IAEA inspection at ZNPP, farewell to Mikhail Gorbachev and trial of Ivan Safronov

Weekly Initiatives

Mission International Atomic Energy Agency visited Zaporozhye NPP. According to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, the purpose of the visit, which the agency tried to organize within a few months – “protection of the nuclear power plant from a possible nuclear accident.”

European Union suspend effect of the agreement on facilitated visa regime with Russia.

G7 countries agreed to introduce price ceiling for Russian oil.

Russian payment system “World” will be integrated from Iranian Shetab.

Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the idea of creation of adaptation centers for migrants. In his opinion, incoming migrants should know Russian legislation, language and culture.

Deputy Alexander Khinshtein prepared Bill to prohibition of “LGBT propaganda” among citizens of all ages, and not just minors, as it is now.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed to deprive future heads of the republic the right to re-election.

Poland decided demand from Germany near $1.3 trillion reparations for damages resulting from World War II.

According to the letter of the law

state prosecution requested 24 years in a strict regime colony ex-special correspondent of Kommersant and Vedomosti, adviser to the head of Roscosmos Ivan Safronov, accused of treason.

TFR checks due with the death of the 67-year-old Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC LUKOIL Ravil Maganov, whose body was found under the windows of the Central Clinical Hospital building.

Ministry of Education forbade schoolchildren use phones in class from September 1 this year.

Police delayed 107 participants of the “rich and successful” motor rally in Moscow. Race organizer, entrepreneur and crypto investor Alexey Khitrov arrested for 15 days.

At the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow registered lawsuit of the prosecutor’s office against the rapper Oxxxymiron because of his song “Last Call”.

Week numbers

Inflation in Russia in 2022 may amount to 12–13%. Due to the decline in production without work may stay at least 200 thousand Russians.

Every second Russian believesthat in the next few months his spending on groceries will rise.

Russia considers the probability shopping in 2022 $70 billion in yuan and other “friendly” currencies in order to slow down the growth of the ruble.

For the first half of the year, the number of cyber attacks in Russia as a whole has grown in fifteen times, while the public sector – in 17 once.

In the first half of the year, the number of fraudulent websites acting on behalf of well-known brands increased on the 579%.

In open access hit database of CDEK users, which contains the order 120 thousand lines with full name and phone numbers.

The average check of Russians for purchases in the categories related to education, decreased on the 48% over the past eight months of 2022.

Against the background of the cancellation of tours of foreign artists, the volume of ticket sales for concerts in Russia fell more than double compared to pre-pandemic 2019.

Sales of medicines in pharmacies throughout Russia in July in physical terms decreased on the 17% for the first time since the beginning of the year, the turnover of pharmaceutical retail also decreased – by almost 2% before RUB 87.9 billion

Mickey Mantle baseball player trading card sold for record $12.6 million

Profit of the British social network OnlyFans increased per year for 600%.

August became the hottest in Moscow for 143 of the year.

Quotes of the week

“Gorbachev gave us freedom. He gave freedom to hundreds of millions of people in and around Russia, and also to half of Europe. How we in Russia took advantage of the freedom given to us, this great opportunity, is already our responsibility. (founder of the Yabloko party) Grigory Yavlinsky about Mikhail Gorbachev).

“To find me guilty means to admit that in Russia journalism is a crime … You have to determine what will happen to journalism in our country in the future” (ex-special correspondent of Kommersant and Vedomosti, adviser to the head of Roscosmos Ivan Safronov in your last word in a court).

“We will not supply them with oil and oil products, since we will not work on non-market conditions” (Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak about the oil price limit).

“Right now we really need more oil and gas, not less” (billionaire Elon Musk at the conference 2022 Offshore Northern Shore).

“Where unanimity is required today, the risk of an individual country exercising its veto power and preventing everyone else from moving forward increases with each additional member state.” (Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz urged enlarge the EU and abandon the principle of unanimity).

“The most important thing is to find yourself, find your path in life, in order to get satisfaction from it” (President of Russia Vladimir Putin in an open class in Kaliningrad).

Resignations and appointments

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin appointed former vice president of ALROSA Vladislav Zhdanov head of Roscadastre.

Former head of Pobeda Airlines Andrey Kalmykov appointed CEO of the Perekrestok supermarket chain.

Deals of the week

Cluster leader Kuehne+Nagel in Russia and CIS countries Perry Neuman redeemed structures of the logistics giant. This will allow the company to continue operating in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan under the new brand. Noytech.

Company group “A business” agreed with company APM Terminals (part of the AP Moller-Maersk group) on the acquisition 30.75% shares of Global Ports Investments Plc.