Financial News: Questions and Answers: Social Bank Deposit and Social Bank Account

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Updated: 18.03.2024

The following persons have the right to insurance compensation:

– small businesses;

— non-profit organizations (NPOs) that operate in one of the following organizational and legal forms:

a) property owners' associations;

b) consumer cooperatives, with the exception of financial institutions;

c) Cossack societies included in the register of Cossack societies;

d) communities of indigenous peoples of Russia;

d) religious organizations;

e) charitable foundations;

3) NPOs – providers of socially useful services that meet the requirements established by Federal Law No. 7-FZ of 12.01.1996 "On Non-Commercial Organizations", information about which is contained in the register of non-commercial organizations – providers of socially useful services.

From 25.03.2024, the deposit insurance system will also extend to:

1) medium-sized enterprises included in the relevant register, with the exception of entities that are credit institutions and non-credit financial institutions in accordance with the Federal Law “On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)”;

2) socially oriented non-profit organizations, as well as trade unions (trade union organizations).

3) lawyers, notaries and other persons carrying out professional activities provided for by federal law.

The maximum amount of insurance compensation will be 1.4 million rubles for accounts and deposits in one bank.

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Financial news: Methodological recommendations, including control ratios (NO AIF and UK, NO BKI, NO PURTSB, NO SD)

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The final XBRL taxonomy of the Bank of Russia (version 7.0), in comparison with the preliminary XBRL taxonomy of the Bank of Russia (version 7.0), contains architectural amendments to the supervisory and statistical reporting module, as well as control ratios of indicators of supervisory and statistical reporting of non-credit financial institutions, entities providing professional services in the financial market, and self-regulatory organizations in the financial market (hereinafter referred to as financial market participants).

The final XBRL taxonomy of the Bank of Russia (version 7.0) contains a finalized set of requirements for reporting data in terms of supervisory and statistical reporting for the following segments:

1) insurance organizations, mutual insurance societies, foreign insurance organizations (subject to the entry into force of the draft Bank of Russia instruction1);

2) non-state pension funds (subject to the entry into force of the draft Bank of Russia instruction2);

3) professional participants in the securities market, trade organizers, clearing organizations (subject to the entry into force of the draft Bank of Russia instruction3);

4) joint-stock investment funds, investment fund management companies, mutual investment funds, non-state pension funds (subject to the entry into force of the draft Bank of Russia instruction4);

5) specialized depositories (subject to the entry into force of the draft Bank of Russia instruction5);

6) credit rating agencies (subject to the entry into force of the draft Bank of Russia instruction6);

7) insurance brokers (subject to the entry into force of the draft Bank of Russia instruction7);

8) credit history bureau (subject to the entry into force of the draft Bank of Russia instruction8);

9) operators of investment platforms, operators of financial platforms, operators of information systems in which digital financial assets are issued, operators of digital financial asset exchange (subject to the entry into force of the draft Bank of Russia instruction9);

10) payment acceptance operators (subject to the entry into force of the draft Bank of Russia instruction10);

11) self-regulatory organizations in the financial market (submission in accordance with the current Bank of Russia Instruction dated 10.06.2024 No. 6744-U11).

The final XBRL taxonomy of the Bank of Russia (version 7.0) also contains a finalized set of requirements for reporting data on cash transactions (OKUD 0420011) (presentation in accordance with the current Bank of Russia Instruction dated 28.06.2024 No. 6789-U12) and requirements for reporting data of annual consolidated financial statements (presentation in accordance with the current Bank of Russia Instruction dated 20.07.2020 No. 5510-U13).

The specified version of the XBRL taxonomy of the Bank of Russia is intended for review.

In the future, it is planned to publish a corrective version of the final XBRL taxonomy of the Bank of Russia (version 7.1), which will include corrected control ratios and other targeted improvements, with a planned entry into force date of 01.01.2026.

Information about the pilot collection of test reporting will be provided additionally.

Please note that the final XBRL taxonomy of the Bank of Russia (version 7.0) does not contain requirements for the accounting (financial) reporting of non-credit financial institutions and persons providing professional services in the financial market.

