Continuation of panic in crypto, Finland and Sweden in NATO and dollar 64 NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization/Flickr/CC by 2.0 @ The crisis in the crypto is developing in an alarming direction. As experts feared, following the collapse of the Terrausd cryptocurrency today, the most popular world stabelcoin Tether, tied to the dollar rate.

The new fall of bitcoin - and with it other cryptocurrencies - may be different from the previous ones, when the recovery came quickly enough. This time, with the collapse of the stablecoin TerraUSD (UST), one of the foundations of the cryptocurrency ecosystem is in question - and one of the few remaining channels for withdrawing funds from Russia to abroad. What's happening On Thursday, May 12th, bitcoin peaked 10% to $25,500 levels.

Lukoil is buying the Russian assets of the British-Dutch Shell, including 411 gas stations, as well as a lubricants production plant in the Tver region. The transaction will be completed after FAS approval, its amount was not disclosed. “Lukoil announces the signing of an agreement with Shell subsidiaries on the acquisition of a 100% stake in Shell Oil LLC, which is engaged in the retail sale of petroleum products and the production of lubricants in Russia,” the Russian company said in a .

Just a few weeks after the purchase of the largest Bookmaker Fonbet in Russia and its competitor Paribet, the former son -in -law of Mikhail Mishustin Alexander Udodov reselling both companies. The interlocutors of The Bell in the bookmaker market argue that the buyer may be the structures of a long -standing business partner of the Udodov Trude Truder Alexander Karmanov.

Another ten European gas buyers have opened accounts with Gazprombank, in total the number of importers willing to pay for gas in rubles has increased to twenty, Bloomberg reports citing a source. According to him, another 14 companies requested from the bank a list of documents required to open an account. To name those who have opened or are going to open accounts in Gazprombank, the interlocutor of the agency refused.

The German manufacturer of electrical engineering, electronics, energy and medical equipment Siemens announced its withdrawal from the Russian market. The company recalled that after the start of the “special operation”, it had already suspended international deliveries to Russia and Belarus, and now it is starting to curtail its industrial activities in Russia. “We condemn the war in Ukraine and have decided to carry out an orderly process of winding down our industrial activities in Russia.

on parole Former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev was released from the Tver colony, where he was serving a sentence on extorting a bribe from the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin. He refused to talk to the journalists who were waiting for him at the exit from IK No. 1, reports . Interfax At the end of April, the Tver court granted the request of Ulyukaev's lawyer for his parole. The prosecutor's office and the administration of the colony did not object.

The Central Bank predicts preservation, but not strengthening sanctions, and balance in the economy in mid-2023 Wikicommons/cc by 2.0 @ The Central Bank's report on a monetary policy entitled “Large-scale transformation of the Russian economy” predicts that the lower point of reduction in GDP will be passed at the end of 2022, and by the middle of 2023 a stable equilibrium will be reached. Judging by the document, he does not expect increased pressure on the Russian economy and new shocks.