Currency purchase operations on the domestic market have been suspended since November 28, 2024.
January 9th. /MEDIA TALK/. Starting from January 9, 2025, the Bank of Russia will return to buying foreign currency on the domestic market within the framework of the budget rule. The regulator announced plans to resume operations on the eve of ...
... 1,255 MW. The order on the construction of the energy facility was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
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The Beloyarsk NPP has been operating in the Sverdlovsk region near the city of Zarechny since 1964. In 2024, Rospotrebnadzor issued a permit for the construction of a new unit with a fast neutron reactor. Work will begin in 2027, RBC reports. There are currently 4 power units operating at the BAES.
Earlier we wrote that a Chinese developer will participate ...
... Musk.
Leonid Mikhelson's fortune is estimated at 24.7 billion dollars. He took the 80th place in the TOP 100 list. Gennady Timchenko is on the 246th line. His fortune reaches 10.8 billion dollars.
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In the fall of 2024, businessmen occupied the 75th and 231st lines. Their capital was $25.5 billion and $11.1 billion, respectively.
Leonid Mikhelson is the CEO of Novatek, the largest non-state gas supplier in the country. The company produces about 12% of the ...
The agency checked more than 8 million tons of quarantined goods in 2024.
January 7. /MEDIA TALK/. The agency checked more than 8 million tons of quarantined goods in 2024.
During 2024, the Rosselkhoznadzor monitored 8.3 million tons of plant products imported into Russia. During this time, 5,146 cases of contamination ...
The region's treasury will be replenished by 400 million rubles.
January 7. /MEDIA TALK/. The region's treasury will be replenished by 400 million rubles.
Bashkiria's forests helped replenish the Russian budget by 900 million rubles in 2024. At the same time, the regional treasury will be replenished by 400 million rubles, said Marat Sharafutdinov, head of the Ministry of Forestry of the republic.
According to the minister, the plan has been exceeded, and the growth was about ...
... shipment of New Year's fruit.
January 7. /MEDIA TALK/. China has not been able to beat Ankara in the shipment of New Year's fruit.
The volume of shipments of tangerines from China could not exceed shipments of New Year's treats from Turkey in 2024. At the same time, China was ahead of Morocco in this indicator.
From January to September, at least 320,000 tons of tangerines were imported to Russia. Turkey remained the largest supplier. Ankara supplied 126,000 tons of fruit (36% of the ...
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, demand for new cars has grown by almost 40% over the year. In the passenger car segment, the indicator increased by 47%.
January 5th. /MEDIA TALK/. In 2024, the number of new cars sold in Russia amounted to over 1.8 million units. Such data was published today on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. In the period from January to December 2024, car dealers sold ...
... to the fact that Russia owns a large stake in this company. The head of Serbia had previously claimed that Washington's move to impose sanctions against NIS would not affect Belgrade's decision to withdraw from anti-Russian sanctions.
In March 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that Gazprom Neft is one of the largest taxpayers in Serbia. In 2023, the amount of the company's tax contributions and other payments to the state treasury reached 244.4 billion dinars (equivalent to ...
The leading regions in terms of the number of NAP payers are Moscow, the Moscow Region and St. Petersburg.
January 3rd. /MEDIA TALK/. By the end of December 2024, the number of Russians with self-employment amounted to 12 million 172 thousand 902 people. The information is published on the data delivery platform of the Federal Tax Service. In December, the agency registered 374,153 new payers of professional ...
... most popular site was Sochi's Krasnaya Polyana, where more than 900,000 gambling enthusiasts visited.
January 3rd. /MEDIA TALK/. The number of visitors to the largest gambling establishments in Russia amounted to over 2.1 million people by the end of 2024. Compared to the results of 2023, this is almost 200,000 more people. The results of the year were summed up in the Association of Operators of the entertainment and Event Tourism industry, their data is provided today by RBC.
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In the first 10 months of 2024, China accounted for a third of the country's foreign trade. The second and third places are shared by India and Turkey.
January 2. /MEDIA TALK/. According to statistics from the Federal Customs Service of Russia, which RBC cites today, from January ...
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index, updated on January 2, 2025, included 25 Russian businessmen, their total wealth exceeded $347.5 billion.
