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India does not violate sanctions by buying Russianoil at a price below the introduced ceiling. But if a country uses this opportunity to become a center for processing and supplying petroleum products to the EU, then measures must be takenBorrell said The EU should limit India's ability to resell Russian oil as refined products, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep ...

times The main reasons are the resumption of travel in Russia after the COVID-19 pandemicand the closure of air links with other countries,experts say According to the results of 2022, the revenue of the structure of RZD "RZD Tour" increased by almost 77%, to more than 944 million rubles, net profit increased 4......

times The main reasons are the resumption of travel in Russia after the COVID-19 pandemicand the closure of air links with other countries,experts say According to the results of 2022, the revenue of the structure of RZD "RZD Tour" increased by almost 77%, to more than 944 million rubles, net profit increased 4......

The European Union managed to avoid a recession, and in the next two years - in 2023 and 2024 - GDP growth is expected at the level of 1.0% and 1.7%. This follows from the forecast for the spring of 2023, published on the website of the European Commission. “The EU economy is in better shape than we predicted last fall. We have avoided a recession and are set for moderate growth this year and next...

The decision not to renew the grain deal could lead to a dangerous wave of migration from African countries to Europe. This was stated by Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister of Italy Antonio Tajani in an interview with il Messaggero. “This is a scenario that we do not want to consider, it concerns the lives of millions of people below the poverty line. There will be a crisis in Central Africa ...

ALROSA CEO Sergey Ivanov, whose contract expires in 2025, fell under US sanctions after the start of a special operation in Ukraine.The Supervisory Board will consider in his place the head of one of the "daughters" of the company and the former Deputy Prime Minister of YakutiaPavel Marinychev The Supervisory Board of the world's largest diamond mining company ALROSA will consider the candidacy of...

New sanctions will affect the energy sector, Washington also hopes to agree on a complete export banto Russia important for military products.They will be announced at the end of the week at the summit in Hiroshima The G7 countries (G7: USA , Germany , Great Britain , Italy France , Canada and Japan ) will announce new sanctions against the energy sector of Russia, tougher penalties for circumvent...

tightened entry rules for migrants, although they hoped otherwise. Now thousands of people have gathered at the border in Mexico, and those who still managed to get into the United States, In Mexico, near the US border, a humanitarian crisis is aggravating , which arose against the backdrop of a tightening of US policy towards migrants, writes The Washington Post (WP). On May 11, along with the st...

World Health Organization cancels pandemic status for COVID-19, it has been in effect since March 11, 2020. How many people died in the coronavirus and how many lives were claimed by the pandemics of past years - in RBC infographics The number of deaths from coronavirus infection during the pandemic amounted to 6.9 million people, follows from data from the World Health Organization (WHO). They ta...

The head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Peter Szijjarto, condemned the decision of Kyiv, which recognized the Hungarian OTP Bank as a sponsor of the hostilities and said,that in this regard, it is "difficult for Budapest to even start negotiations" on the 11th package of sanctions against RussiaPeter Szijjarto Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto called the decision of the Ukrainian auth...

of state who oversaw ChinaWendy Sherman oversaw relations with China and tried to negotiate with Moscow before the entry of Russian troops into Ukraine.After the outbreak of hostilities, she was engaged in uniting the allies to support Kyiv.Wendy Sherman US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has confirmed that First Deputy Wendy Sherman is resigning. This was previously reported by CNN. Sherman, 7...

Even countries that “benefit from undeclared imports of Russian oil” do not interfere with the tightening of sanctions against the energy sector of Russia,writes edition None of the EU countries have serious objections to tougher sanctions against Russia's energy sector, Politico writes, citing sources. According to the publication, even countries that “benefit from undeclared imports of Russian o...

Canada intends to expand anti-Russian sanctions at the expense of Moldovan citizens and companies, the press service of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said after his meeting with Moldovan President Maia Sandu. To do this, Ottawa will expand the law on sanctions measures adopted in connection with the Russian military operation in Ukraine . “These new provisions will allow Canada to impose sanctions...

EUcall on Georgia, as a candidate for membership in the union, to join the sanctions and prevent Russian aircraft from entering its airspace The European Union called on Georgia to comply with sanctions against Russia and not to let Russian planes into its territory, this was stated by the representative of the EU Foreign Service Peter Stano, TASS reports . “The European Union has banned flights t...

will continue to stop attempts to circumvent anti-Russian sanctions, Yellen said at a meeting of the heads of the Central Bank and the G7 finance ministries.As part of this work, she proposed a tripartite approachJanet YellenJanet YellenJanet YellenJanet YellenJanet YellenJanet YellenJanet YellenJanet YellenJanet YellenJanet YellenJanet Yellen The main goal in the US strategy for anti-Russian sanc...

