According to a survey by the Levada Center (the organization is recognized in Russia as a foreign agent), the main ways for Russians to save money are rubles (on a bank account or in cash) and real estate.
And the fourth place — products from precious metals, antiques and paintings! Luxury goods and art turned out to be even more popular than securities and currency.
Keeping money in cash is now preferred by 5%, and in the currency in a bank account — 3%
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Nearly a third of foreign securities worth about 3 trillion rubles ($49.1 billion) held in Russian accounts at the end of March were issued in the US, Russia’s central bank said in a report.
At the end of March, US securities accounted for 855.3 billion rubles ($14 billion), or 27% of all foreign securities, which include both bonds and equities, the central bank said. Issuers from the UK accounted for 464.8 billion rubles, issuers from Ireland — 308.9 billion. The next four countries in terms of volume were Luxembourg, Cyprus, the Netherlands and the Cayman Islands.
Many Russians bought foreign shares during the investment boom, using accounts now frozen under Western sanctions.
In Russia, the number of requests to download applications with pirated content increased by 300-400% from February to July. Their developers confirm the demand and intend to place their services in the Russian marketplaces NashStore and RuStore.
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The structures of Rostec became the only suppliers of the flu vaccine as part of the national vaccination calendar for 2022-2023. State contracts worth more than 26 billion rubles. pharmaceutical manufacturers controlled by state corporations received without competition.
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In Uzbekistan, five months later, they again began to accept cross-border transfers from cards of the Mir payment system, the unified republican processing center Uzcard reported. In March, he suspended the acceptance of all Mir cards, with the exception of co-badged ones.
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The first ship with corn left the port of Odessa. The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni vessel will make a stop in Istanbul on August 2 and continue to the Lebanese port after inspection, the Turkish Defense Ministry said.
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The FAS has published a draft of «temporary» changes to the competition law. According to the proposed amendments, prices for socially significant goods must be economically justified, otherwise the actions of sellers will be considered as collusion, albeit “silent”, that is, in Russian legal language, “concerted actions”.
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Russian metallurgists reduced their exports by 20% in the second quarter, Denis Manturov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said at a meeting on the development of the metallurgical complex.
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The American oilfield service company Baker Hughes announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its business in Russia to local management.
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Tea brands Lipton, Saito and Brooke Bond will leave Russia. Ekaterra, the company that owns them, has decided to suspend its activities in the Russian Federation. Tea brands are expected to stop producing in Russia by the end of 2022. After that, the company will completely stop their sale and distribution.
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The Central Bank for six months, until March 9, 2023, extended the restrictions on the withdrawal of cash foreign currency. The limit of 10,000 dollars or euros remained in force when withdrawing currency from a foreign currency account or deposit
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Since 1960, the world’s forest area has decreased by 81.7 million hectares — a 60% decrease per capita. This threatens the well-being of ecosystems and people. These conclusions were reached by Japanese scientists after analyzing global data on land use
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«Cinema Park» and «Formula Kino» will start showing Hollywood films along with Russian ones. The service will be called «film product». First, “foreign video material” will be shown, and then a Russian film.
Where the company will take copies of foreign films, Alexey Vasyasin Vasyasin, general director of the network, did not specify. The network plans to share the income from sales of this service only with domestic distributors and producers.
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Adrastea hackers hacked into the database of Europe’s largest rocket manufacturer, MBDA. And they stole 60 GB of data, including design documentation for air defense systems and missile systems, drawings and contract agreements. confidential and classified information about the company’s employees who took part in the development of closed military projects. MBDA has not yet commented on the situation, but Adrastea is ready to discuss the cost of the stolen data array.
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In the European Union, a ban on the import of Russian coal began to operate. Imports of coal from Russia amounted to 8 billion euros, of which 21.8% came from the EU countries.
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The President of Bulgaria dissolved the Parliament and announced the date of early elections. This happened after the ruling coalition lost its majority in parliament and the government of Bulgaria was passed a vote of no confidence. As reported on the website of the head of state, the elections will be held on October 2.
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The military of Myanmar has extended the state of emergency in the country since February 1, 2021, for another six months, the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper writes, citing a statement by the National Defense and Security Council.
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Gazprom has increased deliveries to China via Power of Siberia by almost 61%. According to preliminary data, global demand for seven months of 2022 fell by 35 billion cubic meters. m, most of the decline occurred in the EU, said «Gazprom».
