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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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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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Kazakhstan's economy grew by 6.3 percent in the first seven months of this year

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

Astana, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Kazakhstan's economy grew by 6.3 percent in January-July 2025, a record high in recent years, Kazinform reported on Thursday, citing the country's government.

According to published data, growth in the real sector amounted to 8.3 percent, and production of services increased by 5.2 percent.

The government emphasized that attracting investment is one of the key tasks set in the President's Address "Fair Kazakhstan: Law and Order, Economic Growth, Public Optimism." Over the first seven months of this year, the volume of investment in fixed assets increased by 16.1 percent and reached 9.9 trillion tenge. The main investments were in the mining industry, transportation and warehousing, real estate transactions, education, agriculture and healthcare.

At the same time, the lsm.kz portal reported, citing the leading expert of the Institute of Economic Research Yeskendir Baisbay, that Kazakhstan is consistently diversifying the economy, strengthening non-resource sectors – transport, construction, digitalization and industry. Over the past 10 years, the country has attracted $216.7 billion in foreign direct investment, of which almost 60 percent were directed to non-resource sectors. -0-

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China ranks second in the world in intelligent computing power

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

GUIYANG, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — China's cumulative intelligent computing power currently stands at 780,000 petaflops, ranking second in the world in the field, Liu Lehong, head of the National Data Administration, said Thursday.

Liu Lehong made the disclosure at the opening ceremony of the 2025 China International Big Data Industry Expo held in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province.

The country continues to accelerate the construction of data transmission infrastructure, and as of the end of July this year, 25 city-level operation nodes had been established across the country, he said.

The progress is driven by China's "Eastern Data, Western Computing" project, which has become a strategic project to boost the country's productivity, Liu Lehong said, adding that China's eight state-owned computing centers currently account for more than 60 percent of new computing power, with intelligent computing power reaching 620,000 petaflops.

As the initiator of this project, Guizhou Province has focused on building the country's leading computing power center in recent years. In particular, the province has successfully built the world's first 400G all-optical computing power channel, which was announced at the aforementioned ceremony in Guiyang.

The three-day EXPO, which runs until August 30, features a wide range of events, including exchange meetings and specialized venues, with more than 16,000 guests and 375 enterprises from China and abroad participating. -0-

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Israel strikes southern outskirts of Damascus

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DAMASCUS, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on the southern outskirts of Damascus on Wednesday evening, eyewitnesses and local media reported.

At least eight Israeli attacks hit areas near the city of al-Kiswa, local residents said. State-run Al-Ikhbariya TV confirmed that Israeli aircraft had attacked targets in the area.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes hit troop positions in the Jabal al-Mani area near the village of al-Harjleh in southern Damascus and coincided with Israeli helicopters flying over Deir Ali, a Druze village south of the Syrian capital.

Eyewitnesses also reported Israeli air activity over Damascus, Daraa and Quneitra.

There are no reports of casualties or material damage yet. –0–

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Myanmar Acting President Min Aung Hlaing to Attend SCO Plus Meeting

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Acting Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing will attend the SCO Plus meeting at the invitation of the Chinese side, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Thursday.

Myanmar is one of the dialogue partners within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Chinese diplomat added.

Guo Jiakun confirmed the information during a regular departmental press conference when asked by a media representative whether the acting Myanmar president had been invited to attend the SCO summit in Tianjin, after Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei announced earlier on Thursday that Min Aung Hlaing would attend commemorative events to be held in Beijing on September 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

Leaders from Asia, Europe and Africa will gather in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin from August 31 to September 1 for the SCO summit, the largest in the organisation's history. -0-

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ADB approves $233.1 million loan to upgrade roads in Uzbekistan

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

MANILA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Thursday it has approved a $233.1 million loan to Uzbekistan to upgrade a critical segment of Corridor 2 of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation.

The project aims to improve regional connectivity, reduce travel times, and enhance road safety and climate change resilience in western Uzbekistan, the Manila-based bank said in a press release.

“By integrating climate-resilient infrastructure and intelligent transport systems, the project will ensure long-term sustainability and safer and more efficient mobility for communities and businesses,” said ADB Country Director for Uzbekistan Kanokpan Lao-Araya.

Since Uzbekistan joined the ADB in 1995, the bank has provided loans, grants and technical assistance to the country totaling about $14.3 billion, the ADB noted. –0–

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The number of electric vehicles in Kazakhstan has grown to 19.1 thousand.

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

Astana, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — The number of electric vehicles continues to grow in Kazakhstan. As of early August 2025, 19.1 thousand electric cars were registered in the republic, 79 percent more than a year earlier, the Energyprom portal reported on Thursday.

In January-July of this year, 925.8 thousand passenger cars were registered, which is 0.3 percent more than in the same period last year. Of these, 814.9 thousand (88 percent) were cars with a gasoline engine, 14.1 thousand – with a diesel engine. Electric cars accounted for 6.9 thousand cars (0.7 percent of the total), which is 34.2 percent more year-on-year.

The largest number of electric vehicles is registered in Almaty, where their number reached 11.3 thousand — almost 60 percent of the country's total fleet. The share of electric vehicles in the metropolis reached 1.6 percent. In Astana, there are 2.2 thousand such cars /0.5 percent of the city's vehicle fleet/, in the Almaty region — 1.2 thousand /0.2 percent/. Electric cars were registered least often in the Abay and Ulytau regions — 55 and 57 units, respectively.

According to Energyprom, despite rapid growth, the share of electric vehicles in Kazakhstan still amounts to only 0.3 percent of the country's vehicle fleet. –0–

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PLA Honor Guard Unit to Participate in Vietnam National Day Celebrations

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — At the invitation of Vietnam's Ministry of National Defense, a unit of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) honor guard will attend events to mark the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and Vietnam's National Day, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Zhang Xiaogang said Thursday.

The mission, which will run from late August to early September, aims to further expand military cultural exchanges between China and Vietnam and deepen the traditional friendship between the two countries and their armed forces, Zhang Xiaogang added. -0-

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