the us budget deficit quadrupled in the last month of last year, this is the data released by the us department of the treasuryn the twenty-first year of the indicative it was at the level of $ 21 billion , then in december last year it exceeded $ 85 billion. a noticeable decrease in income and growth is also reported. treasury expenses. all this answers. analysts suggest that the deficit is likely to rise again this year as well. the imf is still expects the world economy to grow by 2.7% this year and is not going to revise its forecast, said the director of the crystallin fund. georgiev, according to the results of last year, the imf expects growth by 3.2%, that is, on 23 the world is waiting for a slowdown in positive dynamics, at least by half a percentage point, while further pulling made a statement that can be called contradictory, on the one hand, the mv believes that a recession can be avoided . on the other hand, it emphasizes that the impact of a tough monetary policy largest central banks. still to be felt. at the same time, inflation remains stubborn, which means that the work of these regulators

son of the vice president, the republicans apparently decided to take a closer look at the son of the president from a member of the house of representatives asked the us department of the treasury for reports on hunterbiden's suspicious banking activities. and in several relatives of the head of the white house, members of congress believe that the current administration could hide suspicious transactions. and this is a reason to think. was this a threat to national security elizaveta khramtsova's message? january 12 is a memorable date in the military history of russia january 12, 1945 visloud operation the red army began the visloud operation of the troops. zhukova koneva struck with unprecedented force, soviet guns fired on the german defenses in the form of a fire shaft, a strong german group in poland was defeated already on the fifth day, and in early february the soviet army was 70 km from berlin. tatyana petrova is with you in taganrog today they chose measures of restraint for the police allegedly responsible for the fatal accident the accident claimed the life of his girlfriend, who was in the passenger seat, according to the investigator, the traffic police inspector

the level of 31.4 trillion. dollars, the country's outstanding debt has already come close to this amount among the emergency measures of the us department of the treasury, the rejection of some budget spending on the sale of financial assets and the termination of investment payments, such was the news of the economy. i wish you well and productive day. see you. continues the program zone x anchor pashkov hello the forces were not equal to the kostyukovichs, a drunk man, arranged a showdown with a twelve-year-old boy who offended his son, the incident occurred in a hostel, a fourteen-year-old teenager called the police and said that a neighbor had hit his 12-year-old brother. after threatening to throw the boy out the window, law enforcement officers found out on the spot that the children were playing around. at some point in the corridor at the age of twelve, the schoolboy pushed the five-year-old kid, he fell and hit himself. upon learning of this, the father of the child arranged a showdown with the young offender, but only the forces were not equal. adult man. he attacked the teenager, hit him several times and dragged him towards the window, thre

there are slightly above average companies that the us department of the treasury will never be ableof, because they quietly change their location names and so on, e we will be purchasing a significant share of our chinese imports. this will be everything for everything in parallel imports and a significant part of direct imports at the same time, the chinese payment system union pay, after the departure of the visa and mastercard, is gaining its neshun in the russian market. in some banks , the volumes and missions of these cards have grown 20 times, while the share of settlements in national currencies between the two countries is increasing, the euro and the dollar are being actively replaced by the ruble and yuan. today, the share of the ruble is about 10%, which is not bad, in fact, well, clearly not enough. uh, and here now uh, the amount is strangely working out. first of all, not just increasing the volume of e-trade. well , they are developing mechanisms for transferring money. this is the most important moment, because e technical and russian china are ready. e, and. i thin

only news of the private military company wagner was recognized as a transnational criminal organization such a decision was announced in the department of foreign assets control of the us treasuryepartment, where they emphasized that the wagnerites were involved in massive losses rapes, kidnappings of children and physical violence in various countries of the world, all assets of the organization in the usa were frozen, american citizens were forbidden to provide funds, comrades, services to people associated with this company , a powerful explosion was recorded near the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, there were many reports about the activity of the occupiers around the nuclear power plant on january 25 and 26 explosions are heard, experts indicate that the russians are conducting hostilities near the nuclear plant, which is why the windows are vibrating on its territory, the russians have already denied the explosions near the npp commented on the megatet report cynically stated that one cannot trust one's own hearing and added that the international atomic energy agency wants to show the fact that russia cannot ensure and guarantee nuclear safety kyiv and dnipropetrovsk r

