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Financial news: 08/28/2025 The Moscow Small Business Lending Assistance Fund will hold a deposit auction.

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Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –

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The date of the deposit auction is 08/28/2025. The placement currency is RUB. The maximum amount of funds placed (in the placement currency) is 1,218,000,000. Placement period, days 364. The date of depositing funds is 08/29/2025. The date of return of funds is 08/28/2026. The minimum placement interest rate, % per annum is 14.8. Terms of the conclusion, urgent or special (Urgent). The minimum amount of funds placed for one application (in the placement currency) is 1,218,000,000. The maximum number of applications from one Participant, pcs. 1. Auction form, open or closed (Open).

The basis of the Agreement is the General Agreement. Schedule (Moscow time). Preliminary applications from 11:30 to 11:40. Competition applications from 11:40 to 11:45. Setting the cutoff interest rate or recognizing the auction as failed before 12:10. Additional terms and conditions – Placement of funds with the possibility of early withdrawal of the entire deposit amount and payment of interest accrued on the deposit amount at the rate established by the deposit transaction, in the event of non-compliance of the Bank with the requirements established by paragraph 2.1. of the Regulation "On the procedure for selecting banks for placing funds of the Moscow Small Business Lending Promotion Fund in deposits (deposits) under the GDS" (as amended on the date of the deposit transaction), early withdrawal at the "on demand" rate, interest payment monthly, on the last business day of the month, without replenishment.

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The government has approved a law enforcement monitoring plan for 2026.

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Order dated August 27, 2025 No. 2328-r

The government has identified areas where law enforcement monitoring will be carried out in 2026. It consists of collecting, analyzing and evaluating information on how current regulations work in practice. Based on the results of monitoring, decisions are made on improving legal regulation in certain sectors.

The monitoring plan is formed by the Ministry of Justice based on proposals from ministries, departments and regions and is approved by a Government order.

Thus, in 2026, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the Federal Bailiff Service, Rosfinmonitoring and the FSB, with the participation of the Investigative Committee and the Bank of Russia, will assess the application of legislation on combating fraud using banking instruments. This initiative was put forward by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.

In addition, at the suggestion of this department, it is also planned to monitor law enforcement in the field of mining activities, the legal status of miners and persons organizing the activities of mining pools. This work will be carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Federal Tax Service and Rosfinmonitoring with the participation of the Investigative Committee and the Bank of Russia.

The Ministry of Justice, the Federal Bailiff Service and Roskomnadzor, at the initiative of the latter, will have to assess law enforcement in the area of restricting access to information distributed on the Internet that defames honor, dignity or business reputation.

Another point of the plan concerns the assessment of regulations in terms of the organization and functioning of specially protected natural areas. This is the area of responsibility of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources. The initiative to monitor the current regulations was put forward by the Prosecutor General's Office, as well as the Oryol Regional Council of People's Deputies and the government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

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Financial news: Information on the sale of the Interval mutual investment combined fund “Hedge Fund R5” managed by JSC “Astra Asset Management”

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Name of the UK Joint Stock Company “Astra Asset Management”
Type of security Interval mutual investment combined fund “Hedge Fund R5”
Identification/registration number of the issue (PDU number) No. 4853-SD
Trade code RU000A105153
ISIN code RU000A105153
Salesman Seller ID in the trading system – MC0031400000
Lot size 1 share
Price step 10 rub.
Price range (bids with a price that does not correspond to the specified range will not be registered) –
Selling price –
Application collection start date 08/28/2025
Application deadline 08/29/2025
Date of activation and conclusion of transactions 05.09.2025
Information about sale (Trading mode, sale form) With preliminary collection of address applications with the activation date in the trading mode “Placement: Address applications”. (Settlements: Ruble, mode code: PSAU)
Acceptable types of applications

volume “Counterparty Price”

indicating the amount of funds intended for the purchase of securities (the maximum amount of funds for the purchase, including all necessary commission fees) and the additional feature “At the counterparty price”.
Calculation code Z0
Submission of applications under the terms “Partial collateral/compensation” (possible only with the indication in the application of the Trading and Clearing Account T) Yes*
Time for collecting applications during the application collection period (withdrawal of applications is allowed during the application collection period) 10:00 – 19:00 – 08/28/202510: 00 – 17:00 – 08/29/2025
Time of control and blocking of partial security (pre-activation) 17:00 – 08/29/2025
Amount of partial security 100%*
Amount of compensation –
Application activation time Me: 35 – 05.09.2025
Trading time during the bidding period Me: 50 – 18:30 – 05.09.2025
Additional terms For qualified investors only

