By the end of 2021, the volume of mortgages issued in Russia may exceed 5.5 trillion rubles, and the number of loans issued per year may approach 2 million. This is a historical record, the NKR rating agency considered (the report is at the disposal of The Bell). And although next year the number of mortgage loans issued will decrease, banks will compensate for this by rising interest rates and higher housing prices.

The price of gas in Europe on Tuesday for the first time in history exceeded $2,000 per thousand cubic meters. The impetus for such a rapid growth was the mysterious reduction in supplies from Russia via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, and then the transition of the pipeline to reverse mode. Gazprom does not explain in any way what the decrease in supplies is connected with, and analysts express different opinions.

Gas prices in Europe are hitting records due to a decrease in Gazprom supplies The price of gas in Europe on Tuesday for the first time in history exceeded $ 2000 per thousand cubic meters. The impetus for such a rapid growth was the mysterious reduction in supplies from Russia through the Yamal -Europe gas pipeline, and then the pipe transition to the reverse regime. Gazprom does not explain what the reduction in supplies is connected with, and analysts express different opinions.

Russian investment group Aton is considering an IPO as early as 2022, Reuters learned . The company's plans are in line with the general trend of a boom in Russian business going public. A Reuters source familiar with the preparation of Aton for the IPO said that the brokerage company plans to issue shares for purchase by retail investors and could raise from $100 to $200 million.

Spot gas prices in Europe reached a new peak on Tuesday after reports that one of Gazprom's main gas export pipelines, Yamal-Europe, went into reverse mode. The gas monopoly did not explain why the stoppage was connected. What's happening On Tuesday, December 21, the gas pipeline passing through Poland operated in reverse mode - that is, gas flowed through it from Germany, writes Reuters.

The price of gas in Europe has exceeded $2,000 per thousand cubic meters, reaching an all-time high, according to the data of the ICE exchange. Closer to 15:00 Moscow time, the cost of the January futures on the TTF hub in the Netherlands exceeded the mark of 170 euros per MW / h, then reached the mark of 174.61 euros.

Yandex closed a $1 billion deal to buy out Uber's stake in Yandex.Food, Lavka, Delivery, and unmanned vehicles, and also increased its stake in the combined company Yandex.Taxi and Uber (technical name MLU. BV) up to 71%. The rest of the company will be able to purchase within two years.

Turkey's once-thriving hazelnut business has been hit by a record slump in the lira and consequently rising costs. Farmers are forced to reduce the production of hazelnuts, a third of which is bought by the Italian food giant Ferrero, which produces Nutella chocolate spread. “The world is facing a shortage of hazelnuts,” told Turgan Zülfikar, a New York-based consultant for Turkish companies entering the US market, the WSJ.

Most Russian startups in 2021 work in the fields of EdTech, FinTech or Ecommerce, summarize the results of Startup Barometer. It may seem that promising business ideas in traditional sectors have already been implemented, and something new can only be done in IT or DJILT. Heroes of a special project Bell.club prove that in the “physical” economy there are still many innovative business models that can overtake any digital projects.

Since 2014, the Russian venture market has passed several stages of development: from the expectations of the nationalization of the industry against the background of the crisis and the sanctions war to the pandemic jerk and the emergence of several new types of investors.

The Moscow City Court left Sergei Zuev, the rector of Shaninka, in a pre-trial detention center - neither the scientist's heart disease, nor Vladimir Putin's words that there were no grounds for keeping Zuev in custody influenced the decision.

Due to phishing using hard-to-block targeted links, users around the world are losing about $80 million a month. And the brands exploited by fraudsters - reputation, according to a new study by Group-IB. Targeted links are a new stage of online fraud compared to spam mailings and sms spam. This is a link generated based on the user's fingerprint (country, IP, language, browser) that can only be used once.

Russian Sofya Sapega, who was detained in Belarus in May together with the former editor-in-chief of the opposition Nexta Telegram channel Roman Protasevich, asked President Alexander Lukashenko for pardon. to Ekho Moskvy This was reported by her stepfather Sergey Dubich. “Some decision can be made only after the trial. But we still hope for a presidential pardon. I know that Sofya wrote a petition for pardon addressed to the President of the Republic of Belarus.

The price of the Russian grade of Urals oil yesterday, December 20, fell immediately by 6%, dropping below $70 per barrel, TASS writes with reference to the Argus agency. The price of oil reaches such a low value for the first time since June. According to Argus, on Monday, December 20, the price of Urals in northwestern Europe (cif Rotterdam) and in the Mediterranean (cif Augusta) fell immediately to $67.7 per barrel.

Omicron is hitting the global economy as the pandemic enters its third year - a forecast . new strain could halve fourth-quarter global GDP growth, according to Bloomberg's According to the latest Bloomberg economists' forecasts, the global economy will grow by only 0.7% in the last three months of the year, which is half of the previous third quarter and even below the pace of about 1% observed immediately before the coronavirus crisis and the collapse of the economies.