regions of the private military company wagner was recognized as a transnational criminal organization, such a decision was announced in the department of control for foreign assets of the us treasuryepartment, there they emphasized that the wagnerites are involved in mass executions of rapes, child abductions and physical violence in various countries of the world , all the assets of the organization in the us were frozen and american citizens were forbidden to provide funds, goods or services to people associated with this company, now officially from now on special orders of the azov operations, the third separate assault brigade as part of the ground forces from the ace this was reported by the founder and first commander, once again the colonel of the national andriy biletskyi of the guards says that the military command places a new responsibility on them and that is why the brigade's combat path begins in the direction of bakhmut and added that the winter will definitely be hot . almost one and a half thousand ammunition of various calibers were neutralized by the pyrotechnics of the kyiv oblast police. some of them had to be detonated without being transported to a safe pla

of against the background of all these contradictions . the us budget deficit in the last months of last year quadrupled, this is the data released by the us treasury departmentin the twenty-first indicator it was at the level of $21 billion, then in december last year it exceeded $85 billion. also reported a marked decline in revenues and an increase in expenditures of the treasury. all this is noted. analysts suggest that the deficit is likely to rise again this year. 2022 was a record year in terms of the number of orders for lng tankers, buyers are waiting for 163 such vessels - this is more than two times more than in previous years , without stopping records in the twenty-first and fourteenth years. even tangible growth. in just a year, gas carriers rose in price by an average of 50 million dollars to a quarter of a billion 70% of this narrow-profile market is controlled by south korea, but the situation with us is rapidly changing, it’s not even about money, the koreans do not have enough shipyards to build such huge ships of this class, but, and excess orders go to china in the twenty- first year, only 11 gas carriers were laid at the shipyards of the

odesa regions of the private military company wagner was recognized as a transnational criminal organization, this decision was announced in the foreign assets control department of the us treasury emphasized there that the wagnerites were involved in mass executions of rapes, abducted children and physical violence in various countries of the world. all assets of the organization in the us were frozen, and american citizens were prohibited from providing funds, goods or services to people associated with that company. for russia, the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe approved its requirements for the creation of a special tribunal on the crime of aggression and recognized that responsible for crimes of aggression, there should be representatives of the leadership of russia and belarus, which are mentioned in the document at the same level , the authorization for the work of the special tribunal can be issued already in may at the meeting of the council of europe, and the prosecutor's office can start working in the near future, which will collect evidence for the future court, according to the deputy from switzerland damyankotje, we made specific proposals regardi

the updated list of the us treasury department includes, in particular , the deputy prime minister denysv and the head of tatarstan rustam mini khanov, as well as the u.s. wagner pvc. was recognized as a transnational criminal organization and ukraine is grateful to the european parliament for important decisions and support of ukrainian initiatives, the delegation from ukraine took part in the discussion within the framework of united ukraine in the european this was first reported to the parliament by the deputy speaker of the verkhovna rada oleksandr kornienko, he also thanked for the dialogue because united united for ukraine is one of the effective platforms where ukraine can stand up and talk about its needs on the battlefield ukraine constantly needs support weapons political and financial support we need all-round support if we look in particular at military support and at this weaponry, then ukraine and its partners have overcome a long way from javelins to tanks, and together with you we came from association with the european union to the status of a candidate for eu membershi