* – Attention! The collateral in the amount of the order volume, including all necessary commission fees of the Exchange and the Clearing Organization (for orders indicating the volume of funds and the “At counterparty price” flag) is blocked from the funds in Russian rubles on the TCS specified in the order, thus, at the time of the collateral check (17:00 on August 29, 2025), Trading Participants must ensure that there are available funds in Russian rubles on the TCS (on the Settlement Position or Planned Position of the corresponding Settlement Code), indicating which the orders were submitted, in an amount not less than the total volume in the submitted orders.

Blocked funds cannot be withdrawn via VDS/PVDS.

Applications for which it will not be possible to block the collateral will be removed by the Exchange.

Contact information for media 7 (495) 363-3232Pr@moex.kom

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Government meeting (2025, No. 28).

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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

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1. On the execution of the federal budget for the first half of 2025

2. On the draft federal law “On Amendments to Articles 83 and 84 of Part One of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation”

The bill eliminates the need for a foreign organization to submit an application and other documents to tax authorities for the purpose of registration in connection with the opening of a bank account.

3. On the allocation to the Ministry of Finance of Russia in 2025 from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation of budgetary appropriations for the provision of a subsidy to the budget of the Altai Republic to support measures to ensure the balance of budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation

The draft order provides for the allocation of funds to cover priority and socially significant expenses.

4. On the allocation to the Ministry of Finance of Russia in 2025 from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation of budgetary appropriations for the provision of a subsidy to the budget of the Jewish Autonomous Region to support measures to ensure the balance of budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation

The draft order provides for the allocation of funds to cover priority and socially significant expenses.

5. On the allocation to the Ministry of Finance of Russia in 2025 from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation of budgetary appropriations for the provision of joint-stock company "DOM.RF" subsidies in the form of contributions to property that do not increase its authorized capital

The draft order is aimed at ensuring compensation to credit and other organizations for lost income on housing (mortgage) loans (credits) issued to citizens of the Russian Federation within the framework of the preferential mortgage programs "Preferential Mortgage", "Family Mortgage", "Far Eastern and Arctic Mortgage".

6. On the draft federal law “On Amendments to Articles 3 and 4 of the Federal Law “On Veterans””

The bill provides for granting the status of combat veteran and combat disabled person to participants in a special military operation who entered into agreements with the Russian Ministry of Defense from October 1, 2022 to September 1, 2023.

7. On the draft federal law “On Amendments to Articles 69 and 79 of the Federal Law “On the Fundamentals of Health Protection of Citizens in the Russian Federation” and the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation”

The bill is aimed at providing the healthcare system with qualified personnel.

8. On the draft federal law “On Amendments to Articles 2 and 30 of the Federal Law “On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation”

The draft federal law has been prepared in order to update the legal framework for the accreditation procedure for representatives of the diplomatic and consular corps, officials of international organizations and their representative offices on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as the legal status of the accreditation documents issued.

9. On Amendments to the Distribution of Subsidies to Budgets of Subjects of the Russian Federation for State Support of Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship in Subjects of the Russian Federation for 2025 and for the Planning Period of 2026 and 2027, Approved by Appendix 31 (Table 89) to the Federal Law "On the Federal Budget for 2025 and for the Planning Period of 2026 and 2027", in Part 2025

The draft order is aimed at ensuring the operation of My Business centers in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

Moscow, August 27, 2025

The content of the press releases of the Department of Press Service and References is a presentation of materials submitted by federal executive bodies for discussion at a meeting of the Government of the Russian Federation.

