▪️Nissan announced the shutdown of its plant in St. Petersburg in the coming days.
▪️United Russia proposes to nationalize the production of companies that announce the withdrawal and closure of production in Russia during a special operation in Ukraine — Turchak
▪️Canada has imposed sanctions against Peskov, Solovyov, Simonyan, Ernst and Deripaska.
▪️During the last conversation with Putin, Erdogan announced the possibility of using the Russian ruble in trade, — Turkish TV.
▪️A member of the Ukrainian delegation, after negotiations with the Russian Federation, said that there are small progress in improving the logistics of humanitarian corridors.
▪️Podolyak admitted that from the point of view of a ceasefire, a truce and the end of hostilities, intensive consultations will continue:
“So far there are no results that significantly improve the situation.”
▪️Changes in the logistics of humanitarian corridors agreed at the negotiations will provide more effective assistance to people, — Podolyak.
▪️Medinsky:
“We have been discussing the problem of humanitarian corridors for a long time — the Ukrainian forces on the ground do not follow the orders of their command.”
▪️The expectations of the Russian Federation from negotiations with Ukraine have not been met, Medinsky said.
▪️Upwork, the world’s largest job search platform, suspends work with Russians and Belarusians.
▪️Morgan Stanley & They expect the default of the Russian Federation. This could happen as early as April 15, when the 30-day grace period on dollar bonds maturing in 2023 and 2043 ends – Bloomberg
“We consider default to be the most likely scenario. It is unlikely to look like a normal default, and Venezuela is perhaps the most appropriate comparison,” said Simon Waver.
▪️Microsoft Microsoft has blocked its games on Steam. You can’t install and run even purchased games.
▪️The House of Representatives of the US Congress has begun studying and considering a bill according to which “normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus” can be canceled. This was told by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. The first steps may be a ban on the import of oil and other energy carriers from Russia, as well as its exclusion from the World Trade Organization (WTO)
▪️The US is discussing with the EU the prospect of refusing to buy oil from the Russian Federation, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said. According to Blinken, it is important to make sure that there will be enough fuel on the international market.
▪️The Ministry of Defense of Russia has issued a warning that the SBU and the militants of the Azov battalion are preparing a provocation with possible radioactive contamination of the area near Kharkov
▪️Europe is considering additional sanctions against Russia, but is keeping them secret for now, said the head of the French Ministry of Economy, Le Maire
▪️The Armed Forces of Russia today from 10:00 declare a regime of silence and open humanitarian corridors from Kiev, Mariupol, Kharkiv, Sumy – the humanitarian headquarters of the Russian Federation
▪️The administration of Mariupol announced evacuation from the city along the humanitarian corridor
▪️The Chinese social network TikTok has announced that it will stop distributing new content in Russia and live broadcasts due to the Russian law on “fakes”
▪️Stocks fall, oil soars, gold reaches $2,000 on concerns about Ukraine
▪️Putin signed a law allowing officials to recover money from bank accounts through the court if the amount of income exceeds the official income for the last three years, and the legality of receiving funds has not been confirmed.
▪️The Australian Prime Minister called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “moment of choice for China”
▪️The British Prime Minister said that what is happening in Ukraine is not a NATO conflict
▪️”Any country that provides Ukraine with its airfields for attacks on Russia can be considered to have entered into a conflict” – The Ministry of Defense of Russia
▪️The European Union will not finance the sending of combat aircraft to Ukraine
▪️Russia is recruiting Syrian fighters for urban battles in Ukraine, the WSJ reports, citing US officials
▪️The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced “the transfer of the country’s economy to military rails”
▪️The forces of the US Cyber Command, known as “cyber teams”, are created to interfere in Russia’s digital attacks and communications, the New York Times reports
▪️Moldova has accepted 250 thousand refugees from Ukraine
▪️The West, including the United States, demands to exclude Russia from Interpol
▪️”Erdogan, in a conversation with Putin, gave a critical assessment of the West’s frenzied campaign to discriminate against Russian culture and its figures” – from the Kremlin statement
▪️The Vatican is ready to do everything for peace in Ukraine, two Vatican cardinals have gone to this country to help the population, Pope Francis said
▪️Israel launches airstrikes in Syria
▪️American Express suspends operations in Russia
▪️The population of Ukraine has become a hostage of the criminal policy of the United States, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said
▪️The Indian rupee falls to a record low against the US dollar