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The Axios publication reports that the oligarchs want to give the funds to Kiev.

Western media reports that representatives of the US Senate from the Democratic and Republican parties will present a bill that involves the use of Russian assets to help Ukrainian refugees and rebuild the country.

According to Axios, the authors of the document insist that Kiev needs help, especially in terms of supporting migrants from Ukraine.

The right way to correct the situation in the document is to move away from freezing the Russian assets of the oligarchs to confiscating them and providing funds to Ukrainians within the framework of current humanitarian activities.

Earlier, by the decision of the EU, the assets of 862 Russians and 53 organizations of the Russian Federation were frozen in Europe.

Only Brussels announced the blocking of assets worth 10 billion euros.

According to Deputy Head of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, such actions can only mean an economic war between the West and Russia, which will violate the rules of the game of the world economy – the right to inviolability of private property

Earlier, Topnews wrote about the arrest in Spain of a yacht for $ 140 million, which probably belongs to Sechin.

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Russia will sell fuel in rubles.

Europe continues to prepare to buy gas from Russia for Russian rubles. Earlier, such an ultimatum for supplies was put by Russian President Vladimir Putin. After that, it turned out that many states are simply not ready for this.

According to Putin, only countries that are on the list of unfriendly states compiled by Russia will pay for gas in rubles. For example, the list includes EU countries, the United States – all those who imposed sanctions against the Russian Federation.

After that, German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck said that the G7 countries refuse to pay Russia in rubles. The demands to pay for gas supplies in the Russian national currency were called “unacceptable”.

They refused to pay for rubles in Russia and Ukraine. According to the Minister of Energy of Ukraine, this is both impossible and difficult, especially since these are not bilateral agreements.

First, Europe needs to pay in rubles, then funds will appear. She also pays in euros and dollars.

In Italy, Eni admitted that the future of the concern is in question, because there is no way to pay in Russian rubles.

And the ministers of all countries urged their enterprises not to pay the bills of Russians in rubles.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin stressed that no one will supply gas to Europe for free, but noted that the supply process is complicated. The Kremlin also reminded that if countries refuse to pay in rubles, the issues will be resolved gradually.

“The fact that we will not supply gas for free is unequivocal. It is hardly possible and advisable to engage in pan-European charity,” Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, added.

As Topnews wrote earlier, experts note that Europe will not be able to completely abandon Russian gas. She doesn’t have any supplies.

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Putin instructed to rewrite the existing gas contracts.

Vice-Chancellor of Germany and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habek said that the G7 countries will not pay for Russian gas in rubles, as Moscow requires.

According to RIA Novosti, Habek noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be able to split the unity of the Big Seven, which he expects.

According to Habek, all G7 countries will respect the previous agreements.

Western countries see Putin’s condition as unilateral and violating contracts that specify the payment format.

A similar opinion was expressed by representatives of Italy’s largest oil and gas company Eni, where they stated that it is impossible to pay for Russian gas in rubles.

This statement was made by the head of the company Claudio Descalzi, writes TASS.

“We will not be able to do this [switch to payment in rubles], because we do not have rubles, – he said, recalling that the calculations under the contract are carried out in euros.

According to him, the contract cannot be changed unilaterally, and an additional agreement is needed.

Against this background, Vladimir Putin instructed to change the current contracts for the supply of Russian gas to European countries.

The deadline for the execution of the order is designated as March 31. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has been appointed responsible.

Then you should report on the results of the transition to settlements in rubles on a monthly basis. The deadline for the final transition is not specified.

Recall that the need to switch to calculations in rubles for gas became known on March 23. Putin explained this by saying that Russia cannot accept payments in the currency of unfriendly countries.

Earlier, topNews wrote that Putin “trolled ” the West by transferring payment for gas in rubles. According to journalists, the Russian president’s bid has a high risk.

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Putin’s bid has a high risk, as there are two scenarios.

The observers of the Politico edition came to the conclusion that the Russian leader, by his decision to transfer all settlements with unfriendly countries to the ruble equivalent, is trolling the West and the main reason is the energy dependence of the West on Russia.

