The beginning of the week brought a fall in the ruble, which until now had been doing well thanks to expensive oil. On Tuesday, March 23, the exchange rate of the dollar and euro on the Moscow Exchange exceeded 76 rubles and 90 rubles, respectively, for the first time since the beginning of February - both currencies added about 2 rubles in two days. For the first time since August 2020, the Ministry of Finance canceled the auction for the placement of OFZ due to market volatility.

Today, Roskomnadzor announced the development of new digital prohibitions, and it is possible that we are already talking about restricting the transmission (and not processing and storage abroad) of Russian personal data. If this is so, then the department aimed at a skill to prohibit citizens to use small foreign resources, explained by the Bell IT experts.

Telegram Vice President Ilya Perekopsky told The Bell that RDIF has not invested in the company's bonds. This was previously reported by the media. On March 23, the first investors in Telegram convertible bonds became known - funds from the UAE bought about 15% of the issue. to Mubadala Investment Company and Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners have invested $75 million in Telegram bonds, a total of $150 million, according WAM.

Last year, the WeWORK covorking network has lost more than $ 3 billion due to the pandemic, but now it plans to attract $ 1 billion and go to the exchange according to a very popular recent merger scheme with the “desert company”, it follows from the Financial Times studied for potential investors. The promises of the rental service in 2019 with an IPO rental service seemed to be too good again.

The court on Tuesday, March 23, arrested ex-senator and businessman Boris Shpigel in the case of giving a bribe to the governor of the Penza region Ivan Belozertsev. The Basmanny Court of Moscow sanctioned a measure of restraint for the head of the Biotek group of companies, Boris Shpigel, who is accused of giving a particularly large bribe to the governor of the Penza Region, Ivan Belozertsev. The fact that the investigator’s request for detention “until May 20” was granted, reports TASS .

The first investors in Telegram convertible bonds have become known - funds from the UAE bought about 15% of the issue. to Mubadala Investment Company and Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners have invested $75 million in Telegram bonds, a total of $150 million, according WAM. According to Forbes, the Russian fund RDIF invested in Telegram in partnership with Mubadala. The publication does not report his share.

The Central Bank is preparing to update the design of banknotes and increase their security. The last time a number of banknotes was updated in 2017 with the release of new denominations of 200 and 2000 rubles. The Central Bank announced the development and issuance of six upgraded banknotes with an improved security system and a modern design in 2021-2025.

Russian gold mining company GV Gold (Vysochayshiy) has announced its IPO price range. Its estimate may reach 112.7 billion rubles. The price range for the IPO of the Vysochaishy gold miner is set at 1,650–2,050 rubles per share, said the company in a statement. This corresponds to an assessment of the entire company at 90.7 billion rubles at the lower end of the range and at 112.7 billion rubles at the top. Thus, at the current exchange rate, the gold miner is valued at $1.2–1.5 billion.

Companions of Alexei Navalny launched a campaign in support of the release of the oppositionist. The biggest innovation is that it will be necessary to sign up for a large spring rally, and not the date of the action is fixed, but the number of participants. “The first step in our campaign is to spread the word about the rally across the country,” the report said .

AstraZeneca may have calculated the efficacy data for its coronavirus vaccine based on incomplete data from clinical trials. They need to be clarified, according to American experts. The US Independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) is concerned that AstraZeneca may have included outdated information in its vaccine trial report, resulting in limited understanding of the drug's effectiveness.

In 2021, it performed 30 years of Russian privatization. In July 1991, the relevant law was adopted, in November Anatoly Chubais headed the State Committee forces, and everything spun. Probably there will never be a single opinion of privatization. We asked the rector of the Russian Economic School of Ruben Enikolopov to formulate the main pros and cons. Rector Resh Ruben Enikolopov The topic of privatization remains painful for Russia for very many years.

“The company is profitable, even quite profitable,” said Revolut founder Nikolai Storonsky in an interview with businessman Oleg Tinkov. Prior to this, Storonsky had said that Revolut had managed to break even. Details Revolut will turn six in July, Storonsky recalled. The company operates in 35 countries including Europe, Australia and the USA. There are plans to enter six more countries, in particular, India and China, but the company refused to launch on the Russian market.

The founder of the fintech company Revolut, Nikolai Storonsky, believes that Telegram can cost “like YouTube, maybe even more.” He spoke about this in the new issue of Business Secrets with Oleg Tinkov. To Tinkov’s question, Storonsky replied that the messenger would cost about $50–100 billion — “if you believe that Telegram will have a business model.” “If I were an investor, I would invest according to such an assessment,” Storonsky added.

Roskomnadzor stated that the rate of removal of prohibited information on Twitter remains unsatisfactory. Only a third of the content regulator that caused the claims has been removed from the platform. Since 2017, Roskomnadzor has sent more than 28 thousand requests to remove 3.1 thousand materials. We are talking about content with child pornography, materials that encourage children to commit suicide, as well as advertising the purchase, manufacture and use of drugs.

Owners of independent gas stations warned of a significant rise in the price of gasoline - by the end of the year, the price of fuel could rise by 14%. The Independent Fuel Union urged the government to urgently take action to stabilize gasoline prices. According to the St. Petersburg International Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange (SPIMEX), gasoline prices for AI-92 and AI-95 increased by more than 18.5% from December 2020 to March 17, 2021.