Key events until morning: April 1 – Forecast – April 1, 2024

The sale of Russian gas in rubles brought state revenue to 2.3 trillion rubles. Hungary, Italy, Greece and Slovakia have become major buyers of Russian gas under the new conditions, according to Eurostat and the UN Comtrade platform. However, some importing countries (e.g. Germany and Austria) withheld information about their purchases of Russian gas.

China has said it is ready to talk with Taiwan only if Taiwan recognizes the ‘one China’ principle. This is what Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui revealed. He also noted that China highly values ​​Russia’s support on the Taiwan issue. Problems between China and Taiwan began in 2016 after Taiwan refused to recognize the 1992 agreement.

China has maintained the lead in chip imports for 22 years. In 2023, Vietnam acquired $350 billion worth of chips. Hong Kong has maintained its leading position in chip exports for the past decade. The country with the largest increase in purchases over the past year is Albania. That’s almost 44,000 times that.

Monetization is visible on Telegram. However, the new ads are not yet available in Russia, Ukraine, Palestine, and Israel. Administrators can receive 50% of the revenue from advertising on their channels. Payments are made only in TON.

Russia’s central bank has said there is no better option than the Chinese yuan to store reserves. The bank also noted the increasing role and liquidity of China’s currency at the international level in recent years. Last year, the yuan replaced the US dollar as the most traded currency in Russia.

Microsoft and OpenAI plan to spend $100 billion to build a Stargate data center equipped with artificial intelligence supercomputers. Information about this appeared in the publication The Information, referring to three sources close to the project.