Доллар

Among those faced with blocking is the NTechLab company, which recently fell under EU sanctions , a source told RBC. The interlocutor in Google at the same time claims that there have been no changes in access to services in Russia recently Google has begun blocking corporate Workspace services, including mail, cloud storage and others, by Russian companies that are under US sanctions , Kommersant...

In the second quarter, Alfa-Bank's non-credit loss expenses nearly quadrupled. The organization explained this, in particular, by reserving blocked assetsThe largest private player in the Russian market, Alfa-Bank, faced a reduction in net profit in the second quarter of 2023, follows from its RAS financials. According to the results of the first half of the year, the financial result of the credi...

China's economic growth in the second quarter slowed to 0.8% after 2.2% in the first, but in annual terms, the figure rose. In July, China recorded deflation for the first time in a yearChina is a "ticking time bomb" due to its economic problems, said US President Joe Biden , noting that Beijing is in trouble due to weak growth. “They have some problems. It's not good because when bad people get i...

A group of 23 tourists from the Chinese city of Xi'an arrived in Moscow under an agreement on a group visa-free exchange, according to a statement on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development. “I am sure that as early as next week, Russian groups will also be able to travel to China as part of the group visa-free mechanism. We received confirmation from the Chinese side that they are rea...

The Canadian authorities have expanded sanctions against Belarus and added nine individuals and seven legal entities to the sanctions list. This was reported on the website of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The sanctions list includes: Chairman of the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (Belteleradiocompany) Ivan Eismont; Oleg Karazey, Head of the Prev...

In Russia, the rise in meat prices is due to a seasonal factor, and their decline is expected at the end of August, said Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev. “Given the increase in production, I think that in the near future we will see a decrease in prices. I think that this will happen in late August - early September, and prices will stabilize," he said. The Ministry of Agriculture did not...

Сообщения о несоблюдении Киргизией санкций против России — это попытки оказания давления на Бишкек, заявил Жапаров, комментируя письмо на свое имя от сенатора США. Он подчеркнул, что Киргизия сохраняет нейтралитет Садыр Жапаров Заявления о несоблюдении Киргизией санкций против России являются попытками оказания давления на Бишкек, заявил президент республики Садыр Жапаров, комментируя агентству «К...

The UAE pursues an independent foreign policy; in Abu Dhabi, they made it clear that they would not let themselves be persuaded to either side in the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, did not break off relations with Russia and did not refuse military ties with China, writes NYT Views of DubaiThe United Arab Emirates was ahead of other countries in the Middle East in pursuing a more independent fo...

Former counterintelligence officer Charles McGonigal has previously pleaded not guilty to circumventing sanctions and working for Oleg Deripaska, but may soon "wish to change his statement," the court said. Businessman considers sanctions illegal Charles McGonigalThe former head of counterintelligence of the New York office of the FBI, Charles McGonigal, is ready to plead guilty in connection with...

Medical products based on artificial intelligence (AI) will appear in all regions of Russia by the end of the year, and now, by the middle of the year, medical products using AI have been contracted for 500 million rubles. This was announced in mid-July during the plenary session of the State Duma by Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko . Artificial Intelligence is a federal project that ha...

How the program works, which at one time contributed to the rapid entry into the market of the world's first vaccine against COVID-19 , and what opportunities it gives market participants - in the material of RBCMoscow has created a large-scale ecosystem for conducting clinical drug trials. Its development will speed up the introduction of innovative drugs to the Russian market and provide them to...

After the collapse in 2022, the export of Russian pipeline gas this year may decrease further - by 1.5 times, to 80 billion cubic meters. m, predicts "Yakov and Partners". Sales may not reach pre-crisis levels even by 2030Against the backdrop of international sanctions and Gazprom's demands for Europeans to switch to payments in rubles in 2......

Prior to the start of the COVID pandemic , Xi Jinping made an average of 14 foreign trips a year. In 2022, after a break, he visited five countries and spent 13 days abroad. In the first half of 2023, the figure fell to two days Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin In 2023, Chinese leader Xi Jinping spent only two days outside his country, according to Bloomberg , which analyzed government records of his...

The EU imposed sanctions against five organizations and seven individuals, including the Inforos news agency, the Institute of Russian Abroad, ANO Dialog, the Social Design Agency and the Struktura group of IT companies The European Union expanded sanctions against Russia by adding seven more individuals and five legal entities to the document. The document was published in the Official Journal of...

The EU imposed sanctions against five organizations and seven individuals, including the Inforos news agency, the Institute of Russian Abroad, ANO Dialog, the Social Design Agency and the Struktura group of IT companies The European Union expanded sanctions against Russia by adding seven more individuals and five legal entities to the document. The document was published in the Official Journal of...

