The Russian Ministry of Justice expressed “categorical disagreement” with the ECHR’s decision to refuse to review the Yukos case, according to which Russia is obliged to pay the company’s former shareholders €1.86 billion, according to a message published on Tuesday, December 16, on the ministry’s website. “The Russian Ministry of Justice confirms its categorical disagreement with the unfounded conclusions that were made in the said court ruling,” the message emphasizes.

The Simonovsky Court of Moscow fined the Moscow Oil Refinery (MNPZ), owned by Gazprom Neft, 250,000 rubles for lack of permission to emit harmful substances into the atmosphere, Interfax reported on Tuesday, December 16 . Thus, the court made a decision in the case initiated by Rosprirodnadzor regarding the plant’s violation of Art.

Lori In the first minutes of trading, the ruble strengthened against the dollar by 8.7%, but then the dollar exchange rate again exceeded 62 rubles The dollar and euro exchange rates, which set new historical highs on Monday, rolled back by more than 5 rubles against the Russian currency at the opening of trading on Tuesday amid an increase in the Central Bank's key rate, according to exchange data. As of 10:02 Moscow time, the dollar fell by 5.6025 rubles (8.7%) to 58.8430 rubles per $1.

photo by Max Novikov for Forbes The euro rose to 92 rubles The dollar exchange rate at trading on the Moscow Exchange on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 16, reached a record high of 74 rubles, the euro rose to 92 rubles, reports the website Finanz.ru . The euro exchange rate reached level 92 per €1 by 14:32 Moscow time. The dollar, which reached 74.0995 rubles by 14:28 Moscow time, was trading at 73.5 rubles.

First Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Sergei Shvetsov called the current situation in the foreign exchange market “critical, ” Interfax reports . “We couldn’t even imagine what’s happening a year ago even in a nightmare. But unfortunately, we can’t always foresee even the short-term prospects of our financial market,” Shvetsov said at a round table on financial markets in Moscow on Tuesday. He noted that many market participants are already in serious condition.

The owner of the Renova group, billionaire Viktor Vekselberg , is ready to transfer the four-star hotel built in the Imereti Valley of Sochi for the 2014 Olympics into state ownership, the Kommersant newspaper writes on Tuesday, December 16, citing sources. Top Project, a structure of the Renova group, proposes to locate the All-Russian Children's Center in the hotel, a federal official told the publication.

The implementation of the City Wi-Fi project, which provides for the laying of a wireless network throughout Moscow by 2021, has been postponed to the first half of 2015, the press service of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Russian Broadcasting and Warning Networks (RSVO) reported on Tuesday, December 16 ).

Switzerland added 13 representatives of the governments of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) and five organizations to the sanctions list, Reuters reported on Tuesday, December 16 . Among those included in the list is the head of the LPR election commission, Sergei Kozyakov. Those on the sanctions list are prohibited from doing business with financial intermediaries in Switzerland.

Photo media The dollar exchange rate came close to 67 rubles The euro exchange rate at trading on the Moscow Exchange on Tuesday, December 16, exceeded 83 rubles, updating its historical maximum, the website Finanz.ru reports . The dollar exchange rate came close to a record 67 rubles. According to exchange data, the euro rose to the level of 83.23 rubles per 1 €. The dollar exchange rate stopped at 66.9995 rubles per $1.

State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Nikolai Arefiev at a meeting on Tuesday proposed inviting the head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina to the State Duma to explain the decision to increase the key rate from 10.5% to 17% per annum, TASS reports . “I cannot describe the actions of the Central Bank as anything other than sabotage,” Arefyev said.

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photo AFP The dollar set a new high at 80.1 rubles The euro exchange rate at trading on the Moscow Exchange on Tuesday, December 16, reached a record high of 100 rubles, according to exchange data. The new historical maximum is 100.74 rubles per €1. The dollar exchange rate reached 80.1 rubles a few minutes earlier. After this, the dollar and euro rolled back. The euro exchange rate decreased by 3 rubles - to 97 rubles. The dollar retreated to 78.5 rubles.

The Bank of Russia, with its decision to raise the key rate from 10.5% to 17%, “targeted the country’s economy so that it would not suffer,” . Rosneft spokesman Mikhail Leontyev said on Tuesday on the Russian News Service He recalled the joke about how “Petka shot Anka when she cut her finger.” “The Central Bank has argued, maintains, and continues to assert that it is not responsible for economic growth, only for the ruble.

PhotoXPress According to experts, this step could stop the fall of the ruble and even become the beginning of its strengthening The main newsmaker of the night from Monday to Tuesday was the Central Bank. At approximately 1 a.m. Moscow time, the regulator issued a press release in which it announced that it was urgently raising the key rate by 6.5% to 17%. The Central Bank also abandoned the fixed rate at which it provides banks with loans secured by non-marketable assets or guarantees.

The euro exchange rate has crossed the level of 87 rubles The dollar exchange rate at trading on the Moscow Exchange on Tuesday, December 16, exceeded 69 rubles, updating its historical maximum, the website Finanz.ru reports . The euro exchange rate has exceeded the level of 87 rubles. The dollar and ruble exchange rates, which stabilized around 13:00, began to rise sharply at approximately 13:50 Moscow time.