January 2. /MEDIA TALK/. In 2024, the total wealth of Russia's richest businessmen increased by $18.47 billion. This follows from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI) rating data.
Over the past year, Vladimir Lisin, the owner of the NLMK metallurgical company, earned the ...
During the first nine months of 2024, shipments exceeded $92 million.
December 30th. /MEDIA TALK/. During the first nine months of 2024, shipments exceeded $92 million.
Italy has become the main supplier of sparkling wines to Russia, displacing Latvia from this position. The volume ...
... agency launched an Investor's Personal Account, through which you can apply for a land council. Digitalization of the process has helped to reduce the list of submitted documents from 7 to 1, the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod region said.
In 2024, ten livestock complexes were built and six were reconstructed in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
... Labor Committee summed up the results of the work.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. The regional Labor Committee summed up the results of the work.
Employees of the Pskov Regional Committee of Labor and Employment summed up the results of their work for 2024. Since January, 3,308 residents of the region have been employed, including 1,665 people aged 14 to 17.
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According to the committee, 900 people received a profession within the framework of the national project "Demography",...
By the end of 2024, the number of passengers of this type of transport will reach 10 million people.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. By the end of 2024, the number of passengers of this type of transport will reach 10 million people.
In Chelyabinsk, due to the introduction ...
Since January 1, 2024, more than 2.7 million people have participated in the PDS, over 196 billion rubles have been raised.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. The Central Bank assessed the first year of the long-term savings program, describing it as "very good" for ...
... be made in case of termination of fuel supplies to the territory of the republic.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. The Tiraspoltransgaz-Pridnestrovie company has notified its customers of a potential temporary gas supply cut-off starting on December 28, 2024. The corresponding statement appeared on the company's website. This will happen if the supply of natural gas to the territory of the Pridnestrovian Republic is reduced or completely stopped.
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... electronic wallets, transactions between individuals, payment for products and services, including transactions through a dynamic QR code, automatic payments and transfers between accounts of organizations.
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Since September 1, 2024, the number of participants involved in the pilot has increased. Since the start of testing the digital ruble in August 2023, 600 individuals and 22 companies have gained access to it, and now it is possible to connect about 9 thousand individuals ...
... early March 2022, when the deposit rate in the top ten banks was 20.51% per annum, and the "key" was 20%.
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The average maximum interest rates on deposits for up to 3 months in the second decade of December 2024 was 20.63% per annum, remaining unchanged compared to the first decade of the month. Deposits from 3 to 6 months were accepted at a rate of 21.71% per annum (an increase of 0.48 percentage points). For a period of six months to twelve months - 21....
The current rate of inflation, excluding the base of 2024, will decrease next year.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. According to the forecasts of the Bank of Russia, in the first months of 2025, the annual inflation rate in the country will continue to increase and reach its maximum in April, such information ...
Starting from January 1, 2025, channel owners who have not been verified by the agency will not be able to cooperate with advertisers.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. As of December 27, 2024, Roskomnadzor has registered over 49,000 pages on social networks with more than 10,000 subscribers. In total, over 135 thousand appeals were sent to the department, and about 30 thousand of them were rejected. Such data is provided by TASS today....
... units. An indicator above 50 indicates an expansion of business activity.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. According to the results of the S&P Global analysis, the PMI indicator of the Russian service sector reached a level of 51.2 units in December 2024. This is 2 points lower than it was in November, when the index was 53.2 points. The decrease in the indicator indicates a decrease in the growth rate in the service sector, despite the fact that its level remains above 50, which indicates high business ...
Now, for all types of new gadgets, except laptops, the use of fast Type-C "chargers" is provided.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. Since December 28, 2024, a directive has been in effect in the European Union obliging manufacturers of all new smartphones and other mobile gadgets to equip their products with a standard USB-C charging port. This is reported by RBC with reference to the document.
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Trading in the company's shares will be suspended for the duration of the re-registration and will resume on the Moscow Stock Exchange in a few weeks.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. On December 27, 2024, the owners of the Ozon trading platform decided to change the place of registration from the island of Cyprus to the territory of the Russian Federation. The organization will be legally registered in a special administrative region on Oktyabrsky ...
