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RBC figured out how the sale of shares of Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven in Alfa Bank could be organized,whether the deal will help lift sanctions from them and whether businessmen will be able to receive payment for their packagesPetr Aven and Mikhail FridmanPetr Aven and Mikhail FridmanPetr Aven and Mikhail FridmanPetr Aven and Mikhail FridmanPetr Aven and Mikhail FridmanPetr Aven and Mikhail Fri...

Canada banned the import of raw aluminum and finished products from it, iron, semi-finished products and finished steel products. Steel and aluminum from Russia are already under US and European restrictions Canada has imposed an embargo on the supply of aluminum and steel from Russia since March 10, according to the website of the Canadian government. Canada has banned the import of all Russian a...

In general, in 2022, 15.3 million Russians, or 10.5% of the population, had incomes below the poverty line. This is the lowest number of poor people since the early 1990s. In 2022, 15.3 million Russians, or 10.5% of the population, were below the poverty line in Russia, Rosstat reported. This is 0.7 million people, or ......

Dmitry Peskov Blocking the assets of Russians is illegitimate, trampling on the foundations of international law and the very foundations of the international economy. This was stated at a briefing by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, RBC correspondent reports. “We do not perceive all these blockages and consider them nothing more than a violation of international...

, the first refusals in the clearance of transit goods of non-Turkish origin, where Russia was indicated as the destination country,recorded at the beginning of March Business is looking for alternative routes after Turkey's decision to stop transit to Russia as part of the parallel import of goods with goods subject to sanctions , Alesya Litvinenko, head of the STALOGISTIC western procurement sec...

According to the current rules, investors can receive compensation of 20% of the costs of setting up a production facility for deep processing of grain. When investing in the production of canned fish and seafood, as well as dairy and fat-and-oil products, the amount of compensation will be 25%. To participate in this program, the manufacturer must be engaged in the export of its products for thre...

The decision was taken unanimously.Xi Jinping's re-election for a third term became possible thanks to amendments to the country's ConstitutionXi JinpingXi JinpingXi JinpingXi JinpingXi JinpingXi JinpingXi Jinping The deputies of the National People's Congress of China (NPC) have re-elected Xi Jinping as the leader of the People's Republic of China, according to the Xinhua news agency. He became t...

The REPO group, which includes the G7 countries,estimates the already frozen luxury real estate and other assets of Russians who fell under the sanctions at "billions of dollars"Ministry of Finance buildingMinistry of Finance buildingMinistry of Finance buildingMinistry of Finance buildingMinistry of Finance buildingMinistry of Finance buildingMinistry of Finance buildingUSA The countries particip...

The customs system of Turkey began to block the clearance of goods of non-Turkish origin. USApreviously threatened Turkish companies with secondary sanctions for violating restrictive measures against Russia Turkey has begun blocking the clearance of transit of sanctioned goods supplied to Russia as part of parallel imports, Kommersant FM reported, citing market participants. In particular, Georgy...

The oppositionist admitted that in October he signed and sent a letter addressed to Borrell with a request to lift sanctions against the leaders of Alfa Group. Venediktov reported another letter - from February, Oppositionist Leonid Volkov (included by the Ministry of Justice in the list of foreign agents) admitted that in October last year he signed and sent a letter addressed to the head of Euro...

Among the signatories for the removal of the leaders of Alfa Group from EU sanctions are journalist Leonid Parfyonov, Sergey Parkhomenko recognized as foreign agents,Natalia Sindeeva and Evgeny ChichvarkinAlexey VenediktovAlexey VenediktovAlexey VenediktovAlexey VenediktovAlexey Venediktov The former editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy radio station, Alexei Venediktov (recognized as a foreign agent...

The number of cards in Russia at the end of 2022 amounted to 389.6 million, the figure grew by a record 18% over the year. The Russians opened new Mir and UnionPay cards after Visa and Mastercard left, At the end of 2022, Russian banks issued about 389.6 million cards for individuals. Over the year, their number increased by 18%, follows from the statistics of the Bank of Russia, which RBC got acq...

The U.S. plans on Friday, March 10, to relax post-arrival COVID-19 testing requirements for tourists from China . This is reported by The Washington Post and Bloomberg newspapers, citing sources. According to publications, the decision to cancel testing was made by officials in the field of national security and health. Relevant departments will begin to notify US airlines, Chinese diplomats and o...

After the imposition of an embargo on Russian oil products, imports of Russian diesel fuel to the EU fell by 96.2%, according to EIA. According to the department, The countries of North-Western Europe have replaced the volumes of diesel fuel supplied from Russia by increasing imports from Saudi Arabia, India, China and South Korea, the Energy Information Administration of the US Department of Ener...

energy The cap on oil prices from Russia imposed by the G7 and allies is "working well." This was stated by US Energy Representative Amos Hochstein, reports Reuters. “I think the beauty of the process is that it works and that Russian oil and Russian products are sold below marginal prices,” he said on the sidelines of the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas. Hochstein recalled that Mosco...