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Materials for the Government meeting on August 28, 2025.

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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

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The following issues are planned to be considered at the meeting:

1. On the execution of the federal budget for the first half of 2025

2. On the draft federal law “On Amendments to Articles 83 and 84 of Part One of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation”

The bill eliminates the need for a foreign organization to submit an application and other documents to tax authorities for the purpose of registration in connection with the opening of a bank account.

3. On the allocation to the Ministry of Finance of Russia in 2025 from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation of budgetary appropriations for the provision of a subsidy to the budget of the Altai Republic to support measures to ensure the balance of budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation

The draft order provides for the allocation of funds to ensure priority and socially significant expenses.

4. On the allocation to the Ministry of Finance of Russia in 2025 from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation of budgetary appropriations for the provision of a subsidy to the budget of the Jewish Autonomous Region to support measures to ensure the balance of budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation

The draft order provides for the allocation of funds to cover priority and socially significant expenses.

5. On the allocation to the Ministry of Finance of Russia in 2025 from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation of budgetary appropriations for the provision of joint-stock company "DOM.RF" with subsidies in the form of contributions to property that do not increase its authorized capital

The draft order is aimed at ensuring compensation to credit and other organizations for lost income on housing (mortgage) loans (credits) issued to citizens of the Russian Federation within the framework of the preferential mortgage programs "Preferential Mortgage", "Family Mortgage", "Far Eastern and Arctic Mortgage".

6. On the draft federal law “On Amendments to Articles 3 and 4 of the Federal Law “On Veterans””

The bill provides for granting the status of combat veteran and combat disabled person to participants in a special military operation who entered into agreements with the Russian Ministry of Defense from October 1, 2022 to September 1, 2023.

7. On the draft federal law “On Amendments to Articles 69 and 79 of the Federal Law “On the Fundamentals of Health Protection of Citizens in the Russian Federation” and the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation”

The bill is aimed at providing the healthcare system with qualified personnel.

8. On the draft federal law “On Amendments to Articles 2 and 30 of the Federal Law “On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation”

The draft federal law has been prepared in order to update the legal framework for the accreditation procedure for representatives of the diplomatic and consular corps, officials of international organizations and their representative offices on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as the legal status of the accreditation documents issued.

9. On Amendments to the Distribution of Subsidies to Budgets of Subjects of the Russian Federation for State Support of Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship in Subjects of the Russian Federation for 2025 and for the Planning Period of 2026 and 2027, Approved by Appendix 31 (Table 89) to the Federal Law "On the Federal Budget for 2025 and for the Planning Period of 2026 and 2027", in Part 2025

The draft order is aimed at ensuring the operation of My Business centers in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

Moscow, August 27, 2025

The content of the press releases of the Department of Press Service and References is a presentation of materials submitted by federal executive bodies for discussion at a meeting of the Government of the Russian Federation.

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Financial news: The Bank of Russia has identified signs of fraudulent transactions when withdrawing cash from ATMs

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Source: Central Bank of Russia –

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From September 1, 2025, banks that issued a payment card to a client are required to check, when issuing cash through ATMs, whether the person is under the influence of fraudsters, and whether the transaction is being carried out by an intruder. The Bank of Russia determined nine signs, which will be used by credit institutions.

If the transaction meets at least one of the criteria, the bank will immediately notify the client and impose a temporary limit on cash withdrawals from an ATM for 48 hours — up to 50 thousand rubles per day. A larger amount can be withdrawn during this period at a bank branch. The method of notification is stipulated by the client's agreement with the bank. As a rule, this is an SMS message or a push notification.

Signs of possible fraud include atypical behavior when withdrawing money. The bank will take into account an unusual time of day, an atypical amount or location of the ATM, as well as a request to issue funds in an unusual way for the client, for example, not from a card, but by QR code or digital (virtual) card. Another sign is the availability of information from the credit institution that at least 6 hours before the transaction, the person's telephone activity changed, the number of SMS messages from new numbers increased, including in messengers.

