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Financial news: Decommissioning of the Universal File Gateway software from January 1, 2026.

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Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –

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Moscow Exchange informs you of the planned decommissioning of the Universal File Gateway software, effective January 1, 2026. This service is designed for the receipt and transmission of electronically signed and encrypted electronic documents in free-format files between Trading Participants and Group companies. The full functionality of this service is now available in your Personal Account.

You can go to the Participant's Personal Account (PPA) bylink.

The User Guide for the Participant's Personal Account (PA) can be found atwebsite.

If you have any questions, please contact us athelp@moex.com.

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VAT 22%.

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Source: KMZ Cargo – KMZ CARGO –

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We would like to inform you about an important change.

Effective January 1, 2026, due to amendments to Russian tax legislation, our company will apply a value-added tax (VAT) at a rate of 22% to all freight forwarding services.

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that, under the current agreement, the pricing principle for our services remains the same and complies with legal requirements.

How are prices for services now determined?

▫️The base price of services is indicated excluding VAT.▫️The total amount to be paid is formed as the base price plus VAT at the rate in effect on the day the service is provided.

Publication date: 12/17/2025

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Financial news: On December 17, 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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Parameters;

The deposit auction date is 17.12.2025. Placement currency is RUB. The maximum amount of funds placed (in the placement currency) is 179,000,000. Placement term, days – 112. Date of depositing funds is 18.12.2025. Date of return of funds is 09.04.2026. Minimum placement interest rate, % per annum is 15.75. Terms of the conclusion, urgent or special (urgent). The minimum amount of funds placed for one application (in the placement currency) is 179,000,000. 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 13:15 to 13:25. Competitive applications from 13:25 to 13:30. Setting the cutoff interest rate or declaring the auction invalid before 13:45. 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 the Bank's non-compliance with the requirements set forth in paragraph 2.1. of the Regulation "On the procedure for selecting banks for the placement of 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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"Time for Digital Solutions": Polytechnic University Presents Robotic Mobile Platforms

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The annual conference of the Digital Technologies in Industry Association, "Time for Digital Solutions," was held in St. Petersburg. The event brought together representatives of industrial enterprises and technology companies to discuss key development areas: engineering AI, robotics, R&D support, and the development of engineering competencies.

Dmitry Plotnikov, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Economics, Institute of Mathematics and Information Technology (HSE IMMiT), and Senior Researcher at the Industrial Stream Data Processing Systems Research Laboratory, participated in a discussion titled "Where Robots Meet Capital," which was also attended by representatives from Gazprom Neft, the St. Petersburg Science Foundation, and manufacturers of service robots for the fuel and energy sector.

Dmitry Plotnikov discussed Polytechnic University's experience in developing robotic mobile platforms for various purposes, as well as the specifics of interacting with industrial customers.

The speaker noted the complexity of transitioning projects from prototype robots to industrial implementation and the importance of a qualified customer in this process.

Dmitry Plotnikov also noted the challenges of integrating robots into the actual technological processes of fuel and energy companies and the need to redesign processes for the effective implementation of mobile robots.

Engineer at the Higher School of Transport of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport of SPbPU Vsevolod Gaiduk demonstrated a utility robot developed by the Polytech Voltage Machine team for use in the Far North.

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Financial news: The first repo transactions with interim payments have been concluded on the Moscow Exchange.

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The volume of debut repo transactions with a central counterparty (CCP) using the interim interest payment service on the Moscow Exchange money market amounted to 500 million rubles.

The first participants to use the new service were Bank Saint Petersburg, Bank Derzhava, and BCS Bank.

The service of interim interest payment when concluding targeted repo transactions with the Central Bank was implemented on the Moscow Exchange on December 8, 2025.

The new service allows parties to a transaction to independently determine the frequency of interest income payments. This increases the flexibility and convenience of money market transactions and provides the opportunity to reinvest funds until the settlement of the second part of the transaction. The minimum frequency of interim payments is one day.

The interim interest payment service is available in targeted repo transactions with the Central Bank settled in Russian rubles and Chinese yuan.

Repo market operations allow professional market participants and their clients to use the most liquid market to place and raise funds secured by securities from a wide range of counterparties for periods ranging from one day to one year.

