The Central Bank prohibits foreign shares, the North Stream will launch 40% and record deflation in Russia @ Jens b /dpa A month and a half after a sudden blocking of part of foreign stocks in the portfolios of Russian retail investors, the Central Bank decided to protect them from this risk.

The European Commission has proposed to the countries of the bloc a plan to reduce gas consumption by 15% due to current cuts in supplies from Russia and the risk of their further termination. The document is provided for the period from August to March 31. Among the recommended measures are the transition to renewable energy sources, where possible, the adoption of market-based measures (auctions and tenders), as well as the reduction of heating and cooling costs.

The geographical tasks of the "special operation" in Ukraine have changed, Sergey Lavrov said. According to him, now it is not only the DPR and LPR, but also a number of other territories. If the West continues to supply Kyiv with "more and more long-range weapons," the geographical tasks will move even further, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry threatened.

During today's conference , the Central Bank proposed to improve the system of protection of private investors. The proposals will still be discussed with market participants, lawmakers and the government, but they will significantly reduce the portfolio diversification opportunities for most investors. The main news is that unqualified investors will be temporarily banned from increasing positions in foreign securities (that is, they cannot be bought, but they can be sold).

Gas deliveries to the EU will not stop completely, but they can be reduced even more, and the blame for this, as well as for the rise in prices, is not Gazprom, but the European Union and Ukraine. This is the essence of Vladimir Putin's lengthy comment after the trilateral summit in Tehran, which the Kremlin's press service published on Wednesday night.

Putin outlined the contours of Russia's gas tactics in the European direction in the coming months - to keep markets in suspense and expensive to sell insufficient gas Gas deliveries to the EU will not stop completely, but they will be reduced, and the blame for this, as well as for the rise in prices, is not Gazprom, but the European Union and Ukraine.