The bank may decide that the client is under the influence of fraudsters if he or she withdraws money within 24 hours after taking out a loan (credit) or increases the limit on cash withdrawals, including by credit card, and also transfers more than 200 thousand rubles to his or her account via the SBP from his or her account in another bank or closes a deposit for a similar amount early.

The list of suspicious signs also includes a change in the phone number for authorization in the Internet bank, receiving information (including from telecom operators) that the characteristics of the phone with which the client withdraws money have changed, or the presence of malware on his device. Separate criteria are provided for withdrawing money using tokenized cards.

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The government has introduced a new temporary ban on gasoline exports from September 1, 2025.

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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

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The government has introduced a new temporary ban on the export of motor gasoline. The restrictions will be in effect from September 1 to October 31, 2025 inclusive.

From September 1 to September 30, 2025, the ban will apply to all exporters, including direct producers of petroleum products. From October 1 to October 31, restrictions will be lifted for gasoline producers.

The decision is aimed at maintaining a stable situation on the domestic fuel market.

The previous export ban was established by the Government in February 2025. It is valid from March 1 to August 31, 2025 inclusive. At present, the restrictions also apply to supplies carried out by direct producers of petroleum products.

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Financial news: 08/28/2025 JSC “KAVKAZ.RF” will hold a deposit auction.

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Date of the deposit auction 08/28/2025. Placement currency RUB. Maximum amount of funds placed (in the placement currency) 314,000,000. Placement term, days 88. Date of depositing funds 08/29/2025. Date of return of funds 11/25/2025. Minimum placement interest rate, % per annum 16.25. Terms of the conclusion, urgent or special (Urgent). Minimum amount of funds placed for one application (in the placement currency) 314,000,000. Maximum number of applications from one Participant, pcs. 1. Auction form, open or closed (Open).

The basis of the Agreement is the General Agreement. Schedule (Moscow time). Preliminary bids from 10:00 to 10:10. Competitive bids from 10:10 to 10:15. Setting the cutoff percentage or declaring the auction invalid before 10:25. Additional terms.

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Financial news: 08/27/2025, 16-38 (Moscow time) the values of the upper limit of the price corridor and the range of market risk assessment for the security RU000A1098W8 (DOM 1P-18R) were changed.

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08/27/2025

16:38

In accordance with the Methodology for determining the risk parameters of the stock market and deposit market of Moscow Exchange PJSC by NCO NCC (JSC) on August 27, 2025, 16:38 (Moscow time), the values of the upper limit of the price corridor (up to 105.61) and the range of market risk assessment (up to 1305.24 rubles, equivalent to a rate of 10.0%) of the security RU000A1098W8 (DOM 1P-18R) were changed.

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Vitaly Savelyev held a meeting of the coordinating council for the development of the transport complex of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region

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The meeting, held via videoconference, considered transport and logistics projects that are significant for the agglomeration and will provide additional impetus to socio-economic development. The event was attended by the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, the Governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko, and representatives of federal and regional authorities.

The participants discussed the progress of the work on the project to build a high-speed highway in the city of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The Moscow-St. Petersburg HSR is a strategic project that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Government are paying special attention to. It will be the first of five high-speed highways planned for construction in accordance with the instructions of the Russian President.

Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev highly praised the progress of the transport reform in the Leningrad Region, aimed at qualitatively improving transport services for the region's population. As part of the implementation of plans to update the rolling stock on the line of adjacent interregional and inter-municipal routes, more than 500 medium and large class buses no older than 2023 are already running. A number of digital services have also been introduced to improve passenger comfort, such as a passenger mobile application, a passenger transport portal, and payment for travel using a single St. Petersburg card.

The meeting agenda also included a number of issues related to the development of suburban transport, the metro, and the construction of new road facilities.

"Cooperation between St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region in developing a unified transport system is aimed at improving transport provision for citizens of both entities. It is important to continue developing the infrastructure capabilities and transport potential of the regions. The Government of the Russian Federation supports this work and will continue to provide support in implementing the planned activities," noted Vitaly Savelyev.

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