Yandex Market has expanded its range of products with delivery from China
Yandex Market has launched a new showcase, “ Finds from China ,” where you can find more than 1 million products delivered from China in various categories, the service’s press service reported. The marketplace offers household goods, electronics, home appliances, sports and leisure goods, accessories and other goods, many of which are not available on the Russian market, the company […]
Russia’s Largest Brewing Company Wants to Switch to Domestic Hops
The Baltika brewing company plans to completely abandon imported hops in 5 years due to the risk of cessation of supplies from the USA , Germany and the Czech Republic amid sanctions. This is reported by Interfax . As the curator of the agricultural program of Baltika, Igor Matveyev , said , the enterprise has begun to revive Russian hop growing. “In 2023, we purchased […]
Experts have told what will happen to prices of new buildings
At the beginning of autumn, the median price per square metre in new buildings fell to 166 thousand roubles, which is 0.2% less than in August. This was reported by the Life publication , citing the opinion of market experts. The largest price drops were recorded in Voronezh (-2.3%), Nizhny Novgorod (-1.9%) and Moscow (-1.5%). “The lower cost per […]
Property of Russian businessmen seized in France
A court in France has seized the property of two Russian businessmen worth more than €70 million as part of an investigation into possible money laundering, the French newspaper Monde reported , citing a source. According to her, the seizure was imposed on real estate properties purchased in 2012-2014 in the south-east of France: a 22.5-hectare estate in Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes department) […]
Russian regional authorities will spend about a billion rubles on New Year’s holidays
The authorities of the regions of Russia intend to spend about a billion budget rubles on the New Year holidays. This was reported by the Telegram channel Mash . The most expensive fir trees are planned to be installed in Krasnoyarsk Krai. In Tatyshev Park, they intend to install a fir tree for 16 million rubles, in Dudinka – […]
EU seeks way to provide aid to Ukraine bypassing Hungary’s position
The European Union ( EU ) is considering introducing voluntary contributions to finance military aid to Ukraine in order to circumvent Hungary’s position , which is against it, Euractiv reports , citing a senior European official. “The tranche has been blocked for a year and a half, and, frankly speaking, this undermines our political will to support Ukraine,” the agency’s source […]
Russians were told how much the cost of auto parts has increased
especially on body parts, headlights and glass for European brands. This is reported by Autonews.ru with reference to data from the insurance company Rosgosstrakh. According to a study conducted on the basis of calculating the price dynamics for cars insured under comprehensive insurance, the largest increase in the “accident basket” was recorded for BMW – 21%. It […]
The Central Bank reported on repeated complaints from companies about a shortage of workers
Many companies in Russia, against the backdrop of record low unemployment “in modern history,” are complaining about a shortage of employees. Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank (CB) Alexey Zabotkin reported this in an interview with blogger Igor Rybakov . Zabotkin noted that the current situation is not similar to what was observed during the pandemic, when there was a decline and […]
The Central Bank has paid off all its obligations to the IMF
Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Alexey Zabotkin stated that the Central Bank of the Russian Federation is no longer accountable to the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ). He said this in an interview with blogger Igor Rybakov . According to him, the “myth” about the Central Bank’s dependence on the IMF was widespread in the 1990s, when Russia received loans from […]
The results of the second stage of the buyback of blocked assets have become known
Following the results of the second stage of settlements for the redemption of blocked foreign securities (BFS), non-residents additionally redeemed assets for 2.54 billion rubles. This was reported by the organizer of the asset exchange, the Investment Chamber , TASS reports . As a result of the first exchange, which ended on August 13, 2024, the MBS were bought […]