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Nauka-Svyaz's security commitments to banks rise 54% to 4.73 billion rubles
A note in the parent company's nine-month accounts shows a larger stock of security provided to lenders, separate from its own borrowings and reported profit.
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Read about Russia's companies, manufacturing, technology and industrial development. Coverage examines production capacity, labor constraints, import dependence, investment and the relationship between public demand and private activity. Announced plans are distinguished from completed facilities or verified output. The emphasis is on the economic significance of business developments, not promotional claims or unsupported judgments about individual companies.
NewsMarkets
Russian bond indices reveal a 23-point yield gap between BBB and AAA debt
Cbonds data for November 5 put its BBB-group yield at 38.24%, against 15.33% for AAA bonds, as Telegram analysts discuss a widening divide within corporate debt.
NewsBusiness
Russia's farmed seafood output rises to 314,200 tonnes in nine months
Trout and Atlantic salmon led the increase, with production up 32.2%, according to the Federal Agency for Fisheries' November 5 release.
NewsBusiness
Russia places four Japan Tobacco businesses under temporary management
A November 5 decree transfers management of JTI's stakes to Industrial Assets, while the tobacco group says it is assessing its options.
NewsBusiness
Yandex prices 11 million incentive-plan shares at 3,463.50 rubles
The November 5 disclosure sets the price for a planned share pool intended to cover employee option needs through at least the end of 2027.
NewsBusiness
Russian Railways' October freight loading falls 1.4% as haul distances grow
Loading slipped to 95.6 million tonnes, while freight turnover rose 2.5%, showing how longer journeys can lift transport activity without more cargo.
NewsBusiness
Russia's services PMI holds at 51.3 as modest growth continues
September remains the latest released services survey as of November 4, while the composite index points to only a marginal expansion.
NewsEconomy
Russia's September GDP growth slows to 0.5% as the third quarter loses momentum
The Economy Ministry's latest monthly estimate shows a weak expansion, with the official Rosstat third-quarter estimate still due.
NewsBusiness
Russia's October manufacturing PMI edges up to 49.9
Factories remained in marginal contraction as weaker export orders contrasted with slower declines in output, employment and new business.
NewsBusiness
Russia's revised September car sales show 0.1 percent growth as Tenet T7 leads SUVs
Avtostat's corrected passenger car figures put September at 122,800 vehicles, but neither the revision nor the model ranking proves a lasting demand recovery.
NewsEconomy
Russian firms plan smaller pay rises in 2027 while the wage productivity gap persists
The Bank of Russia's October assessment pairs more restrained wage plans with uneven staffing conditions and a still substantial productivity gap.
AnalysisBusiness
Russia's September producer prices rise 2.5 percent as extraction outpaces manufacturing
Rosstat's October 21 release shows sharply different price movements across industries, making the headline increase an incomplete guide to business costs.
AnalysisBanking
Russia prepares three asset-tokenization trials, with legal design still unfinished
The Finance Ministry’s October 21 announcement identifies movable property, corporate rights and commodity-exchange products as separate experimental tracks.
AnalysisBanking
Russian banks report tighter business lending conditions even as loan rates ease
Bank of Russia survey data show tighter business credit conditions in the third quarter of 2026 despite easing rate terms, with more restructuring demand.
AnalysisEnergy
Russian diesel exports face a refinery capacity limit despite easing restrictions, IEA says
The IEA says refinery capacity constrains Russian diesel exports. Its October assessment separates export permissions from actual fuel production.
NewsBusiness
Severstal’s quarterly cash flow rebounds, but no nine-month dividend follows
Severstal reported 42.6 billion rubles in third-quarter free cash flow but a negative nine-month total. Receivables, factoring and investment explain the gap.
ExplainerBanking
Russia's housing and mortgage market: subsidies, rates and construction
New Family Mortgage terms and the mix of subsidized lending explain why one average rate cannot describe the housing market.
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