the cost of medical insurance for medicines at the very beginning of the discussion of such a bill in brussels was called clean water protectionism. the us treasury secretary announced that her departmented to emergency measures until june 5, stopping deductions in the form of special treasury obligations to two social funds serving state employees. the us national debt hit another ceiling. even last thursday. the task of the authorities is to avoid a shutdown, then there is a temporary closure of all the course of institutions jennit, yelin, stressed that non-payments to employees of the state sphere is fraught with recession. well, in addition, they say such a step. rather, inaction will undermine the credibility of the dollar as the international reserve currency, the cost of borrowing will rise, and this will put pressure on consumer activity and on the housing market, which can be called a cornerstone in the foundation of the american economy. in the transfer of frozen russian assets to ukraine , this was illegally stated by the minister of economy in switzerland, his interview published in the local media, the right to property underlined cyprus milen is fundamental and guarantee

of american sanctions becomes more obvious with each new package , diplomats in the russian embassy in washington say this when commenting on the update of the sanctions list of the us treasury department we emphasized that russia has been and remains open for business contacts, our market, despite the sanctions , is still attractive, including for foreign investors, as emphasized in the embassy, ​​suffer from sanctions primarily foreign entrepreneurs and commercial companies. now news and economics maria grigorieva joins me. may, good morning, the discussion around the use of frozen russian assets in the west continues rum good morning. yes, they still want to send the money to help ukraine, but with a small caveat that someday some of it will be returned, which the eu is afraid of now. the legal service of the council of the european union decided what kind of frozen russian assets can be used to restore ukraine, but with a lot of important reservations, first of all , we are talking only about the amount of 33 billion 800 million euros. this is approximately one ninth of the total , the fact that funds are used will not be considered expropriation. eu lawyers emphasize the principal

group of families, as well as the european union and australia, have agreed to introduce two separate price ceilings for oil products from russia , according to the website of the us treasury departmentl interpretations, because the prices for diesel fuel and fuel oil are growing unevenly, and therefore it was decided to limit russia's ability to generate income even better. moscow has repeatedly stated that if it is tried to sell oil products at a price below the market, it will simply find other buyers. military doctors of the belgorod region performed a unique operation from the leg of a wounded soldier , they removed a projectile, which first had to be neutralized on the work of sappers surgeons stanislav vasilchenko on the operating table a russian serviceman a non-standard case, not only the life of the victim depends on how the operation goes, but also the doctors around him, a mine fuse is stuck in his leg, which, with any careless movement , can detonate from the operating room , some of the personnel are taken out of the operating room, surgeons put on body armor , two teams of doctors work at once wounds in the leg were not the only fragments that hit the stomach of a sold

the deputy head of his office of several regional heads of regional prosecutors, appointed officials in the republican departments lost their posts, including the ministry of defense. all of us are charged with treasurybudget funds. what kind of treasury fraud? yes? what are you talking about? it's like these 20-30 people, or something, and that's it. this is the scheme that has been worked out. even before they came to the power structure, when within a week , on the same e, in the same banks, funds sent from western countries settled. they just scrolled through ukraine and returned back to neighboring accounts, and sometimes even to the same ones, and everything is fine. knew. and by the way, we have talked about this more than once. uh, just like uh, big businessmen who sell, among other things , luxury goods, just, and they had a schedule of assistance to ukraine from the world's financial institutions. i didn’t know that as soon as the next tranche is sent to ukraine in the form of, as it were, humanitarian aid, monetary financial assistance, in short, wait a week, representatives of the ukrainian beau monde with bags of nets, and no one hid behind luxury goods in europe, when the truth was not

livelihoods of $123.00 french employees are now at risk. previously r t from his bank account was blocked in the country at the request of parsa's treasury department, massachusetts. it will use the same measures against french media in russia as a response. in a statement, the channel management said the closure will further i wrote media freedoms in france. well, let's go live now to political analyst alessandra bruno for his take on this list and are good to see you today. i channel, not a big one. striving to give an alternative point of view in a western country noted for freedom of speech. how can this force clue should be seen as anything other than essentially an attack on democracy? well, 1st of all, the closure had been announced, or at least expected for a while, almost a year and there were a few attempts to shut it down. so i think there were some, it was certainly the atmosphere that and the r t, france was the only r t channel operating in in europe. of course, there was a big one in england before, but that was breakfast. that left the european union void so that the channel opened, i believe in 2017 obviously it, it's. and that the government in france has be

