IKEA, which came to Russia seemingly forever, is still leaving it as a market where you can not only sell, but also produce The Swedish company suspended sales in Russia at the beginning of March, but still kept its staff on payroll. Today she announced the reduction of business and the sale of production facilities.

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IKEA put an end to three months in a limbo: she gradually leaves Russia, sells assets and dismisses workers. The company that sought to go to Russia since Soviet times has become a cultural phenomenon for it for 20 years - and a major employer. Unsplash @ What's happened? IKEA has suspended sales in Russia since the beginning of March, but retained the state on the salary. Now she announced a reduction in business and the sale of production.

One of the few good news for investors lately: they will be able to automatically convert depositary receipts into shares through the Russian depository. To do this, the Central Bank has prepared amendments to the federal law on the termination of programs of depositary receipts. What's happened?

The already difficult economic situation in Turkey after the start of the “special operation” in Ukraine only worsened: inflation, even according to official data, has already exceeded 70%. But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to insist on lowering the key rate. Against the backdrop of rising inflation and a rapidly falling lira, investors began to fear a default by the Turkish government - credit default swaps at the highest level in almost two decades.

The past week has been a stress test for foreign currency holders. Large banks, in particular Tinkoff , Raiffeisenbank and Rosbank , have announced that they plan to raise or introduce fees for servicing foreign currency accounts. In addition, ATON warned its clients about the risk of currency blocking on accounts in Russian banks. Due to currency control measures, customers of banks in Russia cannot withdraw currency without problems. We asked the experts what can be done with it.

IKEA has decided to reduce the scale of its business in Russia, told the company's press service RBC. The furniture retailer will get rid of its production assets in Russia and sell all four factories it owns in the Leningrad, Kirov and Novgorod regions. Employees are waiting for "optimization". The retail business of IKEA in Russia remains on pause. “Over the past few months, the situation with business processes and supply chains around the world has deteriorated greatly.

The Ministry of Finance denies information that it has been instructed to freeze foreign currency accounts without confirming the source of income. According to the agency, such fake news is distributed by certain Telegram channels.

The security forces detained Aeroflot top manager Mikhail Minaev, who was responsible for planning and developing the aircraft fleet in the company, RBC reports citing a source. According to the Telegram channel of the Cheka-OGPU, on Friday the court sent Minaev under arrest. RBC's source confirms this information. It is reported that the top manager is accused of fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

The losses of Russian banks this year may amount to 1.5-3 trillion rubles and even higher compared to 2.4 trillion rubles of net profit last year, VTB head Andrey Kostin said in an interview with Kommersant. At the same time, he opposes the additional capitalization of Russian banks. “The situation can be “repaired” without a large-scale additional capitalization of the banking sector with real money,” the banker said.

The government did not support the transfer of the state-owned 35.91% of Rostelecom to the state corporation Rostec, writes Kommersant , citing sources. According to the publication, one of the reasons for this decision was the fear that in the event of a share transfer, the relevant Deputy Prime Minister and member of the board of directors of Rostelecom Dmitry Chernyshenko, as well as the Ministry of Digital Transformation, would lose leverage over the company.

VK is negotiating with the Dutch Prosus to acquire Avito, Bloomberg reports citing sources. According to the agency, businessman Vladimir Potanin is also interested in the asset. Prosus announced its intention to leave Russia and sell Avito in May. Analysts estimate the asset now in the amount of 67 to 100 billion rubles, which is several times cheaper than it could have cost before the “special operation”. What's happened?

Bloomberg learned about the negotiations of VK and Potanin about the purchase of "Avito" TASS @ VK is negotiating with the Netherlands Prosus on the acquisition of Avito, reports Bloomberg with reference to sources. According to the agency, businessman Vladimir Potanin is also interested in the asset. Prosus announced his intention to leave Russia and sell Avito in May.