US sanctions against the Russian public debt were softer than the expectations, but the Ministry of Finance still stated that it could suspend new placements, due to which it was planned to cover the Russian budget deficit in 2021. We figured out whether restrictions on OFZ can create financial difficulties for the government.

Joe Biden on Thursday evening made a speech about sanctions against Russia, about a conversation and a future meeting with Vladimir Putin. Intonation can be called conciliatory: he announced the need for dialogue with Russia and de -escalation, noting that for this the United States imposed relatively soft sanctions against Russia. Bidden did not mention poisoning, conclusion and further fate of Alexei Navalny. Biden's speech was short - five and a half minutes.

New US sanctions: damage to the economy, the future of the ruble and the political consequences The sanctions against the Russian public debt, for which investors and officials were intensely preparing for three and a half years, turned out to be symbolic. The White House chose the most painless possible options - American investors are not even forbidden to buy new OFZs in the secondary market.

Poland is expelling three Russian diplomats, according to a statement on the official website of the country's government. “The Russian Ambassador to Poland [Sergei Andreev] was summoned to the Polish Foreign Ministry. He was presented with a diplomatic note recognizing three employees of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw as persona non grata.

Russia extended the ban on flights with the UK, which expired on April 16, for a month and a half. The agencies refer to the Rosaviatsia's telegram to the airlines.

After the announcement of the new US sanctions, which included restrictions on the purchase of OFZ, the ruble not only did not collapse, but also played the morning fall. We asked economists why this happens and how long it would last. Stanislav Murashov Macroanalyst Raiffeisenbank For the financial market, the news of sanctions against OFZ was no surprise.

The US sanctions introduced against Russia caused the violent reaction of the Russian authorities: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already summoned to the “difficult conversation” of the American ambassador, officials are practicing rhetoric and joke that the official is not under sanctions - this is abnormally.

The Bank of Russia promised to maintain financial stability in the face of US sanctions against the new Russian government debt and is "ready to use the tools at its disposal." The share of foreign investors in the total amount of public debt over the past year has significantly decreased, and in new placements it has declined at a faster pace, writes the Central Bank.

By today's decree of Joe Biden, the United States imposed sanctions against six Russian IT companies-from one of the largest players in the Positive Technologies cybersecurity market to the Ministry of Defense scientific technology. We tell you what is known about the affected companies and how they are related to the special services. Positive Technologies Sanctions have been imposed on work on Russian government agencies, including the FSB.

On the news of Joe Biden's decree on new sanctions against Russia, the ruble strengthened slightly against the dollar - to 76.3 rubles from the level of 77.2 rubles per dollar. A slight relief is associated with the disappearance of uncertainty - with regard to the state debt, there are no measures other than those expected in the document. On the morning of the auction on April 15, dollar quotes exceeded 77 rubles and remained close to this level.

The administration of US President Joe Biden has imposed new sanctions against Russia - an official statement is published on the White House website. They include sanctions against the Russian public debt. The sanctions are broadly in line with morning U.S. media releases for hacking, meddling in the 2020 elections, and bounties for the Afghan Taliban for killing U.S. soldiers.

Russian companies will have to spend more than 1 trillion rubles to comply with government requirements for the transition to domestic software, calculated the head of the RSPP Alexander Shokhin. Requirements need to be relaxed, he said. As RBC learned , Shokhin sent a letter about this to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

Former Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev is the beneficial owner of Agrocomplex, the main structure of one of the country's largest agricultural holdings, VTimes learned . It was not possible to find out whether Tkachev handed over the papers to trust management while working in the ministry, but de facto he did not stop behaving as an owner, the publication’s sources claim.

President Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov ruled out a personal meeting between the Russian leader and US President Joe Biden in the coming weeks for organizational reasons. in detail Today, the US media wrote about the new US sanctions, which include restrictions on the purchase of Russian government debt. Peskov made it clear that Putin and Biden may not meet at the Climate Summit convened by Biden on April 22-23.

The court announced the verdict for FBK lawyer Lyubov Sobol in the case of illegal entry into someone else's apartment (one of the alleged poisoners, Alexei Navalny). The sentence was softer than the prosecution demanded: a year of corrective labor on probation (and not really) with the deduction of 10% (instead of 20%) of the salary to the state. However, it allows you to update the punishment after any administrative violation.