Serbia has postponed the billto simplify the issuance of citizenship after the reaction of the European Union.The amendments proposed to reduce the required period of residence in the country from five years to one year.Belgrade,Serbia Serbia has shelved plans to simplify citizenship procedures after the European Union threatened to suspend Belgrade's visa-free regime, the Financial Times reported...

on May 11 in the United Statesthe special rules for migrants introduced due to the pandemic are terminated. The rules for entering the country will be tightened, The United States will tighten restrictions on asylum seekers in the country to carry out deportation, The Washington Post (WP) reports, citing US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mallorcas. The newspaper notes that Washington is ...

The Austrian group Raiffeisenbank International decided to reduce the risks associated with the transactional business in the CIS. Because of this, Kazakh banks have introduced sectoral restrictions on payments through correspondent accounts, The Austrian banking group Raiffeisenbank International (RBI) decided to reduce correspondent relations with banks in the CIS countries, a representative of ...

The EC proposes to include restrictions in the new package of sanctions that will affect Russia's ability to circumvent sanctions with the help of third countries. In addition, the document contains the idea of ​​banning Germany from receivingoilaccording to "Friendship" from RussiaUrsula von der Leyen The EU may include companies from Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Syria, Iran and Uzbekista...

What to expect from housing prices, why there are “no more” cross-border payments in dollars, and how sanctions divided banks into two groups. Key quotes from the conference “Banks. Transformation. Economy. 2.0" About housing prices Head of the Analytical Center, Managing Director of Dom.RF Mikhail Goldberg “After three years of fairly serious growth in housing prices, we see that in the first qua...

The ACRA rating agency has once again disclosed its assessment of the level of financial stress in Russia. The index, the publication of which was stopped at the peak of the crisis, is now in the low-risk zone. The Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) has restarted the financial stress index, the company said in a statement to RBC. ACRA has been calculating the value of the indicator since 2.......

Under the close attention of the United Statespossible intermediaries in bypassing anti-Russian sanctions will fall, including financial consultants,as well as cryptocurrency transactions Washington will look into the activities of investment advisers, hedge funds, law firms and private wealth managers who have previously managed to avoid scrutiny in order to stop ways to evade anti-Russian sancti...

In the sanctions over the Kara-Murza case, Medvedev saw the British authorities' belief in their own exclusivity and that restrictive measures would be a "terrible punishment" for the Russians. "However, do not care about their decisions," The UK was, is and will be an enemy of Russia until it "goes into the abyss of the sea from the wave created by the latest Russian weapons system," Deputy Chair...

The largest bank in Cyprus warned about the closure of accounts of 4 thousand Russians. The measure will affect those customers The largest Cypriot bank Bank of Cyprus notified about 4 thousand clients with a Russian passport about the closure of their accounts. This is stated in the message of the bank received by RBC. “The Bank of Cyprus has notified 4,......

An increase in the incidence of a new subspecies of coronavirus is expected at the end of May, the virus is highly contagious, Popova said. The day before at the Center Gamalei said, The wave of incidence of the new subspecies of the XBB 1.16 coronavirus "Arctur" is expected at the end of May, after holidays and vacations, Anna Popova, head of Rospotrebnadzor, said during a working trip to Saratov...

The increase in interest rates should not greatly affect the state of Russian banks, according to the Central Bank. It was he who became the catalyst for the fall of banks in the United States: their bond portfolios depreciated, In the event of a sharp increase in interest rates, the bond portfolio of Russian banks will undergo a negative revaluation, but this "will not have a significant impact [...

The loss of Alfa-Bank for 2022 amounted to ₽117.1 billion and became the largest for it in history. Incomes on the main items increased, but the freezing of assets and currency revaluation had a one-time effect, Alfa-Bank ended 2022 with a loss: its size under RAS amounted to 117.1 billion rubles, follows from the published statements of the credit institution. The last time the bank showed a nega...

Silicon Valley Bank went bankrupt in early March, after which the capitalization of the banking sector in the United States sharply decreased, Europe and Asia. Bloomberg writes, The $2 trillion venture capital industry could face 25-30% or $500 million in portfolio write-offs due to the collapse of US Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence have calculated. “After the collaps...

The network owner Leroy Merlin will hand over the management of the Russian company to local management. The change will not affect business, the company stressed. The French group ADEO, the owner of the construction and DIY network Leroy Merlin, intends to transfer the management of the Russian company to local management. This was reported to RBC by a representative of the company. He emphasized...

The discussion was focused on the fact that billionaire Buffett can invest in the US regional banking sector,clarifies BloombergWarren Buffett Employees of the administration of US President Joe Biden held consultations with the founder of the financial holding Berkshire Hathaway, billionaire Warren Buffett regarding the banking crisis in the United States. It is reported by Reuters, citing a sour...