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The quota of OPEC+ countries for oil production has been increased by another 648,000 barrels per day since August 1.
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The British bank HSBC Holdings Plc increased its net profit by 62% in the second quarter of 2022 and announced the resumption of quarterly dividend payments in 2023.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has listed shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on a list of Chinese companies that could face delisting from the U.S. stock market if their auditors are not audited by spring 2024.
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New Zealand authorities announced on Monday that they have expanded sanctions against Russia.
«Sanctions are being imposed against the SOGAZ insurance company, the Russian Railways company and against defense enterprises involved in the development, production and testing of military equipment for the Russian Armed Forces,» the New Zealand Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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Loading on the network of Russian Railways in July amounted to 102.1 million tons, which is 5.5% less than in July 2021.
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The production of Russian agricultural machinery in the first half of 2022 increased in annual terms by 6%, to 117.6 billion rubles; its sales on the domestic market over the same period grew by 21.7%, to 113.3 billion rubles, the association Rosspetsmash reported.
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Latvia will be provided with gas for the heating season, which is confirmed by earlier calculations, Economy Minister Ilze Indriksone said, commenting on Gazprom’s statement to stop gas exports to Latvia.
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The Government of the Russian Federation approved lists of materials and technologies, as well as a list of finished electronic products, manufacturers and developers of which will be able to take advantage of insurance premiums and income tax benefits as part of a set of measures to support the domestic radio-electronic industry, the government website said.
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Passenger transportation in long-distance trains across Russia in July 2022 increased by 24.1% year-on-year, to 13.6 million people, Russian Railways reported.
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The nuclear arsenal of nine countries of the world, as of the beginning of 2022, totaled 12.7 thousand warheads. This is stated in a new study by the Federation of American Scientists.
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The European Commission (EC) announced on Monday the allocation of the first half of the 500 million euros of the first tranche of EU macro-financial assistance to Ukraine of 1 billion euros.
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From August 1, unhindered access to the social networks Twitter, WeChat and VKontakte is fully resumed in Uzbekistan, the press service of the Information and Mass Communications Agency said on Monday.
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The united network of cinemas «Cinema Park» and «Formula Kino» decided to cancel the launch of the «film product» service in cinemas, within the framework of which it was planned to show the audience a Russian film along with video material — a foreign picture of film companies that suspended their work in Russia, the general director told Interfax cinema networks Alexei Vasyasin.
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The revenue of OK Rusal according to RAS for the first half of 2022 fell by 55%, to 70.32 billion rubles, follows from the disclosure of the company. Profit from sales also decreased by 55%, amounting to 68.9 billion rubles.
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Russia has put 39 British politicians, businessmen and journalists on the «stop list». The list, in particular, included former Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Minister of Transport Wendy Morton, Scottish Government Minister for Finance and Economics Kate Forbes, The Times columnist David Aaronovitch, The Guardian military news editor Dan Sabbah and others.
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The combined wealth of the richest entrepreneurs from Russia has fallen by $60 billion since the beginning of the year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI).
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The activities of the British non-governmental organization Calvert 22 Foundation are recognized in Russia as undesirable, according to the Telegram channel of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
“It has been established that its activities pose a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order and the security of the Russian Federation,” the report says.
The Calvert 22 Foundation focuses on the contemporary culture and creativity of 29 countries of the New East (Eastern Europe, Russia, the Balkans and Central Asia) through education, events, exhibitions, research and online content in The Calvert Journal.
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Scientists from China’s Tsinghua University have developed a technique for listening to conversations indoors through fiber optic cables. It has already been possible to fully recognize speech in the presence of a three-meter open piece of fiber optic cable in the room. Moreover, the analysis was carried out at a distance of 1.1 km from the listening room.
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Germany will resume the work of the first standby coal-fired power plant. CHP Kraftwerk Mehrum in Lower Saxony will be launched due to the threat of an energy crisis. It will function temporarily, writes DW.
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The wreckage of a Spanish treasure galleon that sank 350 years ago has been found in the Bahamas. The ship «Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas», named after the statue of the Virgin Mary of the XIII century, is the second largest among the ships that went to the bottom. The value of the treasures carried on board can reach 1.5 billion euros.
In 1656, a galleon loaded with coins, gold and jewels, which was being shipped from Havana to Spain, passed by the Bahamas, collided with another ship and sank. Over the next 350 years, repeated attempts were made to get Spanish treasures from the seabed, writes The Guardian.