the treasury department isn't lamenting what they call extraordinary measures. these are legal accounting maneuvers they are permitted to undertake in the treasury department to give us a bit of a grace period for congress to address the debt ceiling. congress often takes things to the last minute, as we have seen in many occasions in the past. they may very well do so again this time. once they reach that point where the government can no longer reach its quotas on time, we don't know what will happen. the u.s. is considered the foundation of the global economic system. if all of a sudden we are not making good on all of our promises, that could really shake that foundation. what would get paid and what would not get paid is a really open-ended question. we have never been there, as i said. it will be up to the treasury department to chart a path forward. but any course they take would be inviting legal challenges, operational challenges, because that is not an environment they are used to living in. they are used to paying the bills as they come due on time. there will be a situation where they have to choose among millions of bills coming in and out of the government each

the highest echelons of power. see black rocks managing director has been hired by the us treasury department, specifically to shape us economic policy on russia and ukraine. but rebuilding is just the very tip of this capitalist ice bag. the real profit lies in ukraine's soil. the country is a gold mine, or rather, a titanium mine, and ukraine happens to be quite rich in titanium, just like russia or china, washington's key rivals and potential enemies altogether. ukraine said proudly in 4th place globally, in terms of total assets, the value of natural resources, including natural gas. ukraine has really significant deposits of red minerals. and if we play our cards, right, could actually be a really attractive alternative to russian and chinese resources, which is where a lot of dependency currently is with black rocks, expertise on deregulation and privatization. it's only a matter of time when these treasures will get new foreign owners and from the standpoint of american executives, every ukrainian life last and the war is totally worth it. the weapons manufacturers are making tons of money. i'm sure there's

before june 6 last year, while specific persons blocked by the us treasury are still prohibited from disposing of assets, the decision of the departmentimplify a major deal in the domestic telecommunications market in november last year, beeline management agreed to buy out its management company from the holding visa 130 billion rub. tentatively, all procedures should be completed by june this year. height the cost of new cars in russia will slow down this year, this forecast was voiced by vtb leasing, according to campaign estimates, last year the mass segment grew in price by more than a quarter due to covid restrictions on the rupture of supply chains and a shortage of components, but now the situation is gradually stabilizing, in addition experts expect a double-digit increase in the russian leasing market in the coming years and note the growing interest of business, as well as logical transport. the us department of transportation fined virgin airlines more than than a million dollars for flights on a hole on september 16, 2020, a british airline used airspace that fell under the ban of the regulator for a whole year and, accor

of course the house was out the u.s. reach its statutory debt limits and the treasury department taking what they are calling extraordinary measures. tell usout the landscape of the debt ceiling debate to come in the coming months? >> this is going to be a pretty big fight between republicans and democrats. there are some republicans who have already said that they would be willing to default on our debt. which would create many democrats and economists through the global economy into a tailspin. as you probably know these sorts of standoffs have happened in the past. but these two parties are going to have to g come together in order to get this done. they are going to have to negotiate in order to get this done. it really does not benefit either party. kevin mccarthy has said as much, he acknowledges this is something they need to work on. that it is not their goal to defaults on the government debt. and of course last week as you saw treasury secretary yellen sent a letter this is the gun take measures now to keep us afloat until june. but you don't see these negotiations are already underway. already happening. speaker mccarthy said fi