The authors of the publication explained that Putin’s bid has a high risk, since there are two options for the development of events.

According to the first, the West will yield to Putin, but in the second option it will risk resistance, after which other steps on the part of Putin may follow.

Expert Timothy Ash also stressed that Putin is trying to force the West to soften the sanctions policy against Russia with his steps. And if the West intends to continue exporting oil and gas from Russia, then they will still have to make a number of deals with Russian companies.

Nevertheless, Putin’s decision will affect European gas buyers as a result, creating difficulties for them, S&P Global Commodity Insights expert James Huxtepp is sure.

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden intends to establish LNG supplies to Europe.

According to The Washington Post, a corresponding statement will be made on Friday and timed to coincide with Biden’s visit to Brussels.

Observers explained that if contracts are signed, this will be an unusual step to change the routes of energy supplies.

And apparently such a decision by the United States will be quite useful, since a number of European countries refused to pay for gas in Russian rubles.

In particular, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the contracts concluded with Russia listed only two currencies for settlements – the euro and the dollar. And Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa even answered for the whole of Europe, saying that EU countries will not pay for Russian gas in rubles.

Earlier, Topnews wrote that experts voiced the consequences of selling gas from Russia to Europe for rubles.

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The businessman said that because of the sanctions, he literally had nothing left.

Ex-Minister of Economic Relations of the Russian Federation and ex-chairman of the Board of Alfa-Bank Peter Aven complained about the situation in which he found himself.

Earlier, the West imposed sanctions against Aven, who is now in the UK.

According to the banker, he and his wife Ekaterina do not know how to live.

Recall that the EU and the UK have frozen Aven’s bank account and assets, including his luxury apartment in the prestigious St. James district of London, as well as a mansion with works of art located in the suburbs.

Aven’s fortune was estimated at 4.5 billion pounds last month, but now, in an interview with the Financial Times, he said he did not know if he would be able to pay the bills.

“Our business is completely destroyed. Everything that we have been building for 30 years is now completely destroyed,” he said, complaining that he and his wife “do not understand how to survive.”

According to journalists, Aven can be expelled from the country within about 20 days.

He has a visa to the USA and a Latvian passport, although the businessman himself would prefer to stay in the UK, where his family and child will be located.

In his opinion, in case of expulsion from the country, he will not be able to return to the United Kingdom.

Earlier, topNews wrote that the oligarch Mikhail Fridman complained about blocked accounts.

The businessman said that he could not even pay the cleaner and the driver.

At the same time, he stated that he did not know how to live.

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FAS checked the check and found violations.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has reported on the progress of inspections in Russia on the fact of an unjustified increase in sugar prices. So, a case has been initiated against two sugar factories in the Kuban.

According to the service, the management of the plants is suspected of cartel conspiracy. If their guilt is proven, then the participants in the conspiracy will face a turnover fine.

The reason for the initiation of the case was the appeal of the head of the Krasnodar Territory, the prosecutor’s office, who wanted the FAS to check the selling prices of factories.

As the authorities of the region assured, there were no objective reasons for the price increase, but the competing enterprises did it at the same time, which means that collusion is seen in this.

We are talking about the “Tikhoretsky Sugar Combine” and the Pavlovsky Sugar Factory. In March, factories increased wholesale and selling prices for sugar by almost a third.

The price per kilogram of sugar became 68.3 rubles. And the cost of sugar per kilogram is 28.66 rubles.

According to RIA Novosti, the FAS also suspected wholesale sugar suppliers in the Kemerovo region of shipping goods at high prices.

And large retailers Pyaterochka and Magnit were suspected of deliberately not supplying sugar to stores in the Voronezh Region – while sugar was stored in sufficient quantities in warehouses.

According to the Telegram channel MASH, the managers of Magnit assured that sugar in the Vladimir region was going to be shipped to 826 stores, it would be enough for a day and a half. And the markup on sugar was agreed with the FAS and was the lowest, allegedly it did not even cover transportation costs.