Banks will be able to launch transfers using Mir corporate cards from the end of April.The possibility of such operations for companies disappeared after the departure of Visa and Mastercard - now they send money according to the old scheme with payment orders The Mir payment system obliged banks to launch a new type of transfers - between corporate cards and accounts (b2b transfers). This is stat...

Poland cannot avoid a demographic crisis due to an increase in the percentage of the elderly population: by 2055, the number of employed and pensioners will equalize in the country. The experts have warned Poland's population is rapidly aging, and if this problem is not addressed, the situation will become a national economic problem, said Slawomir Dudek, president of the Institute of Public Finan...

Reporting on different versions of the origin of the COVID-19 pathogenUS departments, House Intelligence Committee Democrat Jim Hymes admitted:for a clear picture of this "too few facts" China continues to obstruct attempts to find out the origin of the coronavirus, Democrat Jim Hymes, a member of the US House Intelligence Committee , said on NBC News. “We have so few facts because the Chinese reg...

refused to provide information about its armed forces under the OSCE Vienna Document. She called such a step a response to the actions of Western countries. However, How Moscow explains its refusal Russia has refused to participate in the annual data exchange on the armed forces, which is stipulated in the Vienna Document 2......

The first component of the vaccine has reappeared at all coronavirus vaccination points in Moscow, the press service of the Moscow City Health Department told RBC. On March 4, the city authorities announced that the first component of Sputnik V had ended in medical facilities. The portal of the mayor and the government of Moscow talked about the expected supply from the Ministry of Health. On the ...

For almost a year, world food prices have been falling after a peak in March 2022, against the backdrop of the start of a special operation in Ukraine. The UN calls for an extension of the deal on the export of grain from Ukraine to contain prices, but Russiadissatisfied with its implementation On March 18, the so-called grain deal concluded in July 2......

The looming crisis shows that even as the world embraces cleaner energy sources, "the thirst for oil will be hard to quench." While the supply cut has been a boon for crude oil producers and their investors, it is hurting consumers and complicating central banks' efforts to curb inflation, writes Bloomberg. The International Economic Agency (IEA) said that oil consumption will reach a record level...

When making cross-border transfers, Zolotaya Korona takes into account the requirements of partners who make payments abroad,— these organizations are not ready to violate the sanctions regime The Zolotaya Korona money transfer service cannot make cross-border transfers from cards of a number of Russian banks due to the risk of violating the sanctions regime of other countries, RBC was told in its...

Moscow, except for the second component of Sputnik V, follows from the data on the city hall website. The level of collective immunity in the capital is 1.9%, while the average for Russia is 7, The first component of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V has ended in Moscow, according to the official portal of the mayor and government of the capital. “The delivery of the vaccine by the Russian...

Moscow has run out of all major vaccines against COVID-19, except for the second component of Sputnik V, follows from the data on the city hall website. In the capital's depzdrav specified RBC, In Moscow, the majority of the population has already developed immunity to COVID-19, and if revaccination is necessary, this can be done with any component of the Sputnik V vaccine, RBC was told in the Mos...

Moscow, except for the second component of Sputnik V. The Ministry of Health reported Batches of the Sputnik V vaccine have been distributed and have already been sent to Moscow and a number of other regions that have reported a decrease in residues, the Ministry of Health told RIA Novosti. Earlier, on the official portal of the mayor and government of Moscow, in the section on vaccination, inform...

Washington never provided evidence to Brussels that Chinaconsiders the possibility of supplying weapons to Russia, and makes conflicting statements about this,writes Politico, citing sources in the EU The European Union will respond by imposing sanctions on China if it crosses the red line and arms Russia, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed senior EU official. At the same time, Politico writes th...

Shvidler said Britain did the wrong thing when it imposed sanctions on him. London made "significant errors" in assessing its business relationship with Abramovich, The head of the Millhouse company and business partner of businessman Roman Abramovich, Yevgeny Shvidler (Forbes estimates his fortune at $1.7 billion), decided to challenge the UK sanctions imposed against him in a London court, write...

Borrell recalled that the G20 format is a platform for "listening to others and telling the truth." In his opinion, The exclusion of Russia from the G20 would be contrary to the principle of multilateralism, said the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell at the international political science conference Raisina Dialogue. “You cannot say that you want to promote the principle of multilateral coo...

The US Department of Commerce has decided to impose export restrictions on 37 entities, including a Russian firm, a Belarusian one and almost 30 Chinese ones. The document was published on the US Federal Register website. The black list consists of 37 companies. Among them, one Russian firm, one Belarusian, three are based in Myanmar, four are in Pakistan, and the rest are in China. The US Departm...