The cost of Brent was 42.47 US dollars per barrel; the price of futures for WTI was 40.24 dollars.

“There is a need to remove unusual issues from the president,” he said.

Several EU countries proposed inclusion of new persons in the sanctions list in connection with the incident with Russian oppositionist Aleksey Navalny.

At the same time, the President claimed that he believes in a peaceful settlement in Donbass.

The advanced military units suffered great losses in manpower and equipment.

The turnout in the election was 85.39 %.