likelihood of $123.00 french employees are now a record. previously our t francis bank account was blocked in the country. the request of harvest is treasury department. moscow sees it will use the same measures against french media in russia. as a result. in the statement, the channels management said the closure. well, not only learn many families with financial difficulties, but also further roads, media, freedoms, in france. well, to discuss the news, let's go live now to investigate of journalists moody, but more dba for his thoughts. hello to you. r t france has branded the move an act of censure ship. how do you see it? ok, thank you very much. so once again, i think this is a direct attack on media. you know, it's a direct attack on democracy stereotype on an exit information. you know, i think that just shows the policy of front end of the western western world. another grow on speaking about the freedom of the media to grow and speak about freedom of speech, freedom of exits, information, but the actions that they do go against what they stand for, you know, i think it's similar to what's, what's, what june assigned you is great you to put agenda and it was was bei

livelihoods of $123.00 french employees are at risk. previously r t from his bank account was blocked in the country at the request of paris, his treasury department, moscow say that will use the same measures against french media in russia as a response. in a statement, the channel to management said the closure were further road media, freedoms in france. the closure of artsy, france with a deafening silence for the french median. john list is on the de fast stop in his dentures direction. because after our channel, our, the media will become the next target. well, among the reaction we go to this news was from investigative journalist, madiba madiba, who called the banner direct attack on democracy. i think is a direct attack on media. you know, it's a direct attack on democracy. it's very detailed on an exit information. you know, i think it just shows they published funds and of the western western world and other grow on speaking about the media to grow and speak about freedom of speech. freedom of information, i did a silence with other media, you know, because it was one to allow one media house to get shut down to opening up more attention. other media, you know,

livelihoods of $123.00 french employees are at risk. previously our t francis bank account was blocked in the country at the request of paris, his treasury department. moscow says it will use the same measures against french media in russia as a response. in a statement, the channels, the management said the closure will further road media freedoms. in for the closure of artsy, france with a deafening silence for the french media. and john list is on the defense staff and his dentures direction. because after our channel album, a day will become the next target. well, among the reaction we go to this news was from investigative journalist moody, but dba, who called upon a direct attack on democracy. i think this is a direct attack on media. you know, it's a direct attack on democracy, stereotype on the information, you know, a front end of the western western world, another go on speaking about a few more speech remote access information. i did a silence with other media, you know, because it was one media house to get shut down, opening up more tests in other media. you know, today's, i'll teach most the 6 months. so i think the media has a cost of all need to speak in on

livelihoods of $123.00 french employees are at risk. previously, r t, from his bank account, was blocked in the country at the request of paris. his treasury department, moscow sees it, will use the same measures against french media in russia as a response. in a statement, the channels management said the closure will further road media freedoms in france . the closure of i see france with the deafening silence for the french median journalist is on the defense stop and his dentures direction. because after our channel are the media will become the next target. among the reaction we got to this news was from investigative journalists, madiba madiba, who called upon a direct attack on democracy i think is a direct media. you know, it's a very good 2nd democracy. it's very, that's hold on an extra information. you know, i think that just shows the policy of funds and of the western western world. another grow on speaking up on the street in bog media to grow and speak about few more speech remote access information. i did a silence with other media houses, you know, because once once will allow one media house to get shut down, a sheet, opening up more attention, other media,

us about the growing problems in the cryptocurrency market. in france, the readers of the rt france channel were blocked, according to the lemond publication, this was done at the request of the main treasury departmenter the country's ministry of finance, which, uh, carried out the ninth uh, the eu sanction package, the details were told to us by the head of the republic of tatarstan franz ksenia fedorova of a terrible bank among the gricons, in which we are told that our bank accounts are frozen on demand, and chief directorate of the treasury of france is connected this is directly with the ninth package of sanctions ah. and ah, since we are a subsidiary of the company, which actually got into a psycho. this is our company parent news. yes it is and what is wonderful in my opinion. it is that, despite the fact that our company is a french company and the funds in our accounts are funds that, well , in fact, our parent company does not have access to, yes, and by law these accounts. they were supposed to be frozen, nevertheless a month after the adoption of the ninth package of sanctions, they nevertheless decided to block access to our funds. this actually paralyzes the activities of our company,

