How to make ends meet, gasoline stock market record. Highlights of the night

How much money do Russians need to make ends meet, why there are fewer self-nominated candidates in the elections, the price of AI-92 gasoline and liquefied gas on the stock exchange has updated a historical record - in a review of RBC's top news

How much money does it take to make ends meet

Russian households need at least 61,000 rubles to make ends meet. per month, Rosstat calculated based on a large-scale survey. At the same time, 75.7% of households experience financial difficulties - small or significant - when buying the most necessary things. This is slightly less than it was in 2018, when 79.5% of families experienced problems with buying the most necessary things.

When talking about what they don’t have enough money for, the Russians answered that it is difficult to cope with unexpected expenses (urgent repairs, urgent medical services), replace worn-out furniture, spend a week of vacation away from home, invite guests to a family celebration, buy fruit in any time of the year, replace worn out clothes, pay for life-saving medicines.

Two times less self-nominated candidates will go to the State Duma

In the elections to the State Duma, which will be held in September, the number of self-nominated candidates has dropped significantly compared to 2016 - from 304 to 173, follows from the CEC data. For registration, candidates will have to collect signatures of at least 3% of the voters of the district where they intend to run by August 4 - an average of about 18 thousand people.