In China, the XX Congress of the Communist Party was held, according to which no one doubted, General Secretary of the Party of Xi Jinping will remain in power for at least another five years. The markets tried to track signals about economic policy. For Russian investors who, due to the complete collapse of the country's relations with the West, are increasingly reoriented to China, these signals are also important.

Russia launched massive strikes on Ukrainian critical infrastructure in the morning. The consequences of the attack may be worse than those on October 10-12 after the explosion on the Crimean bridge. The fact that the scale of damage to Ukrainian energy facilities from today's strikes is "comparable" to the attacks on October 10-12 or "may exceed them, said " Ukrenergo . Specialists are taking all measures to restore power supply in the regions that are now left without electricity.

Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao was forcibly taken out of the hall during the closing ceremony of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party. Judging by the footage, this was unexpected for the 79-year-old politician: in the video , a confused Hu Jintao seems to be trying to resist when one of the assistants tells him something and tries to take him by the arms. The former head of the republic occupied a place of honor on the presidium next to the current leader of the PRC, Xi Jinping.

The United States is likely to push for a ceiling on Russian oil prices above $60 per barrel, writes Bloomberg. The United States believes that a price cap above $60 per barrel will solve two main problems: deprive Moscow of oil revenues and keep it on the market in order to avoid gasoline price spikes, which is especially important on the eve of the midterm congressional elections.

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