The Iron Curtain has descended - until May, Russia closes its borders to foreigners March 16 became a day of bans for Russia on the line of coronavirus. The main measure was announced late in the evening - from March 18 to May 1, Russia closes its borders to almost all foreigners and stateless persons. According to Kommersant , this may be followed by a restriction on the departure of Russians abroad.

Russia from Wednesday on March 18 covers the boundaries for foreigners. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin informed his colleagues from some neighboring countries (the premiere of Belarus Sergey Rumas - twice), the government said .

Emerging Markets currencies will have an average of 15% of the dollar if American indices continue a landslide fall on the news about coronavirus, and the ruble will be among the most affected ones, Bloomberg writes . “In the markets of the currencies of developing countries and so, the massacre, but this does not cancel even greater possible losses,” the agency notes.

As of March 16, 93 cases of coronavirus were recorded in Russia. 30 new cases were recorded during the day. In this regard, the authorities decided on strict measures. We publish a list of prohibitions that were announced today. Moscow Mass events in premises involving more than 50 people are prohibited. In the open air, events with any number of participants are prohibited. From March 21 to April 12, state secondary schools, sports schools, and additional education institutions will be closed .

The Russian government has prepared a draft order to ban the entrance to the country of foreigners "in order to counteract the threat of further spread of coronaviral infection." The message about this is published on the government website, although the order itself has not yet been approved. But the boundaries can almost completely close already on Wednesday, Kommersant writes . All foreigners, including citizens of Belarus, fall under the ban.

Three related states of the United States-New York New Jersey and Connecticut, within which the city agglomeration of New York is located, will sharply strengthen the restrictions due to coronavirus, the new York governor Andrew Kuomo announced.

European countries are preparing to ban the entrance to the Schengen zone, writes Financial Times. Spanish visa center in Moscow. Photo: Agency "Moscow" UPD. It is proposed to ban the entrance to the territory of the entire European Union without extreme necessity for 30 days to slow down the spread of the virus, the European Commission President Ursula von der Lyain said today.

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin tightened the quarantine regime in Moscow in connection with the growing dynamics of coronavirus infection in the capital. New restrictive measures are published on the official website of Sobyanin. The requirement for home-to-house self-isolation for 14 days is extended to arriving from the United States, Great Britain, European states to the EU and NE-EES, Ukraine and Belarus, as well as persons living with them.

Oil quotes today, March 16, fell by more than 10% to the levels that last celebrated in 2016. The fall was aggravated after the opening of trading in the United States with a new collapse and suspension of trading. By 16.35 Moscow time, Brant Brent cost cheaper than $ 30. As of 16.40 Moscow time, the Brent barrel cost $ 29.75, 75.3 rubles were given per dollar, more than 84 rubles for the euro.

In Russia, 93 cases of coronavirus were recorded, four were recovered and 79 patients are in a hospital, today was announced by the head of the coordination council to combat the spread of coronavirus, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. Seven out of 93 cases came on infection within Russia. Golikova said that in total more than 104 thousand studies were conducted in Russia. Already this week, testing will be increased significantly.

The French Antimonopoly Service fined the American Apple for 1.1 billion euros for agreements with elected wholesalers on price agreements. At the same time, the companies themselves - Tech Data and INGRAM Micro - for 76.1 million euros and 63 million, respectively. The case is quite old: with a complaint about restricting the competition of Apple and its privileged partners, their competitor, Ebizcuss, turned back in 2012.

Clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine begin in the United States this Monday, the Associated Press writes , citing an official source. Photo: blackking666 / Pixabay 45 healthy volunteers have already been selected for tests at the Kaiser Permanente research clinic in Washington State (Seattle). The first of them will receive a vaccine today - but without being infected with the virus: for now, tests do not check the effectiveness of the vaccine, but the absence of side effects.

The founder of Alibaba, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, began the activities on Twitter with a report of free of charge to the United States with a fund paid for 500 thousand express tests for coronavirus and a million masks. Jack Ma at the Valdai Discussion Club "The first batch of masks and express tests goes to the United States from Shanghai.

Trading in Russia again opened with a fall - indices fell by almost 4%, the dollar struck a mark of 74 rubles, the euro - above 83 rubles. Oil was cheaper by almost 5% - up to $ 32.2 per barrel. By 12.20 Moscow time, the dollar exceeded the mark of 75 rubles, the euro - 84 rubles. Indices opened with a sharp fall - almost 4%, then adjusted: the Mosbirzhi index falls by 2.2%, the RTS - by 3.7%. The fall of the fall is Aeroflot, which closed the day before flying in 13 European cities.

Economists are waiting for recessions in the world and American economics by the middle of the year, the last statistics from China were worse in 30 years, but the governments and central banks around the world do not give up: the US Federal Reserve for the second time has been urgently reduced the rate and launched a quantitative mitigation program by $ 700 billion.