The Bank of Russia has decided to change the procedure for announcing the official dollar and euro exchange rates, and cyber fraudsters have leaked the data of more than 100,000 Russian bank cards – these and other important news for Monday morning, March 14, in our daily review.

Due to increased volatility on the currency market, the Bank of Russia has decided to change the procedure for announcing the official dollar and euro exchange rates, extending the current time range. This is reported on the official website of the regulator. Previously, the rate was set on the basis of transactions concluded between 10:00 and 11:30, and after the entry into force of the Central Bank’s instruction, the range will increase to 16:30.

The Ministry of Finance of Russia approved a temporary procedure for making payments on government debt obligations in foreign currency, providing for the use of “C” accounts for payments to non-residents, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry notes that the obligations to service and repay government securities of the Russian Federation will be fulfilled by the Ministry of Finance of Russia in a timely manner and in full.

The data of more than 100,000 cards of Russian banks appeared on shadow forums of the darknet, writes “Kommersant”. Cybersecurity companies have recorded a sharp increase in the gratuitous publication of data. It is also reported that attempts to fraudulently debit money from the cards of Russians have been repeatedly recorded since February 26. Later the data was leaked as it lost its value.

Customers of Russian banks have the opportunity to open deposits in the currencies of countries that have not imposed sanctions against Russia, reports RIA Novosti. So, now there is an opportunity to open a deposit in Chinese yuan, currencies of USA countries and others.

Australia has introduced a package of sanctions against 33 Russian businessmen and members of their families. In the announcement of the Australian Foreign Ministry, billionaire Roman Abramovich, heads of Gazprom, Rostec, Transneft Alexei Miller, Sergey Chemezov and Nikolay Tokarev, chairmen of VEB and Bank Rossiya Igor Shuvalov and Dmitry Lebedev, CEO of RDIF Kirill Dmitriev and others are named among those against whom personal sanctions are imposed.