>> yeah, as you mentioned, we expect the so-called extraordinary measures used by the treasury department to extend time of early june, i really think we ought to be doing things about this sooner than that. because once the, once we blow past the debt ceiling, which should happen in the next few weeks, we're really at the mercy of the treasury department. at any time they could accelerate or decelerate. whatever they deem to be the extent of their extraordinary measures, the time period in which they can expend out debt ceiling by looking, metaphorically speaking, for nickels and dimes under the couch cushions. we ought to be doing this now, and i'd love to see congress pass something and submit it to president biden so that we can address the issue and move on. maria: well, do you think that that's going to happen, or will they tell you right before memorial day weekend or july 4th weekend that you need to do this now otherwise government will go broke? >> yeah. you've seized on something fantastic, maria, pan tsaically horrible, which is that many in washington will find ways to delay something until ri

is ready to work with us, but when lavrov now travels around the countries of africa , he is literally followed by the head of the us treasury and the head of the state departmentsh for friendship with us do not work, so the president of south africa they promise joint projects to the saudis, whom they just wanted to punish. refusal to cut oil production now promises attention and care. let's quickly watch the advertisement and try to figure it out if all concepts and ideas are turned upside down, what does lev walesa, who received the nobel peace prize for his efforts to break up the soviet bloc, mean when he now announces a historical chance to put russia in order and then china, after all, is still a friend of brzezinski too ethnic pole model explained that america has time for this until 35 years, judging by the long cycle of kondratiev her to maintain global leadership. we need global mobile forces, that is, a fleet , a space group and an information field. provided that china has never been able to create calcium and now will not learn how to do it in russian. three cheeses at an attractive price, only tasty and the point is sovcombank should you think ab

>> as you mentioned we expect the extraordinary measures used by the treasury department to extend the time oftil sometime earlyh june. i really think we oughint to be doing things about this sooner than that because once we blowin past the debt ceiling which should happen in the next few weeks we are really at the mercy of the treasury department. anytime they can excelerator decelerating. whatever they deem to be the extent of their extraordinary measures the time period in which they can extend out the debt ceiling looking metaphorically for nickels and dimes under the couch cushions. we ought to be doing this now and i would love to see well before june congress passedit something intimate into president biden so we can address the issue and move on. maria: do you think that's going to happen or will they tell youy before memorial day weekend julr do this now or the governmentve will go broke. >> you see something fantastic, fantastically horrible many inli washington will find ways to sen delay something until right before a long scheduled recess d of the senate if they were to draw this

us. the united states just hit its borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion. and that means that the treasury department must now begin to use a series of what is called extraordinary measures to avoid default. extraordinary measures that are no longer so extraordinary since they have been -- they've had to be used so often. this is a completely avoidable problem that falls entirely on congress to raise the debt limit. something that republicans with right now refusing to do without cutting spending to the actual bills that have come due, by the way. democrats say that is not on the table. if the u.s. defaults, it will cause absolute chaos in the global economy. christine romans is standing by for us with this. kind of saw this one coming, christine. but we have hit the moment. what happens now. >> so, kate, the clock starts now. once the u.s. hits the upper limit of what it could legal le borrow to run the government, the treasury department starts juggling with extraordinary measures. deferring investments into important retirement funds for example for public servants, various accounting moves could

the craziness beforehand that prompted it. are you afraid of that happening again? >> the treasury department will uses for negotiation but i don't think there can be any preconditions, republicans have control of the house. if they want to curtail spending they have those opportunities but not attaching it to the debt ceiling. neil: very good seeing you, thank you again. down 333 points, we will have more after this. ♪ . . nge. golo is real and it changes your life. avalon advanced materials is planning to partner with lg energy solution to establish a new supply chain, to power the green energy transition. plus four advanced stage projects producing critical minerals including rare earths. avalon advanced materials. i'm so glad we did this. i'm so glad we did this. i'm so glad we did this. i'm so glad we did this. i'm so... ...glad we did this. [kid plays drums] life is for living. let's partner for all of it. i'm so glad we did this. edward jones -what's he doing? -he's cleaning the trash cans. oh, boy. meeting a new young homeowner for the first time is a unique challenge. -so you think you can he