1 The project of instructions of the Bank of Russia “On the Forms, Dates and Procedure of the Compilation and Presentation of the Reporting of Insurers to the Bank of Russia.” The project of the Bank of Russia “On Amending the Bank of Russia dated June 28, 2024 No. 6796-U”. and clearing organizations, as well as other information. ”4 Project of the Bank of Russia instructions“ On Amending the Bank of Russia dated October 5, 2022 No. 6292-U. ”Design of indicating the Bank of Russia“ On Amending the Bank of Russia dated September 27, 2022 No. 6270-U. ”The draft of the Bank of Russia instruction“ On the content of the reporting of the credit rating agency, the subject, form, form and form of terms and procedure, form, form and manner. its compilation and submission to the Bank of Russia. ”The project of instructions of the Bank of Russia“ On Amendments to the Bank of Russia dated June 28, 2024 No. 6795 ”.8 The draft Bank of Russia instructions“ On Amending the Bank of Russia dated September 27, 2022 No. 6267-U. ”9 Draft of the Bank of Russia instructions “On the procedure and the terms for the procedure and submission to the Bank of the reports of investment operators platforms, reporting of financial platforms operators, information systems operators in which digital financial assets are issued, digital financial assets exchange operators, reports of investment platform operators and the composition of the information included in them, financial platform operators, as well as the procedure for reporters of investment platforms, financial platform operators, and information operators. systems in which digital financial assets are issued, information exchange operators to the Bank of Russia information about persons who are entrusted with identification, simplified identification, updating information about customers, customer representatives, beneficiaries and beneficial owners .10 Project of the Bank of Russia “On the form, Preject of drawing up, terms and procedure for submitting to the Bank of Russia Bank reports of operators for receiving payments, on the procedure for the report of the Bank of Russia, information about persons who are entering the receipt of identification, updating information about clients, customer representatives, beneficiaries and beneficial owners .11 Bank of Russia indication dated 10.06.2024 No. 6744-U “On the content, forms, procedure and terms for compiling and submission to the Bank of Russia in the Bank of Russia Reporting of a self-regulatory organization in the field of the financial market. ”12 Bank of Russia indication dated 06.28.2024 No. 6789-U “On the forms, terms and procedure for drawing up and submission to the Bank of Russia reports on transactions with cash funds of individual non-credit financial organizations. ”13 Bank of Russia indication dated 20.07.2020 No. 5510-U“ On the Procedure and Dates for submission to the Russian Banking Bank Consolidated financial statements by organizations specified in paragraphs 2-5 of part 1 of Article 2 of the Federal Law of July 27, 2010 No. 208-ФЗ “On Consolidated Financial Reporting”.

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Meeting of Mikhail Mishustin with the head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport Viktor Gulin

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The results of the service's work and the main tasks for the upcoming period were discussed. In particular, they discussed working with risk indicators, introducing proactive mechanisms for self-examination and assessing the integrity of enterprises, electronic services for the provision of public services, in particular, for checking the theoretical knowledge of drivers remotely using AI technologies.

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M. Mishustin: Good afternoon, dear Viktor Borisovich!

You have recently taken charge of the service responsible for all types of control and supervision in the transport sector. You are responsible for the activities of air, water, rail, freight road transport, as well as the subway, which is extremely important for the safety of passengers and the prevention of injuries in transport, the preservation of goods and equipment.

You are familiar with this work. You have extensive professional experience in this field. I am sure that your competence and knowledge will help you in managing this important system.

I would like to ask you about the results of the service’s work recently and what are its main tasks.

V. Gulin: Dear Mikhail Vladimirovich!

Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport Viktor Gulin.

The government has approved regulations on types of supervision on all types of transport. They contain all the necessary tools, methods of control and prevention that we use.

The main task of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport is to reduce accidents and injuries, and to prevent emerging risks and incidents in the transport industry.

