Coca-Cola leaves Russia, where did Funky Monkey come from and the most substantial PMEF from the main day The week of the St. Petersburg Forum, as it was on purpose, was marked by announcements of the departure of the most important international companies from Russia-today, after the final parting with the Russian market, announced Coca-Cola. Like McDonald's, an American company has something to sell in Russia - 10 plants work in her country, but nothing is known about their future fate.

The government commission, headed by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, has allowed investors to credit currency from the sale of foreign securities to their foreign accounts, Central Bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina said at a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

In order for private investors to come to the stock market, a lot of work has been done - now the authorities will have to work to regain the confidence of these investors, disappointed by the depreciation of previously made investments, Central Bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina said at the SPIEF . session She also called for the removal of current currency restrictions. “We all worked hard together to get people to come to the stock market. We had a massive influx of retail investors.

Spot gas prices in Europe today for the first time since the beginning of April exceeded $1,500 per thousand cubic meters. On Thursday, prices jumped 24% after rising 46% since the start of the week, notes . Bloomberg Russian Permanent Representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov warned that further problems with the repair of Siemens gas compressor units (GPUs) could lead to a complete shutdown of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Germany.

The St. Petersburg Exchange has decided on the start date for trading in shares of Chinese and Hong Kong companies - they will be launched on June 20, told a representative of the site RBC. Later, a corresponding message appeared on the exchange website. At the start, investors will have access to 12 securities of issuers from Hong Kong and mainland China.

The government acknowledged that the current exchange rate of the ruble is not comfortable for Russian exporters. The fact that the ruble is “overstrengthened” in an interview was stated by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov with TASS. “Our ruble is overstrengthened, 55-60 rubles per dollar is too strong a rate. Especially against the backdrop of deflation and high interest rates,” he said.

About 65% of cars on the secondary market show signs of mileage twisting, writes Kommersant , citing Droma data based on an analysis of more than 250,000 cars sold in 2022. Most of all such proposals were recorded in the Jewish Autonomous Region (73%), the Republic of Altai (70.4%) and Khakassia (69%). The share is also higher than the average in the Altai Territory (68.2%), the Irkutsk Region (67.1%), Tuva (66.5%) and the Novosibirsk Region (66.3%).

Anastasia Tatulova, the owner of AnderSon and the ex-public ombudsman for SMEs, ponders whether small and medium-sized businesses need the St. Petersburg Economic Forum and explains why she did not go to it. Am I going to SPIEF? And why am I not going to SPIEF? Here are the two most common questions I've been asked over the past week. I'm not going because everything I said last time is still valid.

"As before it will not be." What was talked about at the first economic session PMEF-22 Roscongress Foundation @ The first major session of the current St. Petersburg Forum, dedicated to the "modern challenges and points of the support" of the Russian economy, was not too informative, but emotional. Elvira Nabiullina, who supported the removal of restrictions on the movement of capital and the reduction of Russian exports, performed most substantially.