The IAEA hopes to reach an agreement with Russia and Ukraine on the protection of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by the end of the year. This was announced in an interview with La Repubblica by the head of the agency, Rafael Grossi. “I know that Putin is following the process, I do not rule out another meeting with him in the near future – and with Ukrainian President Zelensky,” he said. The IAEA wants to create a demilitarized zone around the ZNPP.

The Ministry of Finance failed for a long time to attract the population's savings to the Russian stock market. Recent years have been an exception - against the backdrop of low deposit rates in Russia, there has been a boom in private investment. The war crossed everything out: after a series of collapses and asset freezes, investors lost confidence in the market. But the government is not discouraged.

On Monday, a historic event for the world oil market will take place: Russia, which accounts for 10% of global oil and petroleum products production, will almost completely lose its largest sales market. At the same time, after long disputes, the European Union agreed on a price ceiling for Russian oil. We tell how all this will turn out for Russian oil companies and how it will affect the value of assets.

The EU countries have agreed to set the price ceiling for Russian oil at $60 per barrel. This is higher than the prices at which Russia currently sells its oil. The oil ceiling mechanism provides for a periodic review of the ceiling price. The information that the EU has agreed on an oil ceiling of $60 per barrel was confirmed by the Polish ambassador to Reuters. Warsaw was the last to oppose such a high ceiling, proposing to lower it to $30-40.

The Bell learned the details of how the new Yandex will be managed after a divorce from founder Arkady Volozh. The largest voting shareholder of the company will be a special fund, which will be represented by Alexei Kudrin and three top managers of the company. The fund should become a "collective replacement for Volozh": in order to make decisions on key issues for the company, its representatives will have to agree among themselves.

The Russian catering market continues to get rid of foreign brands. After the fast food restaurant chain McDonald's and 70 KFC restaurants leave and are replaced by Russian counterparts Vkusno i Tochka and Rostic's, the changes will affect the international chain of ice cream parlors. Ice cream manufacturer under the Baskin Robbins brand JSC BRPI (formerly Baskin Robbins Production International Limited) filed applications with Rospatent for the registration of BRandICE trademarks in November.

The Dozhd TV channel broadcasting from Latvia (recognized as a foreign agent in Russia) has ceased cooperation with the presenter Alexei Korostelev, who has been working on the channel since 2014. “This is a very difficult decision for us, but the management of Dozhd considers it the only true and possible one,” Ekaterina Kotrikadze, head of the information service, announced on the air.

The European Commission has prepared proposals defining what actions to bypass European sanctions are considered crimes and how to punish them. Under these proposals, violating citizens could face five years in prison or more. The EC hopes that this will close existing legal loopholes and increase the deterrent effect of sanctions.

The Wall Street Journal was able to trace the chain of grain exports from the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. It was confirmed that Sevastopol became the main hub (662 thousand tons in April–September), increasing grain shipments by more than an order of magnitude compared to last year. The BBC previously wrote about the same thing. Grain, loaded onto small ships, is then “washed” of its origin by transhipment at sea, and then on large grain carriers goes to the Middle East.

The Central Bank published the first statistics on credit holidays for the mobilized: from September 21 to October 31, banks provided military personnel and their families with 101.5 thousand credit holidays in the amount of 45.4 billion rubles. How many applications for "mobilization" holidays were not disclosed. There were only 750 complaints and appeals from citizens to the Central Bank, in 40 cases they were recognized as justified and settled.

After an abnormally warm November that gave EU energy a break, December in Northern Europe (and especially in the UK) will be colder than the climate norm, writes Bloomberg. And if the Arctic anticyclone turns out to be deep and blocking, the weather will be frosty and calm, wind farm output will fall, and the need for gas generation will increase.

The EU's energy systems are waiting for the first serious test in the new conditions: after a warm November, a wave of cold is coming to Europe. The energy balance is extremely tight, gas prices will remain high for at least a year December in Northern Europe will be colder than the climatic norm, writes Bloomberg, citing weather forecasts. If the Arctic anticyclone turns out to be deep and blocking, there will be almost no wind.

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