The Moscow Exchange money market is one of the most important segments of the Russian financial market, used by large corporations, small companies, and individual investors to manage their liquidity. Money market instruments include repos with the Central Custody Transfer (CCT), repos with the Central Custody Transfer (CCT), repos with the Bank of Russia (CBR), interdealer repos, deposits with the CCT, loans, and deposit and loan auctions. Trading is organized by the Moscow Exchange, and clearing and settlement are handled by the National Clearing Center (NCC, part of the Moscow Exchange Group).

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Financial news: New Bank of Russia service on Gosuslugi.

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Source: Central Bank of Russia

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Now a citizen or organization can use Gosuslugi can find out, whether they are on the lists of persons controlling credit, insurance organizations or non-state pension funds.

Previously, requests for information were mostly received in paper form. The service allows you to submit a request in just a few clicks and receive a prompt response from the Bank of Russia.

According to the law, credit and insurance organizations and non-state pension funds are required to provide the Bank of Russia with information about the persons who control them, as well as update this data.

Preview photo: Mikhail Grebenshchikov / RBC / TASS

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The government has extended the preferential leasing program for entrepreneurs in new regions.

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

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The program for preferential leasing of machinery and equipment for small and medium-sized businesses in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, and the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions has been extended until the end of 2026. The necessary amendments have been made to the state program "Economic Development and Innovative Economy" and approved by a government resolution.

This program covers preferential leasing of machinery and equipment in the agricultural, food, transportation, and construction industries. The preferential leasing rate for Russian-made equipment is up to 6% per annum, while for foreign-made equipment, it's up to 8%.

The federal budget allocates 500 million rubles for the program's implementation in 2026.

The preferential leasing program was launched by the government in 2023 and has become a sought-after mechanism for supporting entrepreneurs in new regions. The decision to extend it will facilitate the further development of the industrial sector, help modernize production, and stimulate entrepreneurship.

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On December 17, 2025, a retrospective of Karen Shakhnazarov's films was presented at a film festival in India. Mosfilm director Karen Shakhnazarov presented a retrospective of his films at the 23rd Chennai International Film Festival, which is being held in the capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu from December 11 to 18.

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December 17, 2025

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Mosfilm director Karen Shakhnazarov presented a retrospective of his films at the 23rd Chennai International Film Festival, which is taking place in the capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu from December 11 to 18.

"This year, the festival program places a special emphasis on Russia. The film festival featured screenings of five films by Karen Shakhnazarov, marking the director's 50th anniversary," said Alexander Dodonov, director of the Russian House in Chennai.

The program of the 23rd Chennai International Film Festival included five films by film director and People's Artist of Russia Karen Shakhnazarov: The Courier (1986), The Tsaricide (1991), American Daughter (1995), The Vanished Empire (2008), and White Tiger (2012).

Before the screening of the war film "White Tiger," Karen Shakhnazarov met with his Tamil colleagues, National Film Award winners Vasanth Sai, Seemu Ramasamy, Sharavana Subbiah, and Jayapraksh Radhakrishnan. The participants exchanged creative experiences and discussed the specifics of national cinematic traditions. Karen Shakhnazarov's films are frequently featured at various Indian festivals and film festivals. The director has repeatedly noted that cinema plays a significant role in bringing the peoples of the two countries closer together.

Addressing the audience, Karen Georgievich noted that he had always dreamed of showing his films in India. "Indian cinema is one of the largest and greatest in the world. I am sincerely grateful to the film festival for the opportunity to present my work in Chennai. Russia and India are two great friends, and culture greatly contributes to strengthening our relations. Cinema is a classic example of this," the director emphasized.

An interesting fact: the mystical war drama "White Tiger," one of the director's most popular films among international audiences, was watched by more than 3.5 million viewers with English subtitles on official Mosfilm websites!

The Chennai International Film Festival has been held annually in December since 2003 and is one of the most significant cultural events in Indian cinema. In 2025, the festival will take place from December 11 to 18.

As a reminder, the Russian House in Trivandrum, with the support of Mosfilm, also regularly hosts film festivals and screenings of Russian and Soviet films. In December 2024, it hosted a film festival celebrating the centenary of Mosfilm Studios, with Karen Shakhnazarov's adventure film "Khitrovka: The Sign of Four" (2023) serving as the opening film.

