The main events by the morning: March 28

• New problems of Russian oil: millions of barrels of domestic diesel are not accepted in Brazil. Ships carrying at least 3.2 million barrels of diesel fuel from Russian ports are idle in Brazilian waters.

• The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has included Tinkoff Bank in the register of information system operators that can issue digital financial assets. Now there are already 11 participants in the list, including Sber, St. Petersburg Stock Exchange, NSD and others. 

• The US State Department has recognized the «urgent» need for Russian nuclear fuel. The organization's report notes that nuclear energy in the United States is heavily dependent on uranium supplies from Russia. It is also noted that Russia continues to dominate the global nuclear energy market, and the West probably will not be able to reduce its dependence on Moscow.

• Russian diplomats have declared discrimination against the Russian-speaking population in the Baltic states. This issue was raised by representatives of the Russian Federation at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. According to Ilya Barmin, a member of the Russian delegation, «hostile Russophobia in these countries has reached its peak in recent years.»

• Losses of foreign firms caused by withdrawal from the Russian market after February 2022 exceeded $107 billion. The last calculation was carried out in August 2023 – since then, the volume of losses has increased by a third. In total, about 1,000 companies left Russia. 

• The incident with the collapsed bridge in Baltimore could have serious consequences for the US economy. The US Secretary of Transportation noted that the collapse of the Baltimore bridge could affect the supply chain in the American economy as a whole. Since Baltimore is the largest U.S. port for importing and exporting automobiles, this can create problems for many industries.