📈🇷🇺 OZON shares rose by 6%. President Putin announced that a simplified state procurement system will be tested in the Far East, including through marketplaces.

🚀🇷🇺 MGKL shares rise by 5%. The company announced it will accelerate its stock buyback program starting September 7 and will also initiate a bond buyback.

🇷🇺 Deputy Prime Minister Trutnev summarized the results of the Eastern Economic Forum 2026, highlighting participation from over 7,000 individuals across 78 countries. More than 2,400 business representatives from over 1,000 companies attended, including participants from 17 unfriendly nations. The forum featured over 150 business events and resulted in agreements totaling 6 trillion rubles.

✨ The first deputy general director of the international payment system A7, Igor Gorin, reported that between 50% and 80% of Russia's cross-border transactions with international partners are currently conducted through alternative channels rather than traditional banking infrastructure. For more details, visit this link.

🚀 The number of transactions in the ruble stablecoin A7A5 is rapidly increasing, according to Dune.

🇨🇳🇷🇺 China aims to deepen investment cooperation with Russia, according to Xinhua.

🚨 The United States has reported its economic data for August. The S&P Composite PMI rose to 56, up from the previous 54.5. Additionally, the S&P Services PMI increased to 56.5, compared to the earlier figure of 54.6.

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The United States will release its ISM Services PMI for August at 17:00 Moscow time.

📊 The ISM Services PMI for the United States in August has been reported at 55.4, an increase from the previous figure of 54.1.

💥 Russia's Aeroflot has secured contracts for the delivery of the SJ-100 aircraft for the next three years. Other airlines in the country can expect deliveries post-2030. Negotiations are already underway for the supply of the MS-21 aircraft to Russian carriers beyond Aeroflot. Both the MS-21 and SJ-100 are in the final stages of certification and production preparation, according to Alihanov.

🚨🇨🇦🇺🇸 Amid pressure from former President Trump to shift production to the U.S., Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a significant development. For the first time in four decades, Via passenger vehicles will be manufactured in Canada, reversing a long-standing trend of production in the United States.

⚠️🇮🇷 The head of the Pentagon, Pit Hagset, believes that an armed conflict with Iran could extend until 2027, according to the Wall Street Journal.

🛢️🇷🇺 Russia's oil revenue has dropped to a six-month low due to falling prices of Urals oil, as reported by BBG. The decline in revenue comes amid a significant drop in oil prices. However, forecasts suggest that Russia's oil earnings could rebound to a six-month high if Urals prices rise again, according to BBG. For more details, visit the full article here.

🚨 Ahead

🛢 US natural gas - EIA inventory at 17:30 MSK

(Expected +30 BCF / previously +15 BCF)

🚨🛢️🇺🇸 US gas inventories have increased by 30 BCF, matching expectations of 30 BCF and up from the previous increase of 15 BCF, according to the EIA report.

⚠️🇺🇸 Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman predicts a recession in the United States by 2027, along with a significant drop in stock prices. Each year, Cooperman expresses his expectation of an impending recession and stock decline for the upcoming year, emphasizing the need for vigilant monitoring of economic indicators. For more details, visit here.

🚀 Bitget is in talks with Wall Street giants, including BlackRock, to expand its presence in Asia, according to COINDESK. The news comes as BGB sees a 4% increase.

🚀🛢🇷🇺 Russia's LNG exports increased by 13.7% year-on-year from January to August, according to LSEG data.

💥✴️ Bitcoin (BTC) has surpassed the $80,000 mark, marking a significant milestone in its ongoing rise. Investors and market analysts are closely monitoring this upward trend, which reflects increasing confidence in the cryptocurrency's future. The achievement comes amid broader market developments that continue to influence digital currencies. For more details, visit here.

🇺🇸 Trump has once again stated that the U.S. has an excess of weaponry, more than necessary, while accusing Biden of recklessly distributing arms to Ukraine. This remark was made on Truth Social.

⚠️🇺🇦 British Prime Minister Burnham and French President Macron discussed further steps to establish production lines for long-range SCALP missiles using British technologies in Ukraine, according to a communiqué following their meeting.