the fall of the ruble, the attack on Milashina and the launch of Threads

Quotes of the Week

“There is no need to build conspiracy theories about a weak ruble in the interests of the budget” (Head of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina commented fall of the ruble).

“We will renew political ties, the NATO-Ukraine Council will appear, our leaders will confirm that Ukraine will become a member of NATO” (NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg O upcoming summit alliance in Vilnius).

“Classic kidnapping, as it all used to be, it just hasn’t happened for a long time” (Journalist for Novaya Gazeta) Elena Milashina O attack against her and lawyer Alexander Nemov in Chechnya).

“If you think that Putin is so malicious and vindictive that he will be killed somewhere tomorrow … No, this will not happen” (President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko about fate Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of PMC Wagner).

“Competition is ok, foul play is not” (The owner of the social network Twitter Elon Musk O startup threads).

Weekly Initiatives

Chinese President Xi Jinping during the summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization urged to increase the share of national currencies in trade settlements between the countries of the association.

Russia in August will voluntarily reduce oil export to 500 thousand barrels per day.

Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation intends to make amendments about adjusting the parameters of taxation of the oil industry.

Government of the Russian Federation plans by the end of 2023, to exempt businessmen from personal income tax, who will rewrite assets from foreign structures into personal property.

Finland extended restrictions on the entry of Russians and the issuance of visas. Russia in response will close Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg.

LDPR contributed to the State Duma a bill on the establishment of the title “City-hero of a special military operation.”

Authorities Orkney Islands exploring the possibility exit from Great Britain and joining Norway.

Twitter file lawsuit against a corporation Meta (recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) due to the launch of the social network threads.

According to the letter of the law

Head of the RF IC Alexander Bastrykin ordered to check and submit a report on the attack on a journalist Elena Milashina and a lawyer Alexandra Nemov.

Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation recognized as undesirable the activities of organizations The Altai Project And Human Rights House Foundation.

Prosecutor’s Office of the Moscow Region holds US company verification Mars for the funding of the Armed Forces.

Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow arrested co-owner of the distilleries “Russian North” and “Rodnik and K” Alexandra Bespalova in a bribery case.

Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov signed law on the introduction into the territory of the city resort fee.

At a meeting of the Council of Heads of State Shanghai Cooperation Organization the decision was made about granting Iran full membership in the organization.

Resignations and appointments

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will remain in office until October 1, 2024.

SUEK CEO Maxim Basov leaves position, the post will be taken by his deputy Alexander Redkin.

Director General of TASS Sergei Mikhailov left post at will. His place was taken Andrey Kondrashov, previously worked as the first deputy general director of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.

CEO of VKontakte Marina Krasnova and technical director Alexander Tobol leave company. Management is transferred to a collegial body, which will include the managers of VK and VKontakte.

First Deputy General Director of the Tretyakov Gallery Rinat Shigapov, who signed the order on the transfer of the “Trinity” to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, left job title.

Week numbers

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin: in the absence of force majeure in 2023, GDP will increase more than 2%.

Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation appreciated volume of federal budget revenues for January-June in RUB 12.3 trillion (abbreviation for 12% year by year). The amount of expenses amounted to RUB 14.9 trillion (growth by 19% year by year). Oil and gas revenues fell by 47% and made RUB 3.382 trillion

FAS RF overfulfilled income plan for 2022 251% and sent to the budget RUB 7.51 billion

European Commission reportedthat is frozen in the EU €207 billion Russian assets.

Yuan took first place in terms of exchange currency trading, overtaking the US currency.

Quarter Russian banks refused from deposits in unfriendly currencies.

BBI: fortune of Russian billionaires since the beginning of 2023 has grown on $16.6 billion

Every fifth Russian thinks food is an expensive commodity.

The number of deaths after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station has grown before 55.

Russia and Ukraine committed exchange of prisoners of war according to the formula “45 by 45”.

Administration of Rostov-on-Don: damage from the actions of “Wagner” in the city made up 92.5 million rubles.

For the first half of 2023 SpaceX successfully completed 21 commercial launch (64% of the total number of launches worldwide), becoming a virtual monopoly in space.

Deals of the week

Former owner of the auto concern “Sollers” Vadim Shvetsov left car sharing green crab in Vladivostok — now the enterprise is 100% owned RusHydro.

DIY retailer “Baucenter” redeemed shopping complex “Aquarelle” New Immo Holding, owned by a French retailer Auchan.