The US Treasury has moved the date of a possible default, the volume of supplies of agricultural products from the Russian Federation to Asia-Pacific countries is growing, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation has simplified the requirements for the work of financial organizations with foreign clients, Google was fined, Ozon temporarily lost access to Microsoft services, space corporations continue to put new satellites into orbit, and RB continues to follow key business developments in Russia and around the world. world.
- The US Treasury moved the date of a possible default from June 1 to June 5.
- The US Securities and Exchange Commission has paid a record $279 million “exposure premium” to a witness in a bribery and kickback case at Ericsson (The Wall Street Journal).
- Ozon employees were temporarily without access to Microsoft mail, instant messaging and other services as the corporation suspected the marketplace was using fake licences, but access to key features has now been restored.
- The volume of deliveries of Russian agricultural products to the countries of the Asia-Pacific region in 2022 exceeded 8 billion dollars, 10% more than the previous year.
- The participants of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum agreed on the need to create a conducive environment for trade and investment, but did not adopt a joint final document.
- The number of apartments put up for sale on the secondary market in the Russian Federation decreased by 8.4%, calculated in “Etazhi”, and in “NDV Supermarket Nedvizhimosti” they noted that the number of transactions for the sale of apartments purchased on marriage after a divorce increased by 30%.
- Google has been fined $32.5 million for Sonos patent infringement.
- SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched Arab operator Arabsat’s BADR-8 telecommunications satellite into orbit, and Roscosmos’ Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched the first Kondor-FKA remote-sensing radar satellite.
- The Union of Automobile Services and the association “Russian Automobile Dealers” demanded to extend the validity of certificates of conformity for spare parts imported into Russia through “parallel imports”.
- 11 banks failed to comply with the new requirements of the Central Bank to reduce the issuance of loans to over-indebted debtors, their performance exceeded the established limits of 25%.
- The head of the Federal Tax Service issued the “last Chinese warning” to caterers who hide their income to exempt themselves from VAT with annual revenues of less than 2 billion rubles.
- The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has simplified the requirements for the work of financial organizations with foreign clients: it will be possible to conclude agreements with non-resident banks without legalizing official documents.
Author:
Ekaterina Alipova
Source: RB
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