Countries that refuse to pay in rubles will not receive Russian gas. Russia can turn off the valve.

According to Peskov, if the European Union does not pay for gas in rubles, then supplies will stop.

“We will not do charity work. Send gas for free to Western Europe,” Peskov said in an interview with PBS.

Peskov added that the format of relations will be built on the principle of "no money - no gas." What measures the Russian government plans to take is still unknown.

The authorities of Shanghai, which is located in the eastern part of China, decided to close the city from March 28 due to a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus infections, Xinhua reports.

The administration will alternately close the southern, eastern and western parts of the city to test local residents for the coronavirus. At the same time, the entire population was obliged to observe strict quarantine. Almost 25 million people lived in Shanghai, according to the 2020 census.

At the first stage (from 5:00 on March 28 (00:00 Moscow time) to April 1), the areas located to the east and south of the Huangpu River will be closed. On the second, starting from 03:00 on April 1 to 03:00 on April 5 (22:00 Moscow time on March 31 and April 4, respectively), it will not be possible to violate self-isolation in areas west of this river.

2008 allowed US to start printing and injecting money into shale project (with losses)m without it they'll be in same place EU is now with North Sea.

Analysts note that the shortage of components provoked a significant increase in prices for final products. As a result, the total revenue of the ten largest players in the industry jumped by almost one and a half times - by 48%. If in 2020 their income amounted to about $86.0 billion, then last year it was $127.4 billion.

Qualcomm remains the largest integrated circuit developer with $29.3 billion in revenue and 51% annual growth. The company's chips for smartphones and the Internet of things are in high demand.

NVIDIA jumped from third to second with $24.9 billion in revenue last year. The company's sales soared 61%.

Rounding out the top three is Broadcom, which was in second place in 2020. For the year, the company's revenue rose by 18%, reaching $ 21.0 billion.

In fourth and fifth places are respectively MediaTek and AMD with revenues of $17.6 billion and $16.4 billion. Growth compared to 2020 was 61% and 68%.