The Service, within the framework of the departmental project to improve control and supervision activities in the transport sector, has achieved the main goal – a 45% reduction in the number of fatalities and injuries by 2024 compared to the base year of 2017. The number of transport accidents has also decreased by 45% compared to the base year.

In the framework of the law on control and supervision, the most effective tool today, we believe, is the risk indicators of violation of mandatory requirements. Risk indicators are compliance with or deviation from the parameters of objects of control, which in themselves are not violations, but indicate the presence of some risk factors.

Working with risk indicators allows monitoring the activities of controlled persons without interaction. That is, we do not create an additional burden on business.

Based on the results of the assessment of the state of transport safety and in order to improve the efficiency of control and supervision activities, the service has developed and adopted 41 risk indicators for all types of transport. At the same time, in the first five months of this year, Rostransnadzor has already carried out 115 unscheduled control and supervision activities, which were carried out based on the triggering of risk indicators, which is almost twice as much as in the same period last year.

The effectiveness of risk indicators is quite high. For example, in railway transport it is 100% today. We continue to work on developing risk indicators. Today, six new risk indicators are being developed in the field of aviation, automobile transport and transport safety.

In addition, the service widely applies a whole range of preventive measures. In figures, Rostransnadzor has carried out more than 450 thousand preventive measures in the first five months of this year, including 50 thousand warnings, 2 thousand preventive visits, 84 self-examinations. 12 measures to stimulate conscientiousness have been adopted, 66 public hearings have been held.

Preventive measures help maintain the proper level of safety in transport.

M. Mishustin: It is absolutely obvious that we need to shift the emphasis to the conscientious implementation of all procedures by the business itself. In fact, this is the risk-oriented approach we are talking about, when the service can provide relevant information at a high professional level to a company or organization for their independent actions in this area, mainly preventively.

And of course, we need to further expand the practice of stimulating companies and enterprises to comply with mandatory technical and technological requirements. This is an effective mechanism for improving the business climate.

Feedback from enterprises and entrepreneurs is very important here, because they themselves are interested in receiving such information. This reduces their insurance premium and gives them the opportunity to correct themselves in time if any of the risks may materialize.

The most important thing, of course, is preserving the lives of employees. What have you managed to achieve in this direction?

V. Gulin: In accordance with the concept of improving control and supervisory activities approved by the Government, effective development and popularization of self-examination are impossible without ensuring the necessary level of motivation of economic entities. We understand this. In this regard, today we are integrating the self-examination mechanism into the system of categorizing objects of control, which allows controlled persons to reduce the risk categories of objects.

It is already possible to reduce the risk category in relation to objects of control. This is envisaged as a measure to stimulate good faith by the provisions on state control in the field of railway transport, merchant shipping and inland water transport, in the field of civil aviation.

Thus, we are creating a flexible two-way mechanism: on the one hand, a proactive one, motivating controlled persons to comply with mandatory requirements and undergo self-examination and integrity assessment, on the other hand, it is a risk-oriented approach in the form of unscheduled inspections that we conduct when risk indicators are triggered. That is, here we are already introducing a security management system.

I would also like to mention feedback from businesses in terms of providing public services. Today, the most significant criterion for the work performed for us is the level of satisfaction of the applicant with the quality of services provided. At present, Rostransnadzor has such a level of 4.8% out of 5 possible.

Today Rostransnadzor provides 100% of state services through a single portal of state services. And we have 18 such services.

As a result of the optimization of permitting activities, the terms of provision of state services by Rostransnadzor have been reduced from 45 days to 5 days. Some services are provided within two days. The number of documents provided has been halved. And we have transferred two services to a notification procedure.

Such results were achieved with the help of electronic services. We are developing information electronic interaction with the Ministry of Digital Development, the Prosecutor General's Office, Rosaccreditation, Rosavtodor, Rosaviatsia and other government agencies and business structures. And such interaction allows us to exercise control in a remote format and most effectively implement the requirements of the legislation.

And I would like to note separately: as part of the digital transformation of the department for the state service of issuing a certificate for the right to operate railway rolling stock, Rostransnadzor plans to implement the possibility of passing a theoretical knowledge test remotely using artificial intelligence technologies.

