"Military operation" has been going on for a month. How will it change the economy of Russia, Ukraine and the whole world? Since the beginning of the “special military operation” of Russia in Ukraine, a month has passed. Its main price is human lives, which has already gone at least thousands. But the economy will pay a high price - Russian, Ukrainian, and world. We tried to evaluate the short -term and long -term consequences of “special operations” for the economy and business.

The blockade of the Russian economy by sanctions will give rise to not one or two, but many shocks at once. The main ones will be the disappearance of goods, unemployment and problems with energy exports, says Oleg Itskhoki, professor of economics at the University of California at Los Angeles and one of the most famous Russian economists in the West. We spoke with him about how the economy will adjust to these shocks and what it will mean for the population.

In the short term, Russia's "military operation" will lead to an increase in global inflation and a slowdown in economic growth - this is the consensus among analysts and international organizations: the IMF will lower its forecast for global economic growth in 2022 and points to recession risks in individual countries. But this, of course, is not all: we are telling you what structural changes in the global economy and finance will result from the full-scale crisis that we are facing.

President Vladimir Putin personally approved the participation of billionaire Roman Abramovich in Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, writes the Financial Times (FT), citing two sources familiar with the situation. After gaining Putin's backing, Abramovich met with a senior official in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office to help orchestrate the talks, three people said.

Businessman Petr Aven gave an interview to the Financial Times (FT), in which he spoke about the difficulties he faced due to the sanctions imposed against him by the European Union and the UK. He rejected proximity to the Kremlin and stressed that restrictive measures against Russians would have no effect on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Aven, snapping his finger, complained that his life had changed overnight. “Our business is completely destroyed.

Medicines are one of the few commodity categories that have not yet critically affected international sanctions against Russia : even Western pharmaceutical companies that have joined sanctions continue delivering vital drugs and vaccines to the country. Despite this, many medicines have already disappeared from pharmacies, and the prices for the remaining increased significantly.

Apple has notified the National Payment Card System (NSPK) that it is suspending support for Mir cards in the Apple Pay payment service, TASS reports citing the NSPK press service. Uploading new Mir maps to the service has become unavailable since March 24, and the work of previously uploaded maps will be stopped over the next few days, the company said. On the eve of March 24, Apple Pay users noticed that new Mir cards cannot be added to the service, and already added ones are still available.

A month has passed since the beginning of the "special operation" in Ukraine, but business has only just begun to realize the scale of the consequences, writes Kommersant . This became clear in the process of consolidating government support measures requested by business: only in the segment of small and medium-sized businesses, the number of initiatives exceeded 11,000. And big business has realized that covid experience in the current situation is not enough.

The business considers the measures taken to be insufficient Since the beginning of the “special operation” in Ukraine, a month has passed in Ukraine, but the business has just begun to realize the scale of the consequences, Kommersant writes . This became clear in the process of consolidating state support measures requested by business: only in the segment of small and medium -sized enterprises the number of initiatives exceeded 11 thousand.

Every fifth Russian company from the sphere of small business has laid off or laid off employees amid the crisis after the start of the “military operation” in Ukraine, according to a survey conducted by the Aktion Accounting service at the request of Forbes. According to his results: about 11% of companies fired or sent to idle less than 10% of the staff; 6.3% of companies - from 10% to 30% of employees; 2.8% - from 50% to 100%.

Food manufacturers have asked the Prosecutor General's Office to confirm that they can temporarily use packaging with logos and links to Facebook and Instagram, which are part of Meta, a company recognized as an extremist organization. It is reported by "Kommersant" with reference to the appeal of "Rusprodsoyuz". The need to replace the packaging now will lead to the shutdown of enterprises and the withdrawal of goods from circulation, the association warns.