of the treasury. wally emma. today's law enforcement actions put all of those who seek to exploit the crypto currency ecosystem on notice that the department of justice will use every tool working along with our partners. every tool that we have to attack the criminal use of the dark net and crypto currency. and we are taking steps to address the crisis of confidence in the crypto currency markets where criminals and fraudsters seek to operate beyond the reach of law enforcement. malicious actors, working from what they think are safe havens, are exploiting crypto markets and flowed in the laws and the regulations that guard the integrity of our financial system. and along with it, the earnings and investments of law abiding americans. i was just been listening to the department, the u. s. department of justice. it's brand alan fish. he joins us live from washington. d. c. us little bit about the bits lasso, web site. that's been the focus of this major international effort. what the did these investigations don't just happen over night is not a case of seeing someone running out of a bank with a straight, the sweat or a mask in a big bag of money. and you kn

fact the us government the last time they tried to guesstimate how much we spent on keeping secrets it was over $18 billion that if that was its own department it would be the department of treasuryponentially. then they just gave up after that saying they had no way to estimate how much money the us government was spending on secrecy. with that declassification and then out of that 18 billion do you want to guess much they were spending on declassification? out of that 18 billion how much goes to declassification? $800million barely half of a percent. so the next time someone tells you we havee to strike a balance. between the national security and the democratic accountability they are laughing at you inside maybe not. after settling this bad joke about striking a balance look at for f you online it is a project of the epa where they have decided somebody would take the foia records to have them released why not release them to the entire american people and those are public records so why not let everyone see them and it has become pretty successful in others 18 different departments participating. they cannot deal with classified stuff but with foyer online and maybe even mak

of the treasury balding -- walled. today's actions put all of those who seek to exploit the cryptocurrency ecosystem on notice. the department of justice will use every tool working along with our partners, every tool that have to attack the criminal youth of the darknet and cryptocurrencies. we are taking steps to address the crisis of confidence in the cryptocurrency market. last night in miami, fbi agents arrested a russian national and the founder and geordie owner of a hong kong registered cryptocurrency exchange. the charges allege that he operated this lotto, and a high-tech financial hub, as he put it, that catered to known crooks. he failed to implement safeguards required by u.s. law, safeguards that allow law enforcement to detect and investigate financial crimes. instead, this lotto facilitated the transmission of hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit funds, feeling darknet marketplaces and laundering the proceeds of ransomware attack. for example, as alleged, this lotto was a crucial financial resource for the notorious hydrant darknet market. the destruction i announce from this podium last april, with our german partners. no

before june 6 last year, while specific persons blocked by the us treasury are still prohibited from disposing of assets. the decision of the departmentsimplify a major deal in the domestic telecommunications market in november last beeline management agreed to buy out its management company from the veyonce holding for 130 billion rubles. approximately all procedures should be completed. yes june of this year. german business is interested in cooperation with russia and is looking for ways to continue it, our ambassador to germany, sergei nechaev, said in an interview with rossiyskaya gazeta. he noted that official berlin is exerting serious pressure on entrepreneurs and it is very difficult to ignore it for bilateral trade and economic relations. tangible damage. in 2013, germany ranked first in russian trade turnover with foreign countries. about 6,000 german enterprises were represented in russia , of course, german business, which has achieved a leading position in the russian market, does not want to leave there; many entrepreneurs seek to maintain established contracts and representation in our country are looking for acceptabl

the u.s. raised its statutory debt limit at that treasury department and taking what is being called extraordinary measures to keep the government afloat. tell us about the landscape of the debt ceiling debate to come. guest: this is going to be a fight against -- between republicans and democrats and there are republicans who said they will be willing to default on our debt, which would create many democrats and economists say it would throw the global economy into a tailspin. these sorts of standoffs have happened in the past. these two parties are going to have to come together in order to get this done. they will have to negotiate and it does not benefit either party and kevin mccarthy has said that he acknowledges that it is something they need to work on, that it is not their goal to default on the government debt. last week, you saw treasury secretary ellen had sent a letter and said, this is -- we are taking measures now to keep afloat until june but you will see these negotiations are already underway and happening. speaker mccarthy said during his first press conference, while he was trying to win that bid for speaker, he said that he and biden have spoken