Currently, the Ministry of Transport has completed work on approving a new procedure for issuing certificates, which will come into effect on September 1 of this year. A new form of certificate has been introduced with the addition of the category "high-speed railway rolling stock".

On September 3 of this year, the service has already planned to conduct a theoretical knowledge test for the first group of drivers in the category of "high-speed railway rolling stock". By the end of this year, about 200 drivers will undergo a theoretical knowledge test in the new category.

This work is being carried out within the framework of the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin on the implementation of the project for the construction of the high-speed railway Moscow – St. Petersburg.

M. Mishustin: Viktor Borisovich, it is important to continue improving the technological and safe transport system. To promote the consolidation in practice, which is very important, of our domestic solutions, including in the field of digital transformation, software.

You have just spoken about the results. They are quite effective. In particular, the reduction of the terms from 45 to 5 days, I am sure, was felt by many citizens and companies, who in one way or another need a quick and motivated response from your service when there are any questions related to the implementation of state functions. And of course, it is necessary to implement all the necessary approaches to ensure our Russian sovereignty in this area. Good luck to you.

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Every fourth business in Russia considers itself to be part of the creative industries.

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Only 30% of entrepreneurs in Russia are familiar with the concept of creative industries and associate it with creativity (38%), advertising (17%) and new technologies (13%). At the same time, every fourth respondent classifies their business as a creative industry. These are the findings of the study "Entrepreneurs of Russia: Research Monitoring" (PRIM), which is conducted by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, Sberbank and the Public Opinion Foundation.

"According to the results of the PRIM study, only a third of entrepreneurs have heard of creative industries, but every fourth already considers their business to be related to this area. Even with relatively low awareness, many entrepreneurs already associate their activities with creative industries, since their business is somehow related to the creation of original content, design, innovative solutions or cultural values. The study also shows a significant demand for creative specialists: 57% of the entrepreneurs surveyed have experience of cooperation with creative specialists, and 40% of this group intend to continue cooperation. Such dynamics are explained by obvious advantages: according to entrepreneurs, working with creative specialists allows them to attract new clients, strengthen the image and brand recognition, and improve the quality of goods and services," said Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Tatyana Ilyushnikova.

71% of entrepreneurs have solved creative tasks over the past year, such as creating visual content for promotion (42%). At the same time, 57% of survey participants have engaged external specialists to solve creative tasks. In outsourcing in this area, business owners see both advantages (a chance to attract new clients and improve reputation) and problems (low quality of work, lack of understanding of the specifics of the business). Another 20% of those who have never worked with freelancers would like to start.

“Our study showed that 71% of entrepreneurs annually face the solution of creative tasks in their own business. Most often it is the creation of visual materials for promoting goods and services. At the same time, 42% of businessmen try to cope themselves and a third of them experience significant difficulties. The main problem is in personal qualifications (own and employees), a lack of funds and the lack of creative ideas. Understanding this, Sberba proposed a decision-a Giga assistant who is already available to several hundred thousand entrepreneurs in the Internet banking business. It is developed on the basis of Gigachat’s own neural network model and takes on one of the most important business tasks: it creates a variety of text content, including cards for marketplaces, correctly processes customer reviews, invents promotions. The assistant issues personalized tips and sales analysts based on a particular business data. In parallel, it reduces routine and other standard business tasks-from writing letters to creating an online store directly during a joint dialogue with the owner. We understand how valuable the time of entrepreneurs is, so in the near future we will make a GIGA assistant accessible to all Russian entrepreneurs. After all, now it is evident how generative AI seriously simplifies work with the creative and helps to increase business efficiency, ”said Anatoly Popov, deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank.

In addition to data on creative industries, Sber's research, which took place from May 27 to June 5, 2025, gave an idea of the mood of entrepreneurs in general. Thus, 54% of owners of individual entrepreneurs and LLCs assess their financial situation as satisfactory. 42% believe that it will remain stable in the coming year, and 27% expect improvements.

