How long will the ruble strengthening, coordinated EU sanctions and coal for yuan @ Photo: pxher The ruble continues an abnormal strengthening against the background of sanctions - today the dollar for the first time since the beginning of February fell below 75 rubles. The growth has obvious reasons - the mandatory sale of 80% revenue against exporters against the backdrop of a sharp drop in imports and restrictions in the foreign exchange market.

The US imposes export sanctions against three Russian airlines. These are Aeroflot, Azur air and Utair. Due to prolonged violations of export control rules (flights abroad and within Russia without a permit), the US Department of Commerce is denying export privileges to Russian airlines Aeroflot, Azur air and Utair, the department said . They are ineligible to participate in transactions subject to the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

Russian investors decided to take advantage of the pause in the Russian market and spend their money on buying cheaper shares: opened over 750,000 private investors brokerage accounts in March. What is the reason for the growth of the Russian market and individual shares, and should investors count on continued growth? How the market moved In the first 1.5 weeks after the resumption of trading, optimism dominated the markets.

The dollar has been depreciating against the ruble for more than a week, despite the new sanctions. What's happening? On Thursday, April 7, the ruble at its peak strengthened by more than 4% against the dollar (for some time the dollar even cost less than 75 rubles), thus continuing the trend of the last ten days. As early as March 28, the dollar on the stock exchange cost more than 100 rubles, and to the absolute maximum, 121.5 rubles (March 10), it strengthened by more than a third.

Six Google services will be flagged for violating Russian law. These are the Gmail mail service, the Google Play app store, the Google Chat messenger, Google search, as well as the YouTube and YouTube Music platforms. On the morning of April 7, the RKN announced measures of an "informational and economic nature" against Google.

Due to new sanctions, Sberbank will transfer foreign assets of its clients to other brokers. "Centralized transfer" is expected until April 13th. “The bank has decided to transfer clients’ foreign securities to another depository that is not included in the sanctions list,” the says Sberbank website . — The transfer will be carried out before 13.04.

What will change for customers US sanctions against Sberbank and Alfa Bank The United States on the eve of “full blocking sanctions” against the largest state bank of Russia-Sberbank-and the largest private bank-Alfa-Bank. This means the complete freezing of all assets of these banks in the United States and the ban on all transactions with them citizens and companies in the United States.

In retail, there is a shortage of the most popular Acuvue contact lenses from Johnson & Johnson, reports Kommersant , citing representatives of optics stores. It is not easy to order products online either - two online stores told the publication that they expected deliveries only at the end of April. Acuvue is the most popular lens brand in Russia. Market participants told Kommersant that these lenses account for 50% of retail sales and 70-80% online.