... the Russian box office is close to 43 billion rubles. 78% of them were domestic paintings.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. The head of the Ministry of Culture, Olga Lyubimova, announced that revenues from the rental of Russian films increased by 24% in 2024. Her words are quoted by RIA Novosti. By mid-December, the total film collections in the country reached 43 billion rubles, which is 16% higher than in 2023. 33 billion rubles were collected by Russian films (78%).
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... control over the markets of crypto assets (MiCA), requiring all providers of stablecoins, cryptocurrencies linked to real assets, to have a business license. The new rules include a number of other restrictions that will come into force on December 30, 2024. Binance, the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange, announced its intention to refocus its work on the United States after Trump announced plans to turn the country into the "capital of cryptocurrencies."
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... housing programs, the reduction for the month was 25%.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. According to the information provided in the analytical report of DOM.According to the Russian Federation, the number of mortgage loans granted in Russia in November 2024 decreased by half due to the high interest rate, averaging 29%. The research data is provided by TASS.
In total, in November 2024, taking into account market and government programs, banks issued about 62 thousand loans worth 272 billion rubles,...
According to the local Ministry of Tourism, the figures exceed last year's figures by almost 10%. More than 220,000 people came to the islands from Russia.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. In 2024, the flow of tourists to the Maldives may reach a historic maximum of 2 million visitors. According to information provided by the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Maldives, which TASS cites today, the number of visitors to the islands exceeded ...
According to the results of 2024, the volume of household goods, repairs and construction sold in Russia will exceed 8 trillion rubles.
December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. The DIY segment shows strong sales growth for the year. According to Infoline's forecast, which Vedomosti cites today,...
... will be raised for the construction for the first time. Three Russian shields for tunneling will be made for the work, the portal " <url>" reports.
Tourists brought more than 730 billion rubles to the economy of St. Petersburg in 2024.
According to the Central Bank, "dropper" cards in 2024 were sold for 30-40 thousand rubles. Such cards are usually blocked within one day.
December 27. /MEDIA TALK/. According to the Central Bank, over the past year, the price of bank cards on the "black" market used for suspicious transactions ...
The workshops will resume on January 13. The cars produced will be enough to meet customer demand at this time.
December 27. /MEDIA TALK/. AvtoVAZ intends to modernize its production facilities. According to the automaker, from December 29, 2024 to January 12, 2025, it is planned to carry out more than 9 thousand different works, most of which are focused on preparing for the release of the new LADA Iskra.
Work is planned in the painting, welding and assembly shops. The production ...
... /MEDIA TALK/. At the beginning of the year, there were 12 problematic properties in the region.
The staff of the Novosibirsk Region Prosecutor's office summed up the work on restoring the rights of defrauded shareholders.
Since the beginning of 2024, there have been 12 houses in the register of problematic objects. By the end of this year, the issue had been resolved for more than 1,800 residents of the region.
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At the moment, there is only one unfinished object....
The decrease occurred for the first time since February 2023. In November, the country's inflation rate dropped to 47.1%, reaching its lowest level in the last year and a half.
December 26th. /MEDIA TALK/. On December 26, 2024, the Central Bank of Turkey reduced the base interest rate from 50% to 47.5%. This happened for the first time in almost two years. The decision is explained by the steady decline in inflation: in November, the level was a record low of 47.09%, compared ...
The company announced the sale of the OK hypermarkets to its own management. The company's depositary receipts jumped in price by almost 30% following this news.
December 26th. /MEDIA TALK/. On December 26, 2024, the value of OK Group's depositary receipts on the Moscow Stock Exchange increased sharply by 29.5%, due to the announcement of the sale of the hypermarket chain to its management. The company's share price peaked at 29.34 rubles. According to information ...
... Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov noted the overall growth in the turnover of commercial enterprises. This year, the industry has provided about 13% of GDP.
December 26th. /MEDIA TALK/. The volume of online commerce in Russia increased by 40% in 2024 compared to 2023, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said in an interview with Rossiya-24 TV channel. Manturov stressed that Russia occupies a leading position in this area.
The Deputy Prime Minister also said that the national trade ...
The Ministry of Economic Development summed up the results of the implementation of the national project from 2019 to 2024.
