The Livan government on Saturday decided to delay the repayment of Eurobonds by $ 1.2 billion, the term of which occurs on March 9. Defolt was announced by the prime minister of the country Hassan Diab. In the appeal, he mentioned that this is the first case in the history of the country since independence gaining in 1943, as well as that Lebanon is a country with one of the highest (170% GDP) debt load.

Today, the Kremlin website has published a list of instructions on the reform of the Russian national immigration policy. The main thing is a sharp simplification of migration modes and procedures. The main status that allows us to claim Russian citizenship is a residence permit.

On Friday, Muscovites woke up in a new reality: the mayor of Sobyanin signed a decree on increased readiness in connection with the spread of coronavirus. In this mode, any resident of the capital who came from the country with cases of coronavirus is obliged to notify the authorities of this, and who came from dysfunctional countries (as of March 7 - China, Iran, South Korea, Italy, France, Germany and Spain) - self -invalid and not to leave the house for 14 days.

Over the past day, four new cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in Russia, the operational headquarters said today. Three patients are in Lipetsk (two with unexpressed symptoms) and one in St. Petersburg. All of them recently returned from Italy - this means that not a single case of transferring the virus from man to person in Russia has yet been recorded. The circle of their contacts is defined. The total number of cases of coronavirus in Russia, thus, increased from 10 to 14.

In 2020, the world economy is threatened with losses from coronavirus pandemia, equivalent GDP of the sixth economy of the world - Great Britain - or almost two GDP of Russia. They will amount to 3%, or $ 2.7 trillion, predicts Bloomberg. In the worst of four forecast options, the agency experts predict a recession in the USA, Eurozone and Japan and sharply slow growth in China.

Alfa-Bank today confirmed the mass blocking of cards. According to the official information of the bank, their data was compromised. UPD. About 16.00 Moscow time on Saturday cards are unlocked. “We received information about the possible compromise of the numbers of some cards and began the process of blocking them. After making sure that there are no threats to customer funds at the moment, the cards were stopped, and we are already unlocking the blocked ones.

Brother and nephew of the King of Saudi Arabia Salman Ben Abdel Aziz Al Saud were detained on charges of treason, reported by The Wall Street Journal. Thus, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Ben Salman Al Saud, completely cleared the path to the throne of an elderly monarch, the newspaper notes. What happened According to WSJ, the nephew of King Mohammed Ben Naif Al Saud and the brother of King Ahmed Ben Abdulaziz Al Saud were arrested on Friday in the morning on charges of treason.

The project "Russian norms!" It represents the special issue of “women in business” dedicated to stereotypes about gender roles. We publish a text version of the interview with one of his heroines: professor of the Russian Economic School (RES), candidate of economic sciences Natalia Volchkova. "Since you are so smart, no one will marry you!" - Infrequently, you will meet a professor of economics with the first dipoloma diploma. How did it happen?

On Friday evening, the global oil market entered the new era - the OPEC+ meeting in Vienna ended not just the lack of agreement, but a complete breakdown of the oil alliance between Russia and OPEC, headed by Saudi Arabia, which has managed worldwide oil prices for the past three years. By the evening in Moscow, Brent barrels had already become more than 9.4%, up to $ 45.3, and the dollar costs 68.6 rubles - and the Russian currency will have a new devaluation. The question is only on its scale.

The gap of the OPEC+ oil alliance will lead to a sharp drop in oil prices and ruble devaluation - the question is only in its scale Photo: from the Kremlin website On Friday evening, the global oil market entered the new era - the OPEC+ meeting in Vienna ended not just the lack of agreement, but a complete breakdown of the oil alliance between Russia and OPEC, headed by Saudi Arabia, which has managed worldwide oil prices for the past three years.