Hello! Three weeks into the Kremlin’s so-called ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine, the atmosphere in Russia is getting darker and darker. President Vladimir Putin gave a speech Wednesday about a “fifth column” that, he said, should be spat out “like a mosquito swallowed by accident”.

The topic of release is how to get around Visa and MasterCard Over the past couple of weeks, Russian users have lost the opportunity to pay the usual ways to pay for foreign services and use cards abroad. But the loopholes still remained. We talked with market participants and experts and found out how to treat money in a world where Visa and MasterCard do not work.

Ural Airlines is sending part of its employees, including pilots and flight attendants, to idle. The airline seeks to reduce costs against the backdrop of a "difficult geopolitical situation." The order of the head of Ural Airlines Sergey Skuratov is reported by RBC with reference to a copy, its authenticity was confirmed by a representative of the company. The previous evening, a photo of the document was published by the Aviatorshina Telegram channel.

The audience of Facebook in ten days of blocking has decreased by more than 40%, and Instagram in one - by 16%, experts say. Both social networks remain on the list of the most popular among millions of Russians. The daily audience of Facebook, Instagram and other services, at the request of RBC, was calculated by the research company Mediascope. Analysts took into account the number of Russians who visited the platform’s website for at least a minute during the day or used the application.

The Central Bank allowed the Moscow Exchange to conduct a number of operations from March 21 to April 1 in the interests of non-residents from countries included in the list of "unfriendly" Russia. This was done in order to reduce liabilities resulting from transactions made before February 28th.