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Krasnodar has become the best city in Russia for business - Forbes rating. He scored 64.6 points. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk was in second place on the list (60.9 points), and Tyumen was in third place (59.5 points). The top ten also included Kaliningrad (58.6 points), Yekaterinburg (58.3 points), Vladivostok (57.9 points), Kazan (57 points), Blagoveshchensk (56.4 points), Novosibirsk (56 points) and Irkutsk (55.9 points). Moscow and St. Petersburg were not included in the rating.

The government of Russia has proposed increasing the duty on petroleum products for resellers. The government proposes to introduce a complete ban on the export of fuel that was purchased on the market and not produced

The cost of November futures for Brent oil on the ICE exchange increased to $96.18 per barrel. This is the maximum since November 14 last year.

President of the Rosspetsmash Association Konstantin Babkin: There is practically no production of hydraulics in the country, and only 20–25% of the required volume is produced in bearings and electrics. Everything else comes from China (in the case of hydraulics, this is 91%!). The reason why these critical industrial components are imported from China is due to macroeconomic parameters: in China the average tax burden is 20%, and in Russia - 47.7%. Or take, for example, VAT rates: in China - 13%, in Russia - 20%. And also loans: in China they issue at 0.05%, in Russia - at 12%. This is why it is cheaper to purchase important systems from China than to produce them yourself.

❕ Afghani became the fastest growing in the world in the third quarter! Over three months, the afghani, Afghanistan's currency, has strengthened by 9%, Bloomberg reports. Since the beginning of the year, its growth has been about 14%, which allowed it to take third place in the world in terms of the rate of strengthening after the currencies of Colombia and Sri Lanka. 📈 This impressive growth is due to increased trade, foreign exchange controls and cash inflows. In addition, the country has introduced restrictions on the use of US dollars and Pakistani rupees, and also limited the ability to export dollars abroad.

Russian organic products are recognized in Qatar. The Food Safety Department of the Ministry of Health of Qatar has added the Roskachestvo certification body to the guidelines for importing organic food products

Ambassador of Ethiopia to the Russian Federation: Cargo flights will soon connect Russia and Ethiopia, thanks to which Ethiopian products, such as flowers and coffee, will be able to be supplied to the Russian Federation directly and not through third countries.

Kyrgyzstan has introduced a six-month ban on the export of flour and wheat

The Turkish lira fell to a record low against the dollar. The exchange rate exceeded 27.5 liras per dollar for the first time.

🇨🇳 Chinese financial industry regulators have published a new version of the list of systemically important banks in the country, which consists of 20 financial institutions. It includes the country's largest banks, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Bank of China, China Construction Bank (CCB) and Agricultural Bank of China. Smaller banks that were included in the list include Bank of Communications, China Merchants Bank, Industrial Bank, China CITIC Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Postal Savings Bank of China, China Everbright Bank, China Minsheng Bank, Ping An Bank , Huaxia Bank and others. In addition, Bank of Nanjing, which was not on it last year, was included in the list.

Banks in Singapore have tightened customer checks, including when opening accounts, following the $1.8 billion money laundering scandal that erupted in August. The waiting period for opening a private bank account has increased from less than a month to three to four.

In July 2023, African countries significantly increased payments to Russia for exports in “friendly” currencies, while reducing payments in rubles, according to Bank of Russia statistics on the currency structure of payments for exports and imports

Honduras wants to export coffee, shrimp and tobacco to Russia Honduras is interested in supplying coffee, shrimp, lobster and tobacco to Russia, Foreign Minister of the Central American country Enrique Reyna said in an interview with RIA Novosti. According to the minister, Honduras itself produces a wide range of high-quality goods and is interested in supplying them to Russia. "For example, (Honduras) is the fifth largest producer of coffee in the world. It is a major global producer of melons, shrimp, lobsters, tobacco, in various industries. Also, textiles. So I think there could be interesting opportunities in those areas." “,” added Reina, answering the question about what products the country would be interested in supplying to Russia.

Rosselkhoznadzor is working to expand bilateral supplies of livestock products between Russia and India

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is preparing to reconsider the issue of introducing quotas on imports of agricultural chemicals from 2024

From September 25, the Moscow Exchange will add the “UAE dirham – Russian ruble” pair to its line of foreign exchange market instruments with settlements in rubles.

Banks and brokers from over 30 countries to be allowed to trade on Russian currency market ✍ The Russian Government has approved the relevant list. The list comprises more than 30 countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Cuba, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Vietnam, and others. 🤝 According to the government’s press release, these measures aim to enhance the efficiency of direct currency conversion mechanisms, as well as to establish direct exchange rates with the ruble to meet the demand of the Russian economy for settlements in national currency. @RoscongresDirect