As Topnews wrote earlier, the Russians made an unprecedented rush for sugar and offered things in return.

Others staged fights in hypermarkets, trying to snatch more packs. The authorities assure that there is no shortage of sugar in Russia.

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Mitrakhovych said that developments alone will not be enough to provide jobs for the EU.

Stanislav Mitrakhovich, a leading expert of the National Energy Security Foundation and the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, said in an interview with the media that the only way Europe can get rid of gas dependence on Russia is the collapse of its own industry.

Earlier, the US administration announced a deal with the EU for the supply of at least 15 billion cubic meters of natural gas this year, but the main goal was to get rid of dependence on Russia and its fuel.

In an interview with Izvestia, the expert explained that with such meager supplies to Europe, it would be difficult to refuse supplies from Russia.

And in order to outbid liquefied natural gas, it is necessary to compete with Asian countries with prices.

“The main recipe here, if they want to do this, is to collapse their industry,” Mitrakhovich concluded.

According to him, without spending on energy resources for industrial enterprises, this is possible. But it is unclear what Europe is going to earn. Scientific and technical developments alone will not be enough for her, the expert is sure, because there are not so many jobs in the industry.

As Topnews wrote earlier, on March 23, the President of the Russian Federation announced that the country was switching to paying for gas supplies to unfriendly countries in rubles.

Later, the European Commission said that it would not allow European countries to accept Russian conditions.

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It became known who did not support the severance of trade relations with Russia.

Three European countries at once refused to break off trade with the Russian Federation.

These countries were Germany, Austria, Hungary.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki pointed out the unwillingness of a number of states to stop trade with the Russian Federation.

RIA Novosti writes about this.

“They [Austria, Hungary, Germany] refrain from far-reaching conclusions …, such as to break off trade with Russia as soon as possible, here and now, ”, – Moravetsky said.

The Prime Minister said that it is necessary to quickly block the possibility of new funds entering the Russian Federation, in connection with which Poland speaks of the need to restrict trade in fuel raw materials.

Earlier, topNews wrote about the US sanctions imposed on 328 State Duma deputies.

Herman Gref was also included in the restrictive list.

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The EC decision was supported by the Prime Minister of Slovenia.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made a statement about Russian gas supplies to European countries.

According to her, the EU leadership will not allow paying for gas in Russian rubles.

According to Reuters, Leyen called such a financial scenario an attempt to circumvent the sanctions that were previously imposed on Russia by the EU.

She found the option of circumventing restrictive measures unacceptable.

“We will not allow our restrictions to be circumvented,” the EC chairwoman said.

Recall, as Topnews wrote earlier, on March 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that payments to unfriendly countries would be made in rubles, thus Russia abandoned the previously “compromised” currencies of other states.

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansha also spoke in support of Leyen’s statement, who is confident that Europe will not accept a ruble payment.

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In total, the measures affected more than 1,000 enterprises of the Russian Federation and Russians.

London announced that the UK is introducing restrictive measures against the heads of two leading Russian bankers, German Gref (Sberbank), ex-deputy chairman of the Security Council Lev Khasis and Oleg Tinkov (TCS Group).

According to RIA “News” with reference to a document published by the British authorities, the updated sanctions list includes Deputy Head of Gazprom “ Oleg Aksyutin, First Vice President of Rosneft ” Didier Kasimiro, a member of the management “#8220;Rosneft” Zelko Runye, businessman Evgeny Shvidler, Acting Mayor of Melitopol Galina Danilchenko and niece of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Polina Kovaleva.

The assets of these individuals in the UK will be frozen, and they themselves cannot enter the country.

Measures were taken to stop Moscow’s actions on destabilization.;  Threats and undermining of Ukraine’s sovereignty, as well as its territorial integrity and independence, the document says.

The head of the British Foreign Ministry, Liz Truss, the total number of sanctioned Russians and enterprises of the Russian Federation today is more than 1,000.

Earlier, Topnews wrote that the political scientist called the date of lifting the US anti-Russian sanctions.

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