December 26th. /MEDIA TALK/. In Russia, over 5 million businessmen have received assistance under the National Project "Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurship and Support for Individual Entrepreneurial Initiative," the Ministry of Economic ...
According to Gas Infrastructure Europe, this figure at the end of December was the lowest in the last 5 years.
December 26th. /MEDIA TALK/. As of December 26, 2024, the volume of natural gas in European underground reservoirs has fallen below the 75% mark. This is evidenced by data from Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), as cited by TASS.
European countries have recently reduced the intensity of natural ...
Following the competitors, the company introduces the possibility of long-term rental with the subsequent purchase of cars.
December 26th. /MEDIA TALK/. In December 2024, Delimobil launched a car purchase service after prolonged rental use. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the carsharing service. The price includes a long-term lease with the possibility of subsequent purchase of a specific ...
The organization was one of the two hundred largest banks in the country.
December 26th. /MEDIA TALK/. On December 26, 2024, the Bank of Russia revoked the license of the Moscow bank Garant-Invest. The financial institution occupied the 168th position among Russian banks in terms of assets and had been operating since 1993.
During an extraordinary audit on December ...
Operations were suspended at the end of November 2024 due to a sharp drop in the ruble's exchange rate against all major currencies.
December 26th. /MEDIA TALK/. The central Bank announced the resumption of purchases of foreign currency on the domestic market as part of the implementation of the budget ...
About 2.88 billion rubles have been invested in the work.
December 26th. /MEDIA TALK/. About 2.88 billion rubles have been invested in the work.
In the Nizhny Novgorod region, 10 new livestock complexes have been built and 6 operating state-supported ones have been reconstructed this year. About 2.88 billion rubles have been invested in farms. The facilities are designed for a population of 6,000 head of cattle.
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The development of dairy farming is one of the...
This figure is one and a half times higher than the income from tourism in 2023.
December 25th. /MEDIA TALK/. This figure is one and a half times higher than the income from tourism in 2023.
The tourist flow to St. Petersburg in 2024 reached 11.6 million people, which is 23% more than last year. The guests of the Northern Capital brought 730.5 billion rubles to the city's economy, 51% more than in 2023.
According to Governor Alexander Beglov, measures to support the tourism ...
In 2024, 145,200 tons of greenhouse vegetables and salads were harvested in the region.
December 25th. /MEDIA TALK/. In 2024, 145,200 tons of greenhouse vegetables and salads were harvested in the region.
Lipetsk farmers have grown 145,200 tons of greenhouse ...
... selling precious stones. To date, the company's reserves have reached a volume of 2 billion US dollars. This is a record figure since the economic crisis in 2008. According to the company, this number of unsold diamonds remained for a significant part of 2024.
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Among the factors contributing to the decline in sales are the decline in consumer interest in China, increased pressure from competitors specializing in the production of synthetic diamonds, as well as the impact ...
300 million securities with a nominal value of 10 rubles were placed in the amount of 3 billion.
December 25th. /MEDIA TALK/. On December 25, 2024, the Central Bank registered the issue of additional shares of T-Bank intended for placement during integration with Rosbank. The amount of the additional issue is 3 billion rubles, and it is planned to issue 300 million shares of 10 rubles each....
... the purchase of cars exceeded 1.5 million, which is 67.3% more than the same period in 2023.
December 25th. /MEDIA TALK/. According to the National Credit Bureau, over one and a half million car loans were provided in Russia from January to November 2024. Statistics are provided by TASS today.
The figure exceeds the figure for the same period in 2023 by 67.3%. At that time, the number of car loans was 897.6 thousand. In January-November 2024, loans for cars were provided for a total amount ...
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the total volume of Russian gas exports to European countries in 2024 increased by 18-20% compared to 2023, indicating an interest in continuing supplies.
December 25th. /MEDIA TALK/. Russia is ready to continue exporting natural gas to European countries through several channels, and further transportation of fuel ...
Borrowing from the National Wealth Fund will continue in 2025.
December 25th. /MEDIA TALK/. In 2024, almost a trillion rubles from the National Welfare Fund were allocated for the implementation of infrastructure projects, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel. In particular, the funds were used to finance ...