How the Russians lost their foreign actions, Estonia prohibits the entry of Medvedev in Lugansk @ Getty images About 5 million Russians suffered from freezing foreign securities this spring. Of these, about 500 thousand were VTB clients who fell under sanctions on the first day of the war. These people have lost the opportunity to dispose of their investments one of the first and have been trying to find out why it happened for several months.

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The Russians in July bought the currency for 237 billion rubles despite the commission for its storage. A significant part of foreign currency savings - $ 3 billion - was withdrawn abroad, and interest in shares weakened. “Significant net buyers of foreign currency on the Moscow Exchange in the second half of the month for the first time became individuals who increased the volume of net purchases from 176.1 billion rubles. in June to 237.1 billion rubles.

Quotes of the world's second-largest cryptocurrency Ether on Thursday jumped 11% ($1,909) to two-month highs after a successful test of a new version of the ethereum blockchain. The new blockchain is based on the proof-of-stake (POS) protocol instead of the proof-of-work (POW) that Bitcoin still uses.

Estonia in a week will close the borders for Russians with Schengen visas issued by the republic earlier, Estonian media write , citing a statement by Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu. “Visas will remain valid. However, sanctions will be imposed on visa holders when entering Estonia, that is, they will be prohibited from entering Estonia,” Reinsalu specified.

In the first half of 2022, almost 2.5 million foreign passports were issued. This is 45% more than in the same period last year. The fact that the share of foreign passports issued in Russia has increased, RBC reports with reference to the data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It follows from them that in total from January to June more than 5.9 million passports were issued: 3.4 million domestic and 2.5 million foreign.

The Saeima of Latvia declared Russia a state that supports terrorism and called on the EU not only to stop issuing new tourist visas to citizens of Russia and Belarus, but also to suspend the existing ones. The statement, among other things, contains an assessment of Russia's actions in Ukraine as "targeted genocide," the Latvian agency Delfi reports (blocked in Russia).

Rybalkin, Gortsunyan, Dyakin & Partners (RGD) intends to apply to Euroclear and the relevant European regulator in September with a request to obtain a license that allows private investors who have not been sanctioned to unlock their securities and funds, the bureau said. The Bell. The total amount of claims of investors who have already applied to the RGD is about $500 million, the bureau notes.

The Chinese vendor Realme in July came in second place in sales of smartphones in Russia in units, surpassing Apple and Samsung combined in this indicator. Sales of the American and Korean brands are rapidly falling - the once leader Samsung took only 8.5% of the market in pieces at the end of the month, and Apple - 7%. Retailers attribute this to a lack of official supplies and scarce parallel imports.

In Russia, Apple and Samsung smartphones end in Russia Unsplash @ In July, the Chinese vendor Realme entered the second place in sales of smartphones in Russia in pieces, bypassing this indicator Apple and Samsung together. Sales of the American and Korean brands are rapidly falling - once the leader of Samsung took only 8.5% of the market in pieces at the end of the month, and Apple - 7%. Retailers associate this with the lack of official supplies and meager parallel imports.

According to Rosstat, monthly deflation in Russia in July accelerated to 0.39% from 0.35% in June, while inflation in annual terms (compared to July last year) slowed to 15.1%. It is possible that inflation will not return in August either. What's happened Deflation in July was again fruit and vegetable, this product fell in price by 11.5% over the month. Food products in general fell in price by 1.5%, non-food products by 0.4%, services rose in price by 1.4%.

About 5 million Russians suffered from freezing foreign securities this spring. Of these, about 500 thousand were VTB customers who fell under sanctions earlier than other large banks. The group’s clients have lost the opportunity to dispose of their investments in one of the first and have been trying to find out why it happened for several months.

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