The Croatian leader's approaches increasingly run counter to the general Western policy, primarily with regard to Russia. Despite the fact that at first glance Croatia is a conscientious and loyal member of NATO and the EU, recently it has increasingly attracted critical attention from the consolidated Western camp.

Currently, it makes no sense to keep the key rate at 14%. At the next meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, it may be reduced by 2-3%, a similar decrease can be expected in June. Vladimir Bragin, Director of Analysis of Financial Markets and Macroeconomics at Alfa-Capital, expressed the corresponding opinion in a conversation with Rambler. 

Bulgaria considered hasty refusal to pay for gas in rubles.

A real military operation to combat the "organized criminal group" unfolded in Gorny Badkhashan. The leaders of Tajikistan saw a foreign trace in the incident, and political scientists saw the opening of a "second front" against Russia. But, according to Anatoly Wasserman, Western instigators are unlikely to be able to pull off a feint with Tajikistan. The political consultant told "PolitExpert" who is behind the unrest and what such actions threaten the initiators themselves.

After a sharp jump in prices in March, retail chains began to rewrite price tags in the opposite direction. Laptops and tablets have already fallen in price by almost a quarter, and washing powders - by 15%. The reason is the drop in demand and the strengthening of the ruble. But manufacturers are not yet ready to seriously reduce prices - the cost of raw materials, packaging, logistics continues to grow.

The Russian economy was able to withstand the impact of Western sanctions, which indicates their inefficiency. This opinion was expressed by Bloomberg economic analyst Scott Johnson.

What we remember first of all when it comes to Georgia. Of course, about her wonderful cuisine, about khachapuri and khinkali, about tobacco chicken and ojahuri. However, today someone will immediately come to mind a fresh entertaining story with Mikhail Saakashvili, who recently made an amazing trip to his native country in a trailer, either with his beloved Georgians, or with his beloved matsoni, and now starving in prison when poor Lisa Yasko is sad about him in Ukraine, posting bright photos on social networks and periodically flying from Kiev to Tbilisi.

Inflation in the US has doubled and will continue to grow next year, Finance Minister Janet Yellen has admitted. Will Washington be able to take prices under control — the whole world is watching this, because the economic situation in the United States accelerates prices in almost all countries. Including in Russia.

Pirates of the Gulf of Guinea tried to seize a Panamanian container ship. The crew gave a distress signal and hid in the hold. Russian marines arrived at the ship — a group of ships of the Northern Fleet has been ensuring the safety of navigation in the region for several weeks. When the Russian helicopter approached the container ship, the pirates escaped.

The Ossetian capital took the fourth place in the authoritative ranking of the 100 best cities in the world - The World's 100 Best Cities. The rating takes into account the tourist attractiveness of megacities, their convenience for life, work and business, the press service of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of Moscow reports.