🔥🇷🇺 Russia's FSB has shut down the operations of executives at Cypriot brokerage Mind Money Limited and their associates, the agency's press service reported. They are suspected of fraud involving shares of Russian telecommunications and energy companies. Total damages exceeded 7 billion rubles — ВЕСТИ

The FSB alleges the suspects conspired with management of LLC "Investment Chamber" and used forged documents to exchange frozen ADRs for shares in Russian companies, causing damages on an especially large scale, according to investigators.

🇨🇳💱 The dollar/yuan exchange rate has updated its lowest level since February 2023

🇷🇺🇪🇺 June 18 — Court to consider Euroclear's submissions regarding enforcement of the ruling on the CBR's claim — RIA

❌🇷🇺 Selигдар shareholders approved non-payment of dividends for 2025

📊🇷🇺 M.VIDEO REPORTS CONTINUED ACCELERATED GROWTH OF ITS OWN MARKETPLACE

For January–May 2026, the platform's GMV totaled 14.6 billion rubles, up 303% YoY, exceeding the full-year 2025 result (14.1 billion rubles).

M.Video's marketplace continues to demonstrate high growth rates and is confidently scaling its multi-category model. — Bakalchuk

🇷🇺 Russia plans to build hundreds of aircraft in the next 5–7 years — Deputy Vladimir Gutenev outlined prospects for the Superjet 100 and MC-21 — PG

🚫🛢️🇬🇧🇷🇺 Britain will reinstate from 2027 the ban on imports of diesel and kerosene produced from Russian oil in third countries — government

⚠️🇺🇸🇪🇺 The US has increased its strategic bomber group in Britain — Fairford Movements

📈🇪🇺 STOXX 600 = record high

🔥📈🇺🇸 DOW (futures) = record

RUSSELL 2000 (futures) = record

📈🇯🇵 NIKKEI = record high

📈🇷🇺 IMOEX = record bounce

✴️ BTC > $66,000

💎📈 The crisis in the global diamond market that was observed a year ago has been overcome, and prices for large diamonds are beginning to rise, Yakutia head Aisen Nikolaev said in an interview with RIA Novosti

🇨🇳 Fitch affirmed China's rating at A; outlook stable

🇺🇸🇮🇷 U.S. inflation has picked up noticeably since the start of Operation "Epic Fury" in Iran, but Trump may now hint to Warsh that rates can still be cut aggressively, since a deal with Iran has been reached and prices are expected to drop sharply soon.

June 17 — Trump's pick, Kevin Warsh, will have to make his first-ever rate decision as Fed Chair.

🎂🇨🇳 Putin congratulated Xi Jinping on his 73rd birthday

🇷🇺📊 June 10 — The Communist Party (CPRF) will not nominate former deputy Valery Rashkin as a candidate in the upcoming State Duma elections

IMOEX falls

June 15 — The Irkutsk branch of the CPRF has nominated ex-State Duma deputy Valery Rashkin for the Duma elections

IMOEX rises

⚠️🇺🇸 Tesla presented misleading safety data about its FSD autopilot to European regulators — RTRS

🔥🇷🇺 Elvira Nabiullina will participate in the rate press conference this Friday, the Central Bank announced.

🛢️🇷🇺🌍 The African Republic of Sierra Leone has officially invited Russian business to enter its energy sector and begin geological exploration.