Russia in the environment, March 16, must pay 117 million dollars (106 million euros) for the issuance of dollar bonds with savings in 2023 and 2043. Against this background, the Fitch rating agency warned that if the Russian Federation, under freezing conditions, considers parts of the country’s foreign exchange reserves due to acceptance, the West, against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, will carry out settlements in rubles, then, following the results of the 30-day period (by April 16), it will announce sovereign default on the obligations of the Russian Federation.
As reported by Reuters, this could be the first major default on foreign debt since 1917, when the Bolsheviks refused to bear responsibility for the royal debts.
The obligations currently in question were published in 2013 and are considered in relation to the US dollar, in this bank Citi is being discussed as an agent for payments on them.
A number of rating agencies downgraded Russia’s creditworthiness to “junk”
On the evening of March 14, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation announced that the bank-payment agent was instructed to pay investors coupon income on the issue of bonds on March 15.
Despite the existing criminality, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), nevertheless, considers it unlikely that in the event of a default in the financial system of the Russian Federation, there is a possibility of other serious consequences.
A number of rating agencies had previously downgraded Russia’s creditworthiness to “junk” level. In addition, he forbade taking into account rating agencies that evaluate Russian bonds and companies. Many investors make investment decisions that rely on agency valuations to better predict possible losses. This step, according to Brussels, will further increase the economic pressure in the Kremlin.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
Yellow and blue are the colors of solidarity in demonstrations, graffiti and posters; portraits of Vladimir Putin with a call for admission and the mandatory termination of admission – here are collected such photographs of recent weeks. Let’s start with a charity concert in London, March 10th.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
“War criminal” – “Hands off Ukraine”. Action on Trafalgar Square in the capital of Great Britain.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
Protests are also taking place in Russian cities against the hostilities in Ukraine. The demonstrations are brutally suppressed and dispersed. Over 13,000 demonstrators were detained across the country in the first two weeks. Moscow, March 6.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
“No more time” graffiti in Gdansk, Poland. With the shelling of the Westerplatte peninsula forgotten from this city on September 1, 1939, the Second World War began.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
Demonstration in The Hague – the city in the Netherlands, where the International Criminal Court is located. The competence of this court includes the prosecution of persons responsible for genocide, a case, a case against humanity, as well as a case of aggression.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
Graffiti in the Portuguese city of Idlib
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
“Blutin, go home!” – a poster about the misfortunes in Freiburg, Germany, from the German words “Blut” (blood) and the name of the President of Russia in Latin transcription “Putin” (Putin).
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
Children’s drawings in the Italian commune of Pergine Valsugana.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
Call “Stop Putin now” – the arrest of Vladimir Putin on the scoreboard of the Bagatelle Theater in Krakow, Poland.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
“Mad Putin” – “Mad Putin”. Promotion poster in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
Near the Ukrainian Consulate in Hamburg, Germany.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
Near the Russian consulates in Hamburg, Germany.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
The action of the fans of the German football club “Bochum”.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
In the German city of Cologne, after the start of the war, several large rallies and demonstrations took place – including, instead of the traditional carnival procession on Monday, February 28.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
“Go to hell, Putin” – a poster for a schoolchildren’s action in Frankfurt am Main.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
Posters of an anti-war rally in the Lebanese capital Beirut, March 9.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
Demonstration in the city of Skopje – North Macedonia.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
Columns of the Museum of Economics in the Danish capital of Copenhagen on March 11.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
“Peace donuts” (“Friedenskreppel”) in Frankfurt am Main, one euro each. Proceeds from the sale to help refugees.
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Posters, slogans and symbols – in support of Ukraine
Light installation in the South Korean city of Suwon – on the territory of the Hwaseong fortress, which received the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are seven such objects on the territory of Ukraine. After the outbreak of the war, they, too, were under threat, as were schools, hospitals, residential buildings … and people.
Author: Nikolay Permyakov