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👉 The price of the iPhone 15 in Russia has dropped sharply: the smartphone costs around 65,000 rubles, while previously the prices were no less than 125,000 rubles.
The parallel market for iPhones is thriving and Apple do not block sales to known re-exporters such as Turkey - Tim Cook celebrates the profits and RE:Store are accredited distributors in Moscow malls.
👉 The initial total gas resources in the territory of Eastern Siberia and the Far East amount to more than 60 trillion cubic meters.
The extraction of helium, the reserves of which in Eastern Siberia and the Far East are estimated at 16 billion cubic meters, has great potential, the press service of the Institute of Oil and Gas Geology and Geochemistry (IPGG) of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported, citing Irina Filimonova, head of the Institute's Center for Oil and Gas Subsoil Use Economics.
Siberia will be given crumbs, while Putins regime will pocket all the profits. Yachts and villas are expensive.
👉 China left Russia without radio electronics
From September 1st, Russian Entrepreneurs will no longer be able to obtain vital components for radio electronics from China.
"Our Chinese friends have banned banks from accepting payments from Russia for these goods and have put up a block at the border. This decision was made by the Chinese side at the government level, and is not a private initiative of the banks," said Maxim Spassky, Secretary of the Russian-Asian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
The list includes switches, CCTV cameras, video recorders, microcircuits, transistors, etc. Assembling irons, kettles and meat grinders in Russia without them will be problematic.
👉 Gazprom's media business suffers losses
Not only Gazprom's gas business has become unprofitable, now losses are also being generated by the Gazprom-Media holding, which owns 40 TV channels, including NTV, TNT, Match!, Friday, as well as the online platforms Premier and Rutube.
Gazprom-Media's loss for the first six months of 2024 amounted to almost 7 billion rubles, according to Gazprom's financial statements. The last time Gazprom-Media's figures were disclosed was in 2021, when the holding showed a profit of 3 billion rubles.
👉 Russian women will have more difficult access to the safest type of abortion
In Russia, from September 1, the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol will be subject to quantitative accounting, which is why clinics that perform this procedure will receive additional burdens related to procurement and reporting.
All this will make it more difficult for Russian women to access medical abortion, which is considered the least dangerous method of terminating a pregnancy.
Donald Trump and his secret Project 2025 will emulate this approach in the US, it is known.
👉 The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is preparing to raise the key rate to 22%
The average key rate in 2025 could be 20–22% per annum if external conditions will significantly worsen, follows from the risk scenario of the Bank of Russia. Inflation according to Rosstat under this scenario will increase by 1.4-1.7 times from the current 9.01% to 13-15%, the regulator predicts.
At the same time, food inflation in Russia has continued to accelerate over the past week. According to Rosstat, over the week (August 20-26), butter, sunflower oil, milk, sausages, pork, and black bread have increased in price by 0.5-1%.
“The rise in food prices is becoming increasingly alarming,” commented MMI analysts.
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