The population's demand for cash foreign currency decreased by 34%, to $9.5 billion, in April compared to March. Demand for dollars decreased by 37%, to $5.6 billion, for euros - by 29%. At the same time, the net demand for the American currency decreased by more than eight times (to $0.5 billion), for the European currency - by half (to $1.4 billion). As stated in the Central Bank's review, demand has almost returned to the values of previous years after record growth in March caused by the weakening of the ruble and uncertainty about expectations for its further dynamics.

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Sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) in Russia in May 2014 decreased by 12%, to 201.5 thousand units, according to data from the Association of European Businesses (AEB). In the first five months, the Russian automobile market decreased by 6% compared to the same period last year. According to AEB spokesman Jörg Schreiber, “there are no fundamental reasons for a change in trend” and the best development would be “no further weakening of the market.”

Paid parking will soon appear on another 82 streets of Moscow. According to the portal M24.ru, the initiative was approved by the commission of the capital's mayor's office at the Center for Traffic Management. All new parking lots will be located between the Garden Ring and the Third Ring Road. It is reported that most of the new paid parking lots will appear in the Presnensky and Tverskoy districts. The cost of parking has not yet been determined. Previously, the mayor's office talked about 40 rubles. per hour, but this figure has not been confirmed.

The world economic growth forecast for 2014 was reduced by 0.4%, to 2.8%, in the June World Bank (WB) Global Economic Prospects report. Among the main negative factors are the crisis in Ukraine, bad weather in the United States and the volatility of financial markets. According to the World Bank forecast, Russian economic growth this year will be only 0.5%, and in 2015 and 2016 it will accelerate to 1.5% and 2.2%, respectively. The head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Alexey Ulyukaev, said that he expects Russia’s GDP growth to accelerate in 2015 to 2.5-3%, and in a five-year perspective - to 3.5%.

RUB 170.8 billion the budget will receive less from the sale of state assets, said Deputy Minister of Finance Tatyana Nesterenko. With the previously approved plan of 196.8 billion rubles. This is an actual refusal of privatization this year. Tatyana Nesterenko explained this by saying that the government decided to postpone the sale of stakes in Rostelecom, Sovcomflot and the Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port due to “uncertainty about the value of these assets.” At the same time, as reported by the Federal Property Management Agency, at the beginning of June, state shares in 21 companies were sold for a total amount of 894.3 million rubles.

1,451 five-story buildings of the first period of industrial housing construction with a total area of 5.35 million square meters. m was demolished in the capital by April 1, 2014, head of the construction department Andrei Bochkarev told Vedomosti. In total, 1,722 five-story buildings are subject to demolition. According to the official, the demolition program is currently 84.4% complete and has already been fully completed in the Central, Southern and Zelenograd administrative districts.

The government increased the limit of funds from the National Welfare Fund (NWF) that can be used for infrastructure projects from 40% to 60% . Considering that as of January 1, 2014, the volume of the National Welfare Fund was 2.9 trillion rubles, this is an additional 580 billion rubles. investments. Part of these funds will go to Rosatom projects.

4.4 trillion rubles. will be the total amount of funding for the capital's Transport System Development program until 2020. Previously, it was approved for the period from 2012 to 2016 with funding of 2.2 trillion rubles. On June 10, the Moscow City Hall decided to extend the program for four years, doubling costs.

The cost to the global economy from cybercrime reaches $445 billion a year, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). In particular, damage from the theft of intellectual property is estimated at $160 billion, personal data - at $150 billion

Best selling car brands in May

BrandQuantity
(thousand pieces) Change to
May 2013
of the year (%)

Lada	34.1	-10
KIA	16.9	-2
Renault	16.3	-12
Hyundai	15.6	-3
Toyota	13.2	-4
Nissan	12.8	22
VW	10.7	-19
Chevrolet	8.8	-31
Skoda	7.6	-1
GAS	5.3	-20

Source: AEB.

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