69% of entrepreneurs do not plan to either expand or reduce their business. 20% of survey participants intend to expand – most often these are young people aged 18-39 (in this category, 30% of respondents answered this way) and those who assess their financial situation as good (35%).

Government support remains important for entrepreneurs. The most popular are special tax regimes (52%), preferential lending (38%), tax breaks (27%) and grants (25%). Women entrepreneurs are more often interested in special tax regimes, training programs and business consulting.

63% of entrepreneurs have employees. The main methods of retaining them are flexible hours (52%), compensation for transportation expenses (37%) and development opportunities (35%). Employees are motivated mainly by money (85%), gratitude (56%) and constructive criticism (43%).

The study covered 614 owners of individual entrepreneurs and LLCs, for whom entrepreneurship is the main type of activity. The survey was conducted by telephone using the CATI method, the statistical error does not exceed 4.8%.

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Since the beginning of the year, more than five thousand new SMEs have emerged in the tourism sector in Russia.

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In the first half of 2025, more than five thousand new small and medium-sized businesses in the tourism sector were created in Russia. Thus, the total number of tourism SMEs in the country reached almost 76.5 thousand, and their revenue by the end of 2024 exceeded 1 trillion rubles.

"Over three years, the number of small and medium-sized enterprises in the tourism sector has grown by 12% and is now approaching 76.5 thousand. And the total employment in the SME segment in the tourism sector is 296 thousand people. The growth rate of domestic tourism and targeted government support provide opportunities for the development of small and medium-sized businesses. Moreover, this is a two-way street: the active involvement of SMEs in the creation of tourism infrastructure is not only a response to market demand, but also the creation of new points of attraction for the redistribution or increase of tourist flows," said Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Dmitry Vakhrukov.

According to the SME Corporation, the growth rate of SMEs in tourism is 1.5 times higher than in other industries.

"The key feature of the growth of tourism SMEs was the high growth rate relative to SMEs in all industries – more than 1.5 times. Since the beginning of 2025, more than five thousand SMEs have been created in key areas of tourism with a reproduction rate (the ratio of opened and closed enterprises) of 1.7. In general, for all industries, this ratio is significantly lower and is 1.1. Another important trend is the interest in tourism on the part of young people. Every fifth SME is accounted for by young entrepreneurs under 35. At the same time, the average age of entrepreneurs in the tourism sector is 44 years old, which is a year higher than the average for the SME sector," said Alexander Isaevich, General Director of the SME Corporation.

About 45% of SMEs in the tourism sector have hired workers, their number is 234 thousand people. Another 62 thousand are self-employed citizens who work as guides and also provide temporary accommodation services.

The largest number of SMEs in tourism in 2025 opened in Moscow (537), Krasnodar Krai (465), St. Petersburg (282), Moscow Region (244), and the Altai Republic (225). In the ranking of cities, besides Moscow, the resort city of Sochi leads in this indicator (86 SMEs), followed by Krasnodar (83), Yekaterinburg (72), Ufa (60), and Kazan (53). The top 10 municipalities in terms of business growth in tourism also included Gelendzhik (48), Perm (48), municipalities of the city of Moscow (47), Anapa (45), and Novosibirsk (44).

Let us recall that in order to support the tourism business, the SME Corporation allocated a special limit of "umbrella" guarantees in 2025, which will allow small and medium businesses in this area to attract at least 25 billion rubles by the end of the year. A full range of financial and non-financial support measures for the creation and development of entrepreneurship in the tourism sector is presented on the SME.RF Digital Platform.

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Breaking: New ceasefire agreement between Syria's interim government and Druze leaders reached in Syria's As-Suwayda province

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DAMASCUS, July 16 (Xinhua) — A new ceasefire agreement was reached between Syria's interim government and Druze leaders in the southern province of As-Suwayda on Wednesday, aiming to end days of deadly clashes and return the province to full government control, the Syrian government said. -0-

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Kremlin closely monitors situation with Western arms supplies to Ukraine – Russian presidential press secretary

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Moscow, July 16 /Xinhua/ — Russia is very attentive to the issue of long-range weapons supplies to Ukraine and is monitoring the relevant reports, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

"The topic is, of course, high on the news agenda. Of course, we are very closely monitoring all relevant reports," he told reporters.