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of protests on january 31st as well >>> the u.s. has hit its debt ceiling reaching the national borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion on thursday treasury secretary janet yellen said her department is using tha extraordinary measures to fund the government kevin mccarthy has until june to strike a deal with democrats over raising the debt limit again. >> in a new letter to congress, janet yellen said the deadline for raising the debt limit is aing moving target the period of time that extraordinary measures may last is subject to uncertainty. including the challenges of forecasting the payments and receipts months into the future. yellen said the treasury could pay the bills through early june in the new letter, she did not give a timeframe democrats and republicans continue to point fingers at each other scott perry said enough is enough we must use the opportunity to rein in the spending in kentucky, senate republican mitch mcconnell tried to turn down the predicted lawmakers will reach a deal >> america must never default on its debt it never has it never will. we'll end up in some negotiation with the administration over what the circumstances or conditions under which the debt willi

us there in washington, thank you. >>> now we head to the high stakes showdown over the debt ceiling of the government on the brink again of hitting its borrowing limit. it's prompting the treasury departmentbegin using, quote, extraordinary measures to continue paying the nation's bills. in the meantime, the republicans are demanding spending cuts before any deal can be reached. and of course, this all impacts you and your wallet. here to walk us through it is brian chung, nbc's business reporter. brian, good morning. stop me if you've seen this movie before. let's go back to basics though. the debt ceiling, this is not about new spending. we're not writing a blank check here, to do a bunch of new spending. this is about spending that both parties have already done, and now it's time to pay the bills. >> yes, so important to make the distinction there, savannah, and good morning as well, hoda when we talk about the debt limit, what we are talking about is spending already done imagine you have spent a $1,000 on the credit card and authorized to use $800 to pay off that bill, how do you plug the gap? that's what the debt limit is all about. and the estimate is that today, we hit the limit

and that even drastic measures from the treasury department will only keep us afloat until june. danielle, on a scale ofed congresswoman ilhan omar, she was like, not really. >> i am not confident at all. i have no confidence in the hollow speakership of kevin mccarthy. i have no confidence that republicans will decide to run america over a cliff, just to own the libs. like, this is where we are, you know, and this is what people have to understand, elections matter. that when you are voting for republicans, this is what you are going to get, people who don't know how the function, or don't want to. you know, got to help us. maybe we'll make it to june. maybe we won't. >> i don't think -- it is not an option to make it to june or not, danielle. david jolly, what are your thoughts? because i also asked congressman williams, and he struck a tone of hope, and he said that he thought that congress will take it to a place where they will do their job, and he thinks that they should, he doesn't think that we should default. and he is a republican. >> yeah, symone, i've worked for congress for about 30 years.

the legal maximum amount of debt the government can accrue. as the level of debt approaches to ceiling, the treasury department prepares to use what we call extraordinary measures. these can push back the date by which action by congress is needed, but not forever. there are major consequences for actually bridging the debt the mitt, making it harder for the treasury to borrow. that has consequences on global markets because actors are where the u.s. may not pay its bills, and the down grading of our credit rating. a default would trigger bigger concert insist that what we would call an ordinary government shutdown, since many more payments beyond those would be in danger. it is the case that sometimes we have seen fights over discretionary spending get linked to a fight over the debt limit. in 2011, the way out of the debt limit crisis involved an agreement to fund cuts to discretionary spending. in 2013, the timing of keeping the government open and addressing the data limit meant to negotiations cap linked. we have seen reporting that suggests republicans this year may actually try and bring the two deadlines together. and perhaps do some short-term