Friday, May 3, 2024
Rosfinmonitoring proposed introducing an out-of-court procedure for blocking bank accounts and cards on suspicion of using them to finance terrorism, extremism, riots, and drug trafficking, Russian media reported. The draft law is posted on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts. It has been proposed to apply the extrajudicial procedure for...
Payments in cryptocurrency are prohibited in Russia, and the government does not intend to lift this ban, said Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev, Russian media reported. At the same time, citizens can buy cryptocurrencies and use electronic wallets outside of Russia. "So it is, and I think this will remain...
According to a study of official government data, Russia's natural population has seen its greatest peacetime drop in recorded history during the past 12 months. Russia's natural population — a number that includes recorded deaths and births but excludes the impacts of migration — fell by 997,000 between October 2020...
Global investors are pouring unprecedented sums into Russia's stock market. They have invested $170 million in the last week alone, Kommersant reports. They are drawn in by the Russian market's emphasis on raw resources, which is benefitting from the rapid rise in oil and gas prices. The majority of...
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin stated at a meeting with Deputy Prime Ministers on Monday that the Russian government expects infrastructure budget loans to become an incentive for the development of Russian regions. "Infrastructure budget loans have demonstrated their use. The Russian Federation's subjects are quite interested in them. The number...
The main 136 countries of the world economy, including 37 countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), have approved a tax rate of at least 15% for international corporations from 2023, the organization said in a statement. The OECD includes almost all well-known countries, including the largest...
The natural decline in the population of Russia (the excess of the number of deaths over the number of births) jumped in January-August by 71.6% in annual terms to 595.3 thousand people against 346.9 thousand people in January-August 2020, Rosstat reports. The number of births decreased in January-August by 1.1%...
Sales of premium clothing, footwear, and accessories in Russia in January-September 2021 tripled compared to the same period last year, along with the growth of consumer lending, the fiscal data operator OFD.ru said. The demand for premium and luxury brands in Russia has grown due to closed borders - shopping...
Analysts from the Rabota.ru website examined the vacancy database and ranked the highest-paying employment opportunities in Moscow in October, Kommersant writes. The company is willing to pay the maximum compensation possible for an expert in medical device registration - up to 500 thousand rubles per month (6000 euros). The position...
The ruble rose 1% a day earlier, while the dollar and the euro renewed their lows in recent months: the US currency fell below 72, and the European currency fell below 83 rubles, Russian media reported. This morning, the dollar and the euro were once again traded on the Moscow...