Central Bank and the government against a strong ruble, an offensive in the Donbass and what you need to know about investments in China The Russian economy is moving along the path of "structural transformation" promised in the spring Elvira Nabiullina. No one knows how she will look, and events will develop quickly and unpredictably.

According to the results of this week, for the first time since March, the Russian armed forces may report on serious successes. The offensive in the Donbass allowed them to jeopardize the encirclement of the Ukrainian group in Severodonetsk and Lisichansk - the largest cities of the Lugansk region, which remained under the control of Ukraine.

In 2022, choosing a broker is a much more difficult task than before. Most of the major Russian players came under sanctions, some foreign brokers have limited their work with the Russians. Therefore, we decided, together with experts, to draw up instructions that will help investors take into account the main pitfalls when choosing. Russian securities To begin with, the investor should decide in which instruments he plans to invest.

The McDonald's network under the new brand expects to open in Russia on June 12. What the updated restaurants will be called and what will be on the menu is still unknown. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov is sure that the new McDonald's will be even tastier. Here is what the authorities had to say about the departure of McDonald's and the future of the network in Russia: Anton Siluanov Minister of Finance “I think there will even be the same Big Macs, just called differently.

Rosfinmonitoring is ready to support the proposal of the Central Bank to increase the threshold for mandatory control of banking operations from the current 600 thousand to 1 million rubles, told a representative of the department RBC. Prior to this, financial intelligence opposed the easing.

The Asian direction for the first time outstripped the European one in terms of tanker shipments of oil from Russia already in April, and this gap will grow in May, writes Bloomberg. According to data for the last week, the volume of Russian oil in tankers and floating storage facilities rose to a record 74-79 million barrels, writes Bloomberg. In early February, this figure was at the level of 27 million barrels.

Western authorities may give Russian "oligarchs" the opportunity to pay off sanctions The idea of ​​"indulgences for the oligarchs" at a meeting of G7 finance ministers in Germany was put forward by Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, the learned Associated Press .