In Russian-American relations, perhaps the most sharp and unexpected reversal occurred since 2016: against the backdrop of a sharp exacerbation in the Donbass and unfolding Russian troops on the border with Ukraine, Joe Biden today called Vladimir Putin and offered a personal meeting in a third country. The ruble reacted to the first attempt by the presidents to start a dialogue up to a level above 76 per dollar.

Since April 15, Russia closed the air traffic with Turkey for a month and a half. Up to 600 thousand people who booked tours until June 1, they were left without a vacation and a real chance to return the money. You can only try to have time to leave somewhere else-although there are not many options. At sea Of the 20 most popular among Russians in 2019, only three are opened by tourist destinations.

Bayden invited Putin to meet: what will happen to relationships, sanctions and ruble In Russian-American relations, perhaps the most sharp and unexpected reversal occurred since 2016: against the backdrop of a sharp exacerbation in the Donbass and unfolding Russian troops on the border with Ukraine, Joe Biden today called Vladimir Putin and offered a personal meeting in a third country.

The ruble exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange strengthened against the dollar and the euro after the news that US President Joe Biden had a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin. According to the White House, the heads of state discussed global and regional issues, during which Biden invited Putin to meet. In the first half hour after the release of the press release from the American administration, the Russian currency strengthened by the ruble, to ₽76.16.

Joe Biden unexpectedly called Vladimir Putin and offered to hold the first personal meeting - in the coming months in a "third country". In the conversation, the presidents discussed arms control, cyber attacks, the situation around Ukraine and other issues, the White House said. on telephone conversations and a possible meeting of the two leaders reported The press service of the White House .

FAS opened a case against Yandex for discrimination of third-party services in the search. Companies may face a turnover penalty. "The organization did not comply with the warning of the antimonopoly authority to stop creating discriminatory conditions" in the search results, said the agency in a statement.

YouTube channel Bell.club Live and Visa launched the project “Innovative studio: how startups work” as part of the support of the international ideas competition for VISA EVERYWHERENERE Initiative . The hero of the third issue is the creator of the startup Castingform Dasha Timbush. A few years ago, she launched a project that should help actors around the world find roles in the cinema, and now it is already represented in 108 countries of the world.

The day before, the government announced the abolition of charter flights to Turkey from April 15 to June 1. What to do the half -million Russians who are going to relax in this country? If you have a ticket Tourists who have bought separate tickets (that is, they travel on their own or bought a tour of the Turkish direction without flights) will be easiest - some airlines said that they were ready to return the money for failed flights.

The US regulator has recommended suspending the use of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine to test cases of thrombosis after it. Previously, such a side effect was found in the AstraZeneca vaccine. The recommendation to suspend vaccination with the drug was issued by the FDA - the US Food and Drug Administration. Last week, two mass vaccination sites in North Carolina and Colorado temporarily closed after some people experienced adverse effects after receiving a Johnson & Johnson shot.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called the entry of American ships into the Black Sea an attempt to play on Russia's nerves. Moscow urged Washington to stay away from Crimea and the Russian Black Sea coast. “American warships have absolutely nothing to do near our shores,” Ryabkov told reporters.

Alexei Navalny decided to sue the leadership of the Pokrovskaya IK-2 because of the refusal to hand over the Koran to him. The oppositionist's letter was published on his Instagram account. “Who would have thought that for the first time I would sue my colony because of the Koran,” Navalny writes. According to him, he ordered many books, but has not yet received any, because they "need to be checked for extremism." The review takes three months.

AstraZeneca's Oxford vaccine is generally no worse than other coronavirus vaccines, and contraindications in the form of thrombosis barely reach thousandths of a percent. Distrust of it - and of vaccination in general, at least in Europe - is largely the "merit" of numerous PR miscalculations of the company itself, starting from the stage of clinical trials, writes Bloomberg . What's happening The last weeks have been particularly difficult for AstraZeneca.

In the pandemic 2020, Svetofor grew the fastest among grocery retailers — its sales increased by 39% over the year, calculated Infoline . The revenue of the store of cheap products is growing in the face of declining real incomes of the population. In addition to Svetofor, the health food store Vkusvill grew the fastest in 2020 in terms of sales (+38%). Mercury Retail Group Limited (Dixie, Krasnoe & Beloe, Bristol, +18%) follows it by a wide margin.

The Central Bank will allow inexperienced investors after testing to buy simple structural instruments - bonds pegged to gold and oil. More sophisticated tools will not be available until at least 2022. Unqualified investors, after successfully passing risk knowledge tests, will be able to buy bonds with a structural income that depends on the value of shares and futures for raw materials, RBC reports , citing the latest version of the bill to limit complex products.

Russia may forever lag behind other countries in the field of advanced technologies - the country's share in world exports of advanced products in 2002-2018 did not exceed 0.2-0.5%, HSE analysts calculated (the report describes RBC ) . HSE researchers led by Yury Simachev, director of the HSE Center for Structural Policy Research, assessed how advanced technologies are developing in Russia.