Finances

The crisis in Ukraine and record inflation have displaced the coronavirus pandemic from the list of the most serious threats facing the global financial system.

The lessor has already filed claims for $1 billion on insurance policies and expects to file additional claims to compensate for losses.

The ruble lost more than 4.5% compared to the close of the previous session.

Customers will be able to pay for purchases in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Shiba Inu, Dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies.

In the lawsuit, they demanded compensation for investors' losses from October 2021 to April 2022.

Russia needs to strengthen the ruble in order to have time to buy the equipment necessary for import substitution before the next package of Western sanctions, economist Alexander Losev said.

EU countries will not soon be able to refuse to purchase Russian oil, for which, perhaps, they will also have to pay in rubles.

Residents of Russia began to complain more often about banks that fell under Western sanctions, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation reported.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said London has prepared a new £300m ($375m) military aid package for Kyiv.

The total wealth of the richest entrepreneurs from Russia has decreased by $45.484 billion since the beginning of 2022.

Fritzi Köhler-Geib, chief economist at KfW bank, said the German economy was supposed to grow in 2022, but given "serious negative risks, things could turn out differently."

Russians who earn more than 10 million rubles a year must give at least 25% of their income, said Mikhail Shchapov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes.

In Russia, the preferential mortgage rate may be reduced from 9% to 7%. This was announced to Izvestia in the State Duma.

The company believes that such a solution can make a real revolution in the real estate market and will create more comfortable conditions for different clients.

The information appeared on the official website of the investor's charitable foundation.