Today, the Central Bank raised the key rate to a record 21%, including against the backdrop of growing corporate lending. It is less sensitive to rate increases, because a significant share of it falls on preferential programs and project financing, the Central Bank indicated . Businesses themselves have long been complaining about high interest rates - expensive loans slow down industrial growth.

The DPRK is preparing to send a new batch of military personnel to Russia to prepare for participation in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, Bloomberg writes, citing South Korean intelligence data. The first group of 1,500 special forces soldiers is already undergoing training, and a total of 10,000 troops are planned to be deployed.

THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT. 18+ The United States is approaching a major political event that will impact the entire global economy and markets—the presidential and congressional elections. As Ian Bremmer, founder of the Eurasia Group and one of the leading geopolitical analysts, noted , the outcome of the American elections will affect 8 billion people.

This material (information) has been produced and widespread by a foreign agent The Bell or applies to the activities of a foreign agent The Bell. 18+ The profitability of the American stock market in the next decade will barely exceed the inflation rate, follows from the Goldman Sachs analysts model. Its difference from others is that it is the only one takes into account the level of market concentration, which is now near maximums for 100 years.

This material (information) has been produced and widespread by a foreign agent The Bell or applies to the activities of a foreign agent The Bell. 18+ The largest players in the market of direct investment (Private Equity) plan to soon launch ETF, which will allow private investors to invest in the private lending market (Private Debt). It is expected that the influx of this capital can become a new growth driver for the industry, which previously relied only on institutional investors.

The story of Probusinessbank, who collapsed back in 2015, is similar to the encyclopedia of the Russian business of the 2010s, in which suitcases of money reduce banners, large businessmen, security forces and officials with each other.

As we expected in a recent newsletter , the International Anti-Money Laundering Task Force (FATF) did not include Russia in its penalty lists. The final communique, published after the end of the organization’s plenary session in Paris, only talks about maintaining the suspension of Russia’s membership in the FATF and the risks of circumventing sanctions. “The suspension of membership of the Russian Federation remains in force.

Vladimir Putin included Artem Zhoga, the former head of the DPR parliament, into the Security Council. In early October, Zhoga was appointed presidential envoy to the Urals, although he has no political experience, with the exception of the DPR parliament. The appointment decree was published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT. 18+ The Central Bank today raised its key rate by 200 bp. - from 19% to 21% per annum. This is more than immediately after the start of the war. The regulator stated that further tightening of monetary policy is required to return inflation to the target and reduce inflation expectations.

Plastic Logic, a subsidiary of Rusnano, stole 13 billion rubles when creating a flexible tablet, the FSB said. Anatoly Chubais presented the prototype of the device to Vladimir Putin in 2011. The tablet was supposed to replace paper textbooks in schools, and the first thousand devices were planned to be distributed to schoolchildren within a year.

THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT. 18+ The founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, has been regularly discussing business, geopolitics and personal topics with Vladimir Putin since the end of 2022, The Wall Street Journal has learned .

The Moscow Towers skyscraper was bought by the state company Russian Railways. There are many questions about the transaction, starting with the price and connections between the buyer and the seller THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT.