🚨 The European Union has announced a one-year suspension of customs duties on certain fertilizers. This move aims to support the agricultural sector amid rising costs and supply chain challenges. The decision is expected to provide relief for farmers and improve access to essential agricultural inputs. For more details, visit here.
⚠️✴️ On-chain investigator ZachXBT has reported a potential hacking attack on Polymarket. Several protocols associated with the platform may have been compromised.
💼 Inter RAO reported a net profit of 46.5 billion rubles under IFRS in the first quarter, down from 47.2 billion rubles from the same period last year. Meanwhile, electricity exports from Russia to Kazakhstan reached 0.93 billion kWh in the first quarter, compared to 0.7 billion kWh a year earlier.
⚠️🇷🇺 Sberbank, which finances two-thirds of residential real estate projects in Russia, anticipates a slowdown in lending growth for construction in 2026, according to Anatoly Popov, the bank's deputy chairman.
🚨 Russian company "NKHP" has announced its dividend for 2025, set at 10.08 RUB per share. The general meeting will take place on June 23, with the cutoff date for dividend eligibility on July 6.
💥 Lenovo's stock surged by 20% following its latest earnings report, with artificial intelligence identified as the primary driver of this growth. Investors are optimistic about the company's future prospects as it continues to integrate AI technologies into its operations. For more information, visit here.
📈 MTS Web Services reported a revenue of 14 billion rubles in Q1 2026, with external revenue increasing by 46% year-on-year. The subsidiary MWS AI saw a remarkable 2.2-fold growth in revenue, while MWS Cloud's revenue rose by 44%. In Q1, MWS AI launched a comprehensive AI transformation solution for large businesses, and introduced the multimodal language model Cotype Light 3 for corporate AI agents. Additionally, a service for managing large language models, GPT Model Hub, was launched on the MWS Cloud Platform.
🛢 The situation in the global oil market, caused by the suspension of shipping in the Hormuz Strait, is localized and may quickly resolve. Therefore, oil producers should not base their strategies on this, according to Alekperov, reported by RIA.
❗️ A Moscow court will consider the Central Bank of Russia's request for the immediate enforcement of a decision to recover 200 billion euros from Euroclear on May 26. This development comes amid ongoing tensions between Russia and the European Union. For more information, visit RIA.
💥✴️NEAR surges by 25%
Near Protocol is set to introduce dynamic re-sharding in June. This update aims to enhance the scalability of the AI economy within the network while also implementing post-quantum security measures.
Near Protocol is set to introduce dynamic re-sharding in June. This update aims to enhance the scalability of the AI economy within the network while also implementing post-quantum security measures.
❗️🇷🇺 The VIII Congress of the Association of Banks of Russia is underway, featuring discussions among bankers on key industry topics. For more details, you can watch here.
📉 VTB Bank's CEO, Andrey Kostin, announced a decrease in interest rates while margins are on the rise.
⚠️ Russia reduced its steel production by 12.4% year-on-year in April, reaching 5 million tons, according to the World Steel Association (WSA).
⚠️✴️ Polymarket appears to have been hacked, as withdrawals surged from $250,000 to $700,000 within just two hours, according to monitoring services.
📈 Inter RAO currently has no plans to buy back its own shares from the market, as stated during a conference call.
🌾 Russia's wheat exports are significantly directed towards Africa and the Middle East, accounting for 82% of total exports, according to Luth.