The footing of Russia from OPEC, sanctions against Mordashov and Zakharova and VPN blocking Carsten Ten Brink/Flickr/CC by 2.0 @ The OPEC+ cartel at the next meeting on June 2 did not discuss the exclusion of Russia from his ranks, as he predicted on the eve of The Wall Street Journal - but he made a decision that in the future promises to Russia much more unpleasant problems.

Today, the United States expanded the list of blocking sanctions (SDN-list) on Russia. It hit 17 Russians, 16 companies, 7 yachts and 3 aircraft. In addition to the billionaire, chairman of the board of directors of Severstal Alexei Mordashov and members of his family, Severstal itself and other companies associated with Mordashov are on the list - the management company Severgroup and the gold mining company Nord Gold.

At the monthly meeting in Vienna, the OPEC+ organization made a sensational decision - contrary to all expectations , exporters decided to accelerate production growth by one and a half times in July-August 2022. The planned increase was to be 432,000 barrels per day (b/d) - and by the end of the meeting it will rise to 648,000. Today's decision paves the way for an even greater increase in production, according to Energy Intel.

"End of the era": from Meta leaves the "right hand" of Tsuckerberg Cheryl Sandberg @ Eastnews The chief operating director of META (recognized as extremist in Russia) Cheryl Sandberg retires after 14 years of work in the company. “It's time to write the next chapter of my life,” she said. Sandberg did not explain the reasons for her departure. The media write about her long -standing disagreements with the founder of Corporation Mark Zuckerberg.

The Ministry of Finance of Russia is ready to settle the claims of investors regarding interest for the delay in transferring payments on government bonds, but on an individual basis, the ministry said today. We are talking about the issue of Russia-2022 bonds with a maturity date of April 4, the funds for which were brought to investors only at the end of the 30-day grace period, in early May.

Quotations of Brent oil on Thursday markedly (to $114 from $118) fell on the apparent warming of relations between the US and Saudi Arabia. Thursday night brought news that Saudi Arabia would increase production if Russia cut it significantly, and a possible visit to the kingdom by US President Joe Biden.