Finances

The share of Western investment banks in revenues from transactions with Russian companies in 2019 rose to 78% and reached a maximum since 2008

Visa will reduce for online stores almost twice the tariffs for payment of goods by card upon delivery by courier

Assistant to the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Savatyugin said that the Russians began to open more accounts on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

A certain investment company from Bahrain, the name of which its representatives asked not to advertise because of the risk of sanctions, could invest € 500 million ($ 563.27 million) in infrastructure projects in Crimea

Alexey Voilukov, deputy head of the Association of Banks of Russia (ADB), said that Russians will be able to withdraw cash at the store’s cash desks, "Izvestia" reports.

Russian arbitration sided with the Dutch holding ENEL Investment Holding B.V.

Central Bank sees no cause for concern because of the new bill on payment systems

The owner of the tour operator "Intourist", the British company Thomas Cook, sells a significant part of the business of the Chinese Fosun Tourism Group

The share of people in Russia who are trying to save on expensive food products in the second quarter of 2019 decreased by 3 percentage points to 68%.

The size of international lending increased by $ 1 billion

Georgian Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Natia Turnava, said that if Russia imposed a full embargo on Tbilisi, the country could have lost 4 billion lari (about $ 1.5 billion).

According to Domofond.ru, the average cost of renting a one-room apartment in the country in the second quarter of this year decreased by 1% compared with the first quarter.

The external debt of the Russian Federation as of July 1, 2019 amounted to $ 482.4 billion, having increased from the beginning of the year by $ 27.7 billion, or 6.1%. It is reported by the Bank of Russia.