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Mikhail Mishustin gave instructions on the implementation of technology policy.

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

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The Ministry of Industry and Trade's authority to shape technology policy will be expanded. This decision was approved by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

Taking these changes into account, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Economic Development, together with interested agencies, will submit, by February 5, coordinated proposals to clarify the delineation of powers between federal executive bodies in the area of technology policy and the necessary adjustments to regulatory legal acts.

A decision was also made to vest certain powers in the area of technology policy in the Government Commission on Industry. These include ensuring the functioning of a unified model for managing technology policy, coordinating the appointment of qualified customers and general designers of technology cooperation maps, auditing the implementation of technology cooperation maps, and ensuring the submission of monthly reports to the Prime Minister on the results achieved.

Strengthening the country's technological sovereignty is one of the key objectives set by the President. Specific national projects are aimed at achieving this goal. There are currently eight of them, and another one, dedicated to the bioeconomy, will be launched in January.

On December 15, Mikhail Mishustin held a meeting dedicated to the implementation of technology policyIn his speech, he recalled that a comprehensive system for assessing technological development has been created to monitor the effectiveness of all measures and activities aimed at strengthening the country's technological sovereignty. It contains rules for calculating and monitoring the achievement of goals and allows for tracking the development of high-tech solutions and products based on domestic technologies.

"To accelerate the growth of industries, regions, and the economy as a whole, it's important to continue implementing breakthrough ideas and developing a strong industrial base. This, as the President emphasized, is a national task, in which all levels of government, science, and business must participate," the Prime Minister noted.

Mikhail Mishustin added that advanced solutions should be widely adopted and replicated across all sectors, so that their use improves the quality of Russian goods and services and helps make the lives of our citizens more convenient and comfortable.

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Financial news: AFK Sistema's debut green bond issues have been listed on the Moscow Exchange.

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In December, AFK Sistema placed two issues of green bonds on the Moscow Exchange for a total of 6.5 billion rubles.

The funds were raised to refinance AFK Sistema's expenses for implementing green projects to produce watercraft powered by environmentally friendly energy sources (electricity) and to create infrastructure for such vessels, including the electric passenger vessels Ecobus, Ecocruiser, Moika 2.0, Ecocruiser-M, and Baikal, and the Ecostation bus stops. The project includes the construction of 74 units: 46 passenger vessels and 28 bus stops.

Both bond issues comply with the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) Green Bond Principles (GBP) and Russian green project standards, allowing banks to apply reduced risk weights to these bonds. The bonds offer both fixed and floating coupons, catering to a variety of investor interests.

Natalia Loginova, Director of the Issuer Relations Department at Moscow Exchange:

"We are seeing growing interest from issuers and investors in sustainable development instruments, including green bonds. Since the beginning of the year, eight bond issues from five issuers have been placed in the Moscow Exchange Sustainability Sector. The total volume of securities in the sector is 517 billion rubles. We are actively working to increase the number of green issuers. Since 2024, such bonds have been specially labeled, and we have a series of ESG indices that include securities of issuers that meet sustainability standards. Furthermore, the exchange is conducting educational work – this year, the third edition of the ESG guide was published, and the Moscow Exchange Issuer Academy offers an investor track, "Back to School: How to Read Non-Financial Reports," and an educational course for issuers, "How to Meet Best Sustainability Practices."

Ekaterina Pylnova, Executive Director for Banking and Financial Markets at AFK Sistema:

"The debut placement of green bonds is a viable form of fundraising, capable of providing additional impetus to the development of environmental projects in the domestic market. Thanks to this, Emperium, a company within the Corporation, will continue to build its electric passenger fleet, which will be expanded by dozens of new vessels, and the associated infrastructure will be created. The successful placement demonstrates Sistema's attractiveness as an issuer in the sustainable finance market."

As an issuer, Moscow Exchange adheres to best practices in non-financial reporting disclosure. In 2024, it released its fifth sustainability report, as well as its first climate report. The company has an environmental policy that defines the exchange's core principles, objectives, and priorities in environmental protection and nature management. Moscow Exchange's ESG index portfolio includes six indicators.

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