The United Kingdom on Thursday added 26 more individuals and entities to the sanctions lists against Russia, including Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov and Russian Railways head Oleg Belozerov. Alexander Chupriyan, acting head of the Emergencies Ministry, and Nikolai Bogdanovsky, first deputy chief of the General Staff, also fell under the sanctions. In the sanctions […]

Billionaire Vagit Alekperov has informed Lukoil of his decision to give up the position of the company’s president ahead of schedule and resign from its board of directors. This is stated in a message on the Lukoil website. Why Alekperov made such a decision, when he will resign and who may replace him, the Lukoil […]

The unprecedented rise in yields on 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds to a 3-year high has narrowed the gap with Chinese sovereign bonds, something that hasn’t happened in more than 10 years, which analysts believe reflects the divergence in monetary policy between the two countries, CNBC wrote. Investors have begun to watch the phenomenon closely as […]

Oil quotations are falling in the morning trading on Friday after the previous day’s growth and may end the week with a decline of about 4% due to concerns about the slowdown in global economic growth and demand for fuel. The main negative factor for the oil market in the outgoing week was the deterioration […]

Consumer prices in Japan rose 1.2% in March from the same month a year earlier, data from the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed. This is the maximum rate of rise in 3.5 years – since October 2018. The rise marked the seventh consecutive month of growth. In February, inflation stood at 0.9 […]

The UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has authorized payments to Gazprombank or its subsidiaries under contracts for gas supplies to the European Union. The license covers servicing of contracts signed before its effective date (April 21) and is valid until May 31, 2022, OFSI said. GPB was placed on the UK sanctions list […]

Germany may pay Russia a record €33.9 billion for oil, gas and coal in 2022, and the media have learned the amount of the deal on Potanin’s purchase of Rosbank from Societe General – these and other important news for Friday morning, April 22, in our daily review. Germany may pay €3 billion more for […]

In January-March 2022, Petropavlovsk increased gold production by 8% to 103 thousand ounces, the company reported. This was due to increased production at Pioner, as well as the processing of third-party concentrate. Petropavlovsk is lowering its 2022 production forecast to 375-405 thousand ounces from 380-420 thousand ounces: the production forecast from own material remains at […]

On Friday morning, stock indices in the Asia-Pacific region declined due to the fact that the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve Jerome Powell tightened his stance on inflation. Investors are now expecting a more decisive tightening of monetary policy. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was down 1.96% by 22:01 Eastern Time (02:02 GMT). Data released […]

NOVATEK announced that it will not publish its financial statements or hold a teleconference with investors on the results of the first quarter of 2022. The company did not give any reasons for this decision. The day before, at the annual meeting, NOVATEK’s shareholders approved the payment of final dividends for 2021 in the amount […]

Since the end of March, China’s largest city, Shanghai, announced the beginning of large-scale quarantine restrictions to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, and only last week the city authorities announced a list of 666 companies that will be given priority to resume work, CNBC writes. On the one hand, such a move by the authorities could […]

According to the position of the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance, banks should not pay dividends, said VTB CEO Andrei Kostin. He also expressed hope that VTB will be able to pay dividends again in the future. “Dividends are not determined by us. They are determined by the annual meeting, where the government […]

The Bank of Russia has established facts of share price manipulation using telegram channels, the Central Bank said in a statement. The shares in question are those of PJSC Rosseti South, PJSC GIT, and PJSC Permenergosbyt. The manipulation period is from March 2 to March 5, 2021. “In March 2021, the Bank of Russia recorded […]

The Russian government has instructed the Ministry of Finance and Rosimushchestvo not to provide for the payment of dividends for 2021 on ordinary and preferred shares of both types when preparing directives for participation in the supervisory board of VTB (MCX:VTBR). The corresponding order was signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on April 23. […]

The leadership of the Canadian Central Bank may consider another increase in the prime rate by 0.5 percentage points at once, said yesterday the head of the Bank of Canada Tiff Maclem, speaking in the parliamentary committee. In mid-April, the Central Bank increased the rate by 0.5 p.p. – To 1% per annum. This was […]

Oil prices are rising today after a sharp decline the day before, investors continue to monitor the situation with the coronavirus in China and the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve. The cost of June futures for Brent crude oil on the London exchange ICE Futures by 8:00 Moscow time was $103.61 per barrel, which […]

Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region (APR) are predominantly growing in Tuesday’s trading on the back of the rise of the U.S. stock market. U.S. stock indices ended Monday with strong gains, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 and Nasdaq rising the most in almost a week. Investors remain focused on the increase in COVID-19 […]

Dogecoin jumped 26% in value after news of Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) purchase by Ilon Musk, and Roskomnadzor may include Wikipedia in the register of companies to land – these and other important news for the morning of Tuesday, April 26, in our daily review. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Ilon Musk will become the owner of social network […]