world stock market of $ 5 trillion, REUTERS calculated . The total capitalization of public companies at the end of 2019 approached $ 90 trillion - respectively, the virus “ate” almost 6% of this amount. The final trade week will be the most failure since the global financial crisis of 2008. On Friday, Asian markets were closed by a fall by 3-4%, the discovery from the fall is expected in the US market.

The threat of direct collision between Russia and Turkey in Syria retreated: today the presidents of the countries held a telephone conversation and agreed to work on the normalization of the situation in Idlib. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the work of Russian-Turkish negotiators in Ankara will resume today. Vladimir Putin and Recep Erdogan.

The alleged daughter of President Vladimir Putin Katerina Tikhonov will be headed by the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, which should be created at Moscow State University until the end of the year. Vedomosti write that the rector of Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy was appointed to this post by Tikhonov.

Sales of gold from Russia abroad in 2019 suddenly grew up, and almost all of this volume - $ 5.3 billion - came to the UK, writes RBC with reference to customs statistics. Gold export in the UK has grown 12 times in value terms and 11 times in physical. Dragmetall was exported mainly in ingots, in total 113.5 tons. Last year, gold became the largest article of Russian commodity exports to the UK, surpassing oil and oil products (in the amount of about $ 3.4 billion).

The Tinkoff Bank head company - TCS Group Holding - disclosed information about the court hearings with the participation of the founder and shareholder of the bank, Oleg Tinkov, initiated by the US tax service. Photo: Photobank PMEF There are no details of claims to Tinkov in the message, but it is reported that the hearings will be held in London in February - this year and the banker will participate in them as a private person.

This week will definitely be the worst for the global financial markets since the global crisis of 2008: the Asian markets followed yesterday's collapse in the USA, writes Financial Times. What happened The sale in Asia markets has been going on the seventh trading day. On Friday, MSCI World Index showed a weekly fall by 9.4%-the last time something similar was in November 2008.

At the opening of trading on Friday, February 28, the dollar rate for the first time since September last year exceeded 67 rubles, the euro at the peak cost 73.7 rubles. The Mosbirzhi index to 10.45 Moscow time fell by 4.7% to the closure of Thursday, the dollar RTS - by 5.4%. UPD. By 13.00 Moscow time, the dollar entrenched at 67.5 rubles, the drop in the Mosbirzhi index exceeded 5%, the RTS index reached 7%.

Russia and Türkiye embark on the line of direct military conflict On the night of Friday, February 28, the situation around the Syrian Idlib sharply worsened. The reason was the death of dozens of Turkish military personnel when the Syrian aviation hit, and statements about the attack on the country of NATO are already sounding from the Turkish officials.

On the night of Friday, February 28, the situation around the Syrian Idlib sharply worsened. The reason was the death of dozens of Turkish troops when the Syrian aviation hit. From the Turkish officials there are already statements about the attack on the country of NATO.

Revolut, one of the most expensive Fintech-Startapas in Europe, announced plans to enter the Russian market back in 2018, but in the end he had yet abandoned this idea, three sources familiar with the company's plans told The Bell. Revolut itself confirmed that the startup is now focusing in the markets of North America and Asia, and offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where Revolut actively hires people, will support business and are not related to entering the Russian market.