Finances

Three negotiated deals were held, during which 3.3% of the shares were sold for $22 million.

In the afternoon on April 22, the ruble sharply increased its growth against major currencies on the news of the withdrawal of Russian troops after exercises in the south and west.

Forbes has published an annual ranking of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia. Moreover, 13 of them took positions in this list for the first time.

On April 16, the Bank of Russia canceled the license of Nordea Bank, which was one of the first banks in the history of Russia, created in 1994.

Plastic cards will become a rarity by 2025. This was stated by the first deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank Alexander Vedyakhin.

Janet Yellen, the US Treasury Secretary, explained that he would not classify China as a currency manipulator, as the country's previous authorities had repeatedly done.

Russia may be disconnected from the American global payment systems Visa and MasterCard.

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, which has 1.3 trillion dollars in assets, made its first investment in green energy: it agreed to buy from Danish company Orsted a 50 percent stake in two 752 megawatt Borssele wind farms 1 and 2.

The Russian government has decided to terminate the tax agreement with the Netherlands. The decree on this was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

Jerome Powell, the head of the Federal Reserve, responded to a question about threats to the economy in an interview with CBS. He noted that the US economy is currently at a "turning point".

Some U.S. officials saw the digital yuan as a potential threat. This information is reported by Bloomberg, citing sources.

In two cases there were fatal outcomes.

In Russia, since the beginning of the year, the cost of gasoline has grown more than in the entire 2020.

Among Russian citizens, there are more than a hundred dollar billionaires, experts of the American magazine Forbes have estimated.

The head of the investment division, Brian Chin, will leave the bank on April 30.