How tourists spend money abroad, two medals of Russia. The main thing for the night

How Russians spend money abroad, can garbage collection become free, the first medal in rowing for the Russian team in 17 years - in a review of RBC's top news

What Russians spend money on abroad

The Russians are gradually returning to foreign resorts, it follows from the data of large banks interviewed by RBC on the spending of their clients. VTB, MCB, Russian Standard and Gazprombank reported that compared to last year, the volume of card payments abroad increased, but not everyone returned to the level of 2019.

Based on the geography of foreign transactions, the majority of Russians expectedly chose the opened Turkey for their vacation. In terms of spending structure, banks are seeing an increase in spending on hotel services, shopping in supermarkets, clothing and accessories stores, as well as car, motorcycle and gasoline rentals.

Under what circumstances will garbage collection be free?

Evgeny Mikhailov, co-owner of Ecoline, a waste recycling operator in the Moscow region, gave an interview to RBC. According to him, the topic of confrontation between Moscow and the regions related to garbage disposal is extremely artificial and specially promoted. Now, according to him, the process of identifying "black" waste companies that take waste to illegal landfills is ongoing, but he expects the process to be completed in the next two to three years.