A new application for victory in the competition of apocalyptic forecasts: the Fitch rating agency doubled the forecast of the fall of the world economy, although the previous forecast was released only three weeks ago. Now Fitch is waiting for the fall of world GDP by 3.9% - a quarter worse than in the last forecast of the IMF. But for Russia, Fitch forecast is more optimistic - our economy, according to the agency, will fall by 3.3%. In 2021, she will not be able to catch up with this fall.

Fitch updated the forecast of the collapse of the world economy - in just three weeks it worsened in half A new application for victory in the competition of apocalyptic forecasts: the Fitch rating agency doubled the forecast of the fall of the world economy, although the previous forecast was released only three weeks ago. Now Fitch is waiting for the fall of world GDP by 3.9% - a quarter worse than in the last forecast of the IMF.

The Ministry of Communications will introduce the bandwidth on the model of Moscow in 21 region - so many subjects of the Federation have so far have submitted applications for the "introduction of a federal decision of the issuance of digital passes." The federal system is tested in the Moscow region (Moscow operates in Moscow on MOS.RU).

Due to the pandemic, a bill was introduced to the State Duma, allowing the delivery of biometric data without visiting the bank, writes RBC. The "home" data will fall into the Ecosystem of the Central Bank and Rostelecom, and not the alternative to it - Sberbank. The document states that such a mechanism will be allowed in cases determined by the government in agreement with the Central Bank.

In some areas of Russia, a bed fund needs to be doubled under the coronavirus epidemic - the existing one will be exhausted in three to four weeks, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said today. The capital itself in the near future will need 30 thousand beds instead of 16 thousand now. "In one day, for today we have filled an additional 600 beds. 600 beds - this is a hospital in Kommunarka, figuratively expressing himself. And such a pace is preserved," said Sobyanin.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin proposed to distribute the system of digital passes to all regions of Russia, TASS said . This will make it possible to continuously monitor the movement of people between the regions without interrupting it, the mayor noted. Sobyanin made his proposal at a meeting of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council under the Government to combat the spread of a new coronavirus infection.

The acting chief expense of Vedomosti Andrei Shmarov, under the threat of dismissal, forbade employees to publish any materials based on the sociological studies of the Levada Center. Today, the editor of the Media Gazeta department Ksenia Bolsk reported this and confirmed the source of The Bell in Vedomosti. According to Bolsk, the ban on Shmarov is oral. “He also forbade poorly writing about the amendment in the Constitution about the zeroing of Putin's deadlines.

The main news about the spread of coronavirus in Russia and in the world is April 22. In the world We give data from John Hopkins, which tracks the situation in real time. Infected: 2.58 million people (April 21 - 2.5 million, April 20 - 2.41 million). Recovered: 692 thousand (April 21 - 659 thousand, April 20 - 632 thousand). Died: 178 thousand (April 20 - 172 thousand, April 20 - 166 thousand). Russia has been in 10th place for the fifth day in the total number of infected ones.

The Ministry of Finance of Russia at an auction on Wednesday managed to place five -year federal loan bonds for 86.7 billion rubles without a bonus, Vedomosti write . This is the largest amount for one auction since the beginning of the year. The weighted average profitability was 5.99% per annum. The Ministry of Finance did not limit the size of the placement - as a result, the demand for paper reached 141.2 billion rubles.

Moscow is approaching the peak of incidence of coronavirus, last week the vice-mayor of Anastasia Rakova said , and Depzdrav admitted : the deficiency of hospital beds is likely. But the authorities do not publish accurate data about how many free places remain in the converted hospitals in Moscow.

The largest chocolate coffee house in Russia can close up to 50% of the coffee houses due to the crisis, Interfax writes . Of the 300 points, 140 will potentially stop working, primarily in shopping centers. The general director of the Chocolate House Oleg Podgorny said that those cafes where it will not be possible to agree on lease benefits will close. It is more difficult to do this with the owners of shopping centers than with a street verthyla.

In Russia, the only FRI potato plant for McDonald's and other fast food restaurants is suspended in Russia. A special potatoes, which will not become strips in connection with a decrease in demand due to coronavirus, is fed by pigs. The Belaya Dacha Group of Companies temporarily suspended the work of the FRI potato production plant in Lipetsk - this is due to the reduction in the consumption of the product, the founder of the group Viktor Semenov told RBC.

The government approved, but has not yet made amendments to the State Duma to the law “On Police”, expanding the powers of police officers and in some cases limiting their responsibility, Interfax writes . The most controversial innovation is the amendment to Article 30 (“Guarantees of the legal protection of the employee”).

According to the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), 84% of Russians are worried about the economic crisis, TASS writes . This share has grown since mid -March. On April 12, 1,600 respondents participated in the survey. 70% replied that the difficulties are still ahead, and only 4% said that difficult times in the past. 14% of respondents believe that the most difficult period is happening now.

Brent oil quotes have fallen for a short while to the lowest level since 1999, the Russian export mix of Urals on the eve also reached the level of 21 years ago. Despite the objective excess of oil supply and the poor situation, the Russian market and the ruble are not collapsing after oil - this is due to the preparation of exporters for tax payments and increased sales of the currency by the Central Bank. Oil prices.