Answering the question of how the Kremlin feels about the decision of US President Donald Trump to sell NATO weapons for further deliveries to Ukraine, D. Peskov pointed out that the US has supplied and will continue to supply weapons to Ukraine, for them “it’s business.”

"It's just a question of who pays for them. Now some Europeans will pay for them," the Kremlin spokesman noted. At the same time, he drew attention to the fact that there will be disagreements among European countries on paying for weapons for Ukraine. "You heard that the French will not pay, the Czechs will not pay. That is, there will be disagreements there too, because there is so much to pay, so much money. There will be nothing left for the citizens," the Russian president's press secretary emphasized.

D. Peskov noted that “the Europeans are displaying a completely unbridled militaristic attitude and are declaring their intention to spend countless amounts of money on purchasing weapons” in order to further provoke a continuation of the war. “Of course, against the backdrop of such an emotional state, bordering on inadequacy, it is very difficult to predict anything on the European continent,” he stated.

D. Peskov also confirmed that all provisions of the Russian Federation’s nuclear doctrine, including the responsibility of nuclear countries for “inciting” non-nuclear ones, are in effect.

In this regard, Moscow calls on all interested parties to provide assistance in continuing direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, the Kremlin representative emphasized.

In the fall of 2024, an updated nuclear doctrine of Russia was adopted in connection with the emergence of new military risks. The new version, in particular, expanded the list of states against which nuclear deterrence is carried out and supplemented the list of military threats. It contains a clause stating that aggression by a non-nuclear state with the support or participation of a country possessing nuclear weapons is considered a joint attack on the Russian Federation. At the same time, the basic principle of the use of nuclear weapons remains the same: it is an extreme and forced measure to protect Russia's sovereignty.

On July 14, D. Trump announced that Ukraine would receive weapons from the United States, and that European countries would fully pay for them. “We are talking about military equipment worth billions of dollars, which will be purchased from the United States, transferred to NATO and very quickly put on the battlefield. Ukraine will receive it,” he explained. In particular, the American president announced the delivery of 17 Patriot air and missile defense systems to Ukraine. –0–

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Armenian Prime Minister Does Not Rule Out Country's Withdrawal from CSTO

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Yerevan, July 16 (Xinhua) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan believes that the country's withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is likely. The head of the Armenian government said this at a press conference on Wednesday.

“Armenia’s withdrawal from the CSTO is more likely than freezing its membership in this organization,” N. Pashinyan said.

Answering another question on the same topic, he confirmed that the problem in relations with the CSTO arose in the fall of 2022, when Armenia, during another escalation of the situation on the border with Azerbaijan, turned to its partners in this bloc for help, but did not receive support. Then, according to N. Pashinyan, the CSTO stated that the Armenian-Azerbaijani border was not defined and therefore the bloc could not provide support to Armenia.

Since February of last year, Armenia has practically not participated in events held under the auspices of the CSTO and does not pay membership fees to this organization. –0–

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The Verkhovna Rada approved the resignation of the Prime Minister of Ukraine

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Kyiv, July 16 /Xinhua/ — The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Wednesday accepted the resignation of the country's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, parliamentarian Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on Telegram.

The corresponding decision was supported by 261 deputies, with the required minimum being 226 votes.

D. Shmyhal resigned the day before. Before that, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed that the First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of the country Yulia Svyrydenko head the Ukrainian government. According to Y. Zheleznyak, the parliament will consider her candidacy on July 17.

According to Ukrainian law, the dismissal of the prime minister entails the resignation of all members of the government. However, they will continue to exercise their powers until the newly formed cabinet begins work.

D. Shmyhal has served as Prime Minister of Ukraine since March 4, 2020. According to media reports, he may become Minister of Defense in the new government. –0–

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