Putin about negotiations, the detention of Medvedchuk and the Ministry of Finance against default For the first time from March 18, Vladimir Putin commented on the course of “Special Operation” and Russian-Ukrainian negotiations. The optimism of his statements was not added: the “operation” will go “until the goals set at the very beginning”, and the negotiations “came to a dead end”.

Ozon CEO Alexander Shulgin, who fell under the sanctions of the European Union and Australia, resigned from his post. Instead, the company will be led by a collegial body with several top managers. Alexander Shulgin resigned as CEO of Ozon and left the company's board of directors on April 11, after the European Union and Australia imposed personal sanctions against him, the said online retailer . Igor Gerasimov, CFO, will replace Shulgin on the board of directors.

The Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced four editors of the student publication Doxa in the case of involving minors in protests. It was initiated for a video in which journalists condemned the persecution of students for actions in support of politician Alexei Navalny. Doxa editors Alla Gutnikova, Armen Aramyan, Vladimir Metelkin and Natalya Tyshkevich received two years of hard labor. The court also banned journalists from administering websites for three years.

Health risks are one of the main threats to business, almost half of all the general director in the world. And two -thirds of the Russians will rather choose work with a social package and the voluntary medical insurance (VHI) policy included in it than without it. VHI is not an alternative to compulsory medical insurance (compulsory medical insurance), but a “cherry on the cake”: an investment in health and part of the strategy of self -care.

released on Monday The Russian Ministry of Finance commented on a CNN publication , in which, with reference to the Friday release of the S&P agency on the downgrade of Russia's rating to SD (selective default), it was said that Russia had defaulted on Eurobonds.

Russia's "special operation" in Ukraine and the crisis in the real estate market in China could lead to the strongest wave of corporate defaults in developing countries since the global financial crisis, including Russia, JP Morgan warns. So far, the biggest risk for Russian issuers is the technical impossibility of paying back the money, but the deteriorating economic situation could also trigger a real wave of defaults, experts interviewed by The Bell say. Where to wait for them?

The Russian IT market was in a difficult situation: because of the “special operation” in Ukraine, in the coming months, he risks remaining without the “iron” necessary for the work. The authorities see the solution of the problem in import substitution. Including-microelectronics, because of which Russia was in a vulnerable position.

Gold miner Nordgold, owned by Alexei Mordashov, was unable to pay a coupon on Eurobonds in the amount of $8.25 million on time. The company attributed the delay to technical problems. The issue of Eurobonds in the amount of $400 million was placed in 2019 with a maturity in 2024. Nordgold was supposed to pay $8.25 million coupon on April 9, but failed to meet its obligations to shareholders on time.

The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development are updating the forecast for Russia's GDP for 2022, says the head of the Accounts Chamber, Alexei Kudrin. According to preliminary data, the decrease will be about 10% or slightly more. about the forecasts for the fall of the economy Kudrin spoke at a meeting of the budget committee of the Federation Council, where he presented a report on the work of the joint venture for 2021.

The new bill on the external management of the assets of companies that have left Russia is noticeably calmer than the first one. And most importantly - few will fall under it with the text of the new draft law "On external administration for managing an organization" got acquainted Kommersant . The main conclusion is that the rapid forced nationalization of retired companies will not be the rule, but the last resort.

Exporters have encountered difficulties in selling foreign exchange earnings on the market, reports , citing a source close to the government, as well as three interlocutors in large industrial groups involved in deliveries abroad, and an interlocutor close to the Central Bank.