After three months of deflation, consumer prices rushed in the direction of inflation. But the trend reversal is not yet obvious The new statistics of Rosstat brought a surprise: deflation in Russia sharply slowed down by September 12, to 0.03% after 0.13% the previous week. Annual inflation fell to 14%.

Russia’s Central Bank seeks to compensate 5 million Russian investors who lost access to their foreign shares due to war-related sanctions. To do this, it will use an estimated $300 billion in funds from “unfriendly” countries frozen in Russia. The Bank intends to invest this money in “friendly” securities and use the profits to provide compensation.

Putin didn’t just spend last week riding on Moscow’s new ferris wheel. He also visited the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, where he delivered another keynote speech about the economy. Compared with the figures and predictions that Russian officials debated behind closed doors in late August, the president’s speeches seem to be getting more and more distant from reality. We fact-checked the main points he made. On the consequences of war in Ukraine : “We haven’t lost anything.

This week’s fighting saw Ukraine’s armed forces inflict a major defeat on Russia, almost completely liberating the Kharkiv region. Neither Russian nor Ukrainian officials offered any significant information about the course of the offensive and, unsurprisingly, the gap was filled by bloggers and Telegram channels.

Hello! This week, we look at the Russian pro-war bloggers covering the invasion of Ukraine on the ground — and whose allegiance to the Kremlin’s narrative of the war varies widely. We also look at the growing divide between Putin’s economic proclamations and the real picture of Russia’s economy as well as the Central Bank’s plan to repay Russian investors who lost their assets to sanctions — at foreigners’ expense.

Armenia turned to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for help due to the aggravation on the border with Azerbaijan. The fact that Armenia intends to use the 4th article of the treaty because of Azerbaijan's aggression was stated in the country's parliament by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. “We appealed to the CSTO on the basis of Article 4, which says that aggression against one of the member countries is aggression against other member countries.

At the very beginning of the “special operation” or even shortly before it, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak, who negotiated with Ukraine, agreed on a deal not to join NATO and offered Vladimir Putin to conclude it, Reuters reports citing sources . Putin rejected this deal, according to the interlocutors of the agency.

The war in Ukraine turned out to be the strongest shock for food markets around the world - prices are hit by records, and the threat of hunger in the poorest countries has become one of their important accusations against Russia.

Interros has begun the process of transferring up to 50% of Rosbank's shares to the endowment of Vladimir Potanin's charitable foundation. This is stated in the statement of the billionaire, published in the telegram channel of Interros. The foundation was set up after Potanin announced in 2010 that he was going to donate most of his fortune to charitable causes. “I think it’s time to take the next step,” wrote the businessman.

Oil and condensate production in Russia in August decreased by 170 thousand barrels per day (b / d) compared with July, to 10.96 million b / d. Such data are provided by the International Energy Agency (IEA). By the end of the year, it expects a further decline, especially in December, when the oil embargo comes into force. At the beginning of next year, production will be at the level of 9.6 million b / d, the IEA predicts.

The American and Asian stock markets reacted with a collapse to yesterday's data on inflation in the US, which turned out to be worse than expected. Continued growth in consumer prices and other factors all but warrant a new Fed rate hike of another 0.75 percentage points. next week. This forces investors to get rid of risky assets. The echo of the collapse even reached the Russian stock market, analysts say.

The US stock market has survived the worst day since the summer of 2020 Eastnews @ The American and Asian stock markets responded with a collapse to yesterday's data on inflation in the United States, which turned out to be worse than forecasts. The ongoing increase in consumer prices and other factors practically guarantee a new increase in the Fed’s rate by another 0.75 percentage points. Next week. This makes investors get rid of risky assets.

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