The second round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, new sanctions and media blocking “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine continues: during the second round of negotiations in Belarus, the parties were able to agree on the organization of “humanitarian corridors” for the evacuation of residents of blocked cities, but no more. The United States expand sanctions against Russian businessmen (the most significant person involved in the day is Alisher Usmanov), and IKEA suspenses work in Russia.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published a 10-point plan for Europe to reduce dependence on Russian natural gas. It will reduce the import of Russian gas by more than a third, and, taking into account some additional temporary measures, even more, and by 2030 completely get rid of the need for Russian gas, the agency writes. Now Europe imports 45% of gas from Russia, it accounts for about 40% of consumption. The plan includes: A complete ban on new contracts with Gazprom.

IKEA has suspended activities in Russia and Belarus, tentatively until the end of May. Mega centers will continue to work so that people have access to essential goods. The fighting in Ukraine is having a "huge impact on people" and leading to "serious disruption to the supply chain and conditions for trade," the . Swedish company tweeted In this regard, the leadership of IKEA suspends all imports and exports with Russia and Belarus.

Roskomnadzor demanded that Google stop spreading false advertising messages in YouTube videos in Russia. Such advertising forms a distorted perception of events among the Internet audience and creates protest moods, the ministry said in a statement. The request was sent to Google LLC, which is responsible for Google's advertising activities in Russia.

Moody's downgraded Russia's long-term foreign and national currency debt ratings by six notches at once, from Baa3 to B3. Indicators remain under revision towards further decline. The rating of short-term liabilities in national currency has been downgraded from Prime-3 to Not Prime (NP). Indicator B3 means speculative level debt (the last stage) with high credit risk, there is a significant risk of default.

A 30% commission for buying a currency, a reduced rating of Russia and the suspension of production at the AvtoVAZ plant On Thursday, the second round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations should take place, but what time and where, it is still unknown. Meanwhile, international rating agencies reduced the rating of Russia almost to the “garbage” level due to the threat that Moscow cannot (or does not want to) pay the public debt.

Early on the morning of February 24, Vladimir Putin addressed the Russians and announced the start of a " special military operation " in Ukraine. The Bell is broadcasting the consequences of this decision online for the eighth day in a row. 18:28 Bloomberg gives some details of Putin's conversation with Macron from the West.

Avtovaz decided to suspend the assembly of cars in Tolyatti and Izhevsk on March 5 with the same salary, as well as from March 9 to 11 with payment in the amount of two-thirds of the average monthly salary. The work was stopped due to a shortage of electronic components, said the press service .

Since March 3, the use of QR codes in Moscow has been discontinued. The corresponding decree was signed by the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin. The epidemiological situation with coronavirus in the capital is gradually returning to normal, the official stated. According to him, the decrease in the number of new cases of omicron and hospitalizations has allowed a significant part of covid restrictions to be lifted.

Starting March 3, the use of QR codes will be stopped in Moscow. The corresponding decree was signed by the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin. The epidemiological situation with coronavirus in the capital is gradually returning to normal, the official stated. According to him, a decrease in the number of new cases of omicron disease and hospitalizations made it possible to lift a significant part of the Covid restrictions.

Since March 3, the use of QR code stops in Moscow. The corresponding decree was signed by the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin. The epidemiological situation with coronavirus in the capital is gradually returning to normal, the official stated. According to him, a decrease in the number of new cases of Omicron and Hospitalizations made it possible to abolish a significant part of the covid restrictions.

The Central Bank ordered brokers to take a commission of 30% from individuals when buying currency on the stock exchange. As The Bell was told in the press service of the regulator, the 30% commission "levels the competitive conditions between banks and brokers, because banks have the opportunity to use the spread between the buying and selling rates of the currency." The order is valid until it is cancelled.

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Russia's long-term foreign currency default rating to 'B' from 'BBB'. According to the Fitch scale, this means that the risk of default is significant, and the country has a limited margin of safety, but the vulnerability is high, notes .