Finances

On April 4, the Ministry of Finance of Russia transferred funds for the redemption of Eurobonds "Russia 2022" and "Russia 2042" to the National Settlement Depository for settlement in rubles.

Since April of this year, Minsk has been switching to Russian rubles in gas payments.

Russian banks refuse to receive credit holidays in at least half of customer applications.

The biggest losses were suffered by the co-owner of Lukoil, Vagit Alekperov, who became four times poorer in just three months.

Previously, trading platforms reported on assets on behalf of clients — now the regulator plans to oblige cryptocurrency exchanges to be responsible for client's assets themselves.

At the same time, it makes no sense to ban household mining, said Alexey Yakovlev, deputy director of the Financial Policy Department of the Ministry.

The new payment system is likely to be installed at the headquarters of both RBI and VEB.

The Moscow exchange index at the opening of trading is growing by 0.89%, the RTS is decreasing by 0.48%.

Restrictions may contribute to the emergence of small currency blocks, which will be based on trade between individual groups of countries.

If the Europeans refuse to pay for Russian gas in rubles, they will stop receiving "free" fuel, and Europe will not be able to find other suppliers that could replace Russia.

The creation of a new global currency that is not tied to the country's economy is a utopia, said Mikhail Belyaev, candidate of economic sciences, financial analyst.

Poland withdrew its earlier consent to conclude an agreement with Russia on the support and mutual protection of investments.

The US Department of the Treasury monitors the transactions of businessmen and companies from Russia in order to prevent possible circumvention of anti-Russian sanctions.

Economist Oleg Bogdanov, in a conversation with NEWS.ru, explained whether it could happen that Russia would ban the circulation of the euro and dollars within the country.

Petropavlovsk, one of Russia's largest gold miners, will not be able to sell gold, according to its press release to RBC.