Western sanctions have not destroyed the Russian economy and there are no prerequisites for its collapse, said US State Department sanctions policy coordinator James O'Brien at a hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “We don’t see [preconditions for] the collapse of [the Russian economy],” O’Brien said, noting that at the start of hostilities in Ukraine, Russia ’s economy was one of t...

During a meeting on the establishment of port facilities During a meeting between Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin During a conference call on the harvesting campaign During a meeting on the creation of port facilities During a meeting between Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin During a conference call on the harvesting campaign During a conference on the establishment of port faciliti...

Vulnerable categories will continue to be vaccinated, including people over 18 years of age, who have not had COVID-19 and / or have not been vaccinated, the elderly and citizens with chronic diseases The Ministry of Health of Russia proposed to abandon the mass vaccination against COVID-19 in connection with the stabilization of the epidemic situation. The draft order is published on the federal ...

Takeover by pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. biotechnology organization Seagen Inc. for $43 billion will be investigated by EU merger authorities, Bloomberg reports . Seagen said in a regulatory filing that the two firms will notify the European Commission of the deal, and the EU executive is investigating the proposed merger. The documents state that EU approval is a condition for closing the d...

The ruble is the main currency for paying for Russian exports to Asia, Europe, Oceania and the Caribbean, according to previously closed statistics of the Central Bank. In imports, its share is not so significant, although it exceeds 50% in Europe The ruble is ahead of the dollar , the euro and the currencies of friendly countries in payments for exports from Russia to Europe and Asia - in May 2.....

London detained Sergei Naumenko's yacht in March 2022; the ex-Minister of Transport called him an "oligarch" and a "friend of Putin." The Russian, who is not on the sanctions list, denied these allegations and sued the British Ministry of Transport The UK has detained the £38m ($45m) superyacht Phi owned by Russian businessman Sergei Naumenko in order to “appear cool” and force the businessman to ...

A new transit hub for Russians is being created in Tbilisi, through which it will be possible to fly to Europe, Vitaly Vantsev, co-owner of Vnukovo and Azimut Airlines, told RBC. Azimuth and Georgian Airways have been flying to Georgia since May 2023 In Tbilisi, where flights from Moscow resumed in May 2......

Russia called the reconnection of Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT a condition for extending the grain deal. Reuters sources said that the EU is not ready to reconnect the bank itself to the system, but is ready to make an exception for its "daughter" The European Union is considering the option of connecting the subsidiary of Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT to extend the grain deal, which expires on July 17. This...

Transfers from Russia to four neighboring countries fell by a third in May. This is the first cut since March 2022. Some Russians have already withdrawn their savings, some have returned, and some foreign banks do not accept money , experts sayIn May 2023, the total volume of transfers from Russia to neighboring countries in annual terms decreased for the first time since March 2......

Abramovich filed a complaint against the imposition of sanctions by the European Union more than a year ago. His defense insists that the businessman was subject to restrictions, although his activities do not meet the criteria for their introduction Roman Abramovich The European Court in Luxembourg has begun hearings on the suit of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich (worth $9.2 billion accordin...

Aleksandar Vulin The head of the Serbian Security and Information Agency, Aleksandar Vulin, was on the sanctions list of the US Treasury Department . This is stated on the website of the US Treasury. The American authorities accuse Vulin of corruption, participation in international crime, drug trafficking, abuse of official duties and, in particular, in cooperation with arms dealer Slobodan Tesic...

Vladimir Putin and Andrey Kostin Sanctions have helped Russia build immunity , VTB chief Andrey Kostin said at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. The transcript of the conversation was published on the Kremlin website. “As for the sanctions that were applied against us, you know, maybe thanks to them we developed a certain immunity and increased our sovereignty in this matter,” he said. Kost...

Poland has initiated the sale of Russian NOVATEK's subsidiary Novatek Green Energy, which had previously been subject to external management, the country's development minister said. Mikhelson called the nationalization of assets a robbery and promised to sue Poland is engaged in the sale of Novatek's subsidiary Novatek Green Energy, in which external management was introduced last fall due to bei...

Artemy LebedevVAKS (High Anti-Corruption Court ) of Ukraine confiscated two apartments of designer Artemy Lebedev in Kiev, Inna Bogatykh, director of the sanctions policy department of the Ministry of Justice, said on Facebook (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia). We are talking about two apartments in the center of Kyiv - on Yaroslavov Val (138 sq. m) and on Saksaganskogo...