European restrictions on coal imports and an American ban on investment On April 3, the European Union threatened Russia with new sanctions that should be a response to the victims of the civilian population in Buch and other cities near Kiev. Today the first official details of the new package appeared. The most important thing in it is restrictions on the import of Russian coal and a ban on transactions of four Russian banks.

Medical workers from the institutions of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) were asked to allocate several thousand rubles from their salaries as a donation to help victims in the territory of the “special operation”. This was told to The Bell by four FMBA doctors from different regions of Russia, who asked for anonymity. Three of them reported that management insisted on signing payroll deduction statements.

Tesla founder Elon Musk joins the board of directors of Twitter Inc. On the eve it became known that the American billionaire bought a 9.2% stake in the platform. “Excited to announce that Elon Musk will be joining our board of directors,” wrote Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal . “We have been in contact with Elon in recent weeks, and it is clear to us that he will be of great benefit to the council.

The European Union plans to prepare a plan to phase out Russian coal in response to reports of Russian "war crimes" in Ukraine, Bloomberg writes , citing sources. It is also reported by The Wall Street Journal and Reuters . According to Bloomberg sources, the details of the plan and the timing of the phase-out of coal from Russia are still being discussed. In addition, according to the agency, the European Commission will propose to ban most Russian trucks and ships from entering Europe.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov ranked third among the richest Russians according to Forbes. His fortune is estimated at $ 15.1 billion - this is $ 2.1 billion less than last year, although then he was ranked ninth on the list. The first two places in the list of Russians were taken by co-owner of NLMK Vladimir Lisin ($18.4 billion) and co-owner of Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin ($17.3 billion).

Following a number of other European countries, Denmark announced the expulsion of 15 Russian diplomats. They are suspected of espionage. The expulsion of 15 Russian diplomats from Denmark was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom Jeppe Kofod at an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Policy Council. As a reason, he cited espionage, the object of which is the "security architecture" in the country. Details are not disclosed.

"Commercial Bank Kyrgyzstan" began to offer Russians to get Visa cards for international payments and use abroad without leaving the country, reported Kommersant , citing the bank's advertising materials. But the bank itself denies that such an option exists. The publication writes that it contacted the representative office of the bank and found out how the process was organized. A Russian with a Russian passport must apply to a bank representative office in Moscow.

The departure of Visa and Mastercard from Russia cleared the market for Mir cards. Their popularity is growing, although the cards of international payment systems continue to work within the country and have no drawbacks compared to national ones. The fact that Mir cards are increasingly replacing payments through Visa and Mastercard cards, RBC reports with reference to representatives of acquiring banks.

Russia again faced the specter of default - the possibility of paying out of blocked reserves is blocked Russia has lost the ability to service public debt in dollars from accounts in American financial institutions, writes Reuters. On Monday, the US Treasury stopped payments on Russian government bonds maturing in 2022 and 2042 for more than $600 million processed by JPMorgan Chase. Russia has a 30-day grace period to make payments from other sources.

The US Treasury has banned Russia from making payments on its debt obligations from frozen reserves, Reuters writes , citing a representative of the US department. On Monday, April 4, Russia's $552.4 million and $84 million in bonds fell due.