According to the results of June, Rosstat, as expected, recorded deflation at 0.35%. Food prices fell 1.1% last month, the first food deflation since August 2021. Deflation in June is the first time on record since 1991. In annual terms, inflation slowed to 15.9% from 17.1% in May. In June, prices for fruits and vegetables decreased significantly - by 9.57%. Added to this was a drop in prices for non-food products (by 0.41%).

The decision of the state for the first time since 1998 not to pay dividends to Gazprom shareholders, despite the recommendation of the board of directors, it shocked investors. The Gazprom action is in the portfolio for each third private investor, and in general, Russian residents could lose more than 300 billion rubles only in the form of unpaid dividends for 2021. Experts call this decision by deceiving investors, who are now loudly indignant at the forums and plan to file claims.

Alibaba shares are the most popular with investors on St. Petersburg exchange, they even ahead of Apple papers. In the coming weeks, customers of Russian brokers who give access to St. Petersburg exchange should be able to invest in Alibaba and another 11 Chinese companies through the Hong Kong Exchange, which can reduce the risks of blocking of shares. We tell you what the company earns on and what are its prospects. This article was written specifically for Bell. Investments. Subscribe !

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died at the age of 67 following an assassination attempt. This was reported by the Japanese media channel NHK. Abe was shot in the chest and neck during an election rally in the city of Nara, the capital of the province of the same name. He was shot twice in the back with a homemade shotgun. The suspect - a 42-year-old man, a former soldier of the maritime self-defense forces - was detained.

Buying Twitter for $44 billion is under serious threat, has learned The Washington Post . According to the newspaper, Elon Musk almost stopped negotiations with a co-investor, and his team came to the conclusion that the data dump provided by the company does not include personal information from accounts and does not allow to establish the real share of bots on the platform. The forecast of business development, including the advertising model, directly depends on this indicator.

Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter is on the verge of collapse. The reason was the dispute over the share of bots, but it seems that the deal is a burden on the billionaire and he is looking for a way out that the $44 billion purchase of Twitter is under serious threat learned The Washington Post .