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Samsung smartphones have a «Repair Mode» that hides all personal data without resetting to factory settings. After activating it, the device will reboot, removing all photos, contacts, accounts and third-party software. The service center employee will see only standard applications in the «out of the box» state.
To disable the «Repair Mode», the owner needs to scan a fingerprint or enter a pattern. The smartphone will reboot again and open access to the data.
So far, the new feature is only available in South Korea on the Galaxy S21. Over time, Samsung will expand the list of countries and models.
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Great Britain eased sanctions against Russia in the field of insurance of the aviation industry
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France blocked the assets of Russians for 1.2 billion euros. The measures were taken as part of personal sanctions imposed by the EU, said the head of the intelligence unit of the Ministry of Finance, Guillaume Valette-Vala.
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The UK has required foreign companies that own real estate to disclose the owners. The new rules are meant to be a key tool in trying to curb money laundering in the country, but homeowners still have room to get around the law.
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The United States during the counter-terrorist operation in Afghanistan eliminated the leader of Al-Qaeda (the terrorist organization is banned in the Russian Federation) Ayman al-Zawahiri, who led the terrorist group after the elimination of Osama bin Laden. According to Politico, the counter-terrorism operation was carried out by the CIA — a drone strike. Other details have not yet been provided.
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Oil exports from Saudi Arabia reached 7.5 million bpd in July, the highest since April 2020, Bloomberg reported, citing tanker tracking data.
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Apple Inc wants to re-enter the bond market to raise funds for share repurchases and dividends, MarketWatch writes, citing documents filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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The UK government has allowed the provision of services for the insurance and reinsurance of ships, aircraft and components to counterparties associated with Russia, follows from the message of the British Department of International Trade.
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The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has extended until September 1, 2022 the period of protective measures against Sberbank (Switzerland) AG, the regulator said in a statement.
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The Taliban movement (recognized as terrorist in Russia and banned) confirmed American reports that on the night of July 31, the United States launched an airstrike on a residential building in the center of Kabul.
Earlier, a Joe Biden administration official told reporters that two Hellfire missiles were fired at a safe house in Kabul and the leader of al-Qaeda (recognized as a terrorist network in Russia and banned) Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed.
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X5 Group in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period last year increased its net profit by 1.8 times, to 26.762 billion rubles (according to IFRS 16 standards).
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The Italian insurance company Assicurazioni Generali SpA wrote off 138 million euros in the first half of 2022 due to the impairment of investments in Russia.
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American cloud solutions developer Arista Networks Inc. increased net profit in the second quarter of 2022 by 52%.
Arista’s April-June net income was $299.1 million, or 94 cents per share, compared with $196.9 million, or 62 cents per share, for the same period a year earlier, the company said in a report.
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The sole shareholder of PJSC TransContainer, Delo Group, approved the decision to pay dividends based on the results of previous periods in the amount of 647 rubles.
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Roskomnadzor (RKN), at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, blocked the online platform of the US State Department ShareAmerica in Russia, follows from the data of the regulator.
ShareAmerica is the US Department of State’s platform for sharing stories and photos about American society, culture and life, and the principles that underlie the country’s foreign policy and engagement with the world, its website says.
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According to the results of the VTsIOM study, 35% of Russians believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth, and not vice versa. The number of people who are deluded about the structure of the solar system has grown by 7% over the past 15 years.
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BP will increase its dividend by 10% and speed up share buybacks thanks to oil and gas revenues at high prices. The company’s underlying profit for the quarter was $8.5 billion, the highest since 2008.
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Major British supermarket chain Waitrose has become the latest retailer in the country to remove expiration dates from pre-packaged fruits and vegetables. From September, its customers will decide for themselves whether the food has gone bad or not. So British supermarkets are trying to reduce the amount of food waste. It is assumed that people will not throw away foods that are still edible.
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A new Spanish government regulation reforms the current immigration law and makes it easier for Spanish employers to hire workers. Of the most important, perhaps, this: now university graduates will be able to find a job immediately after their studies and get a working residence permit. Previously, they often had to go illegal.
International students will also be allowed to work up to 30 hours a week while studying. Migrants who have lived in the country for two years or more can obtain a temporary residence permit by enrolling in training courses for work in high-demand sectors.
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