Telegram channel of Bankst: messages from 01/28/2023

The House of Representatives of the US Congress supported a bill to limit the ability of President Joe Biden to release oil from the strategic reserve. The strategic oil reserve in the United States fell by 42% in two years. @banksta
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Last year, individuals sent record volumes of money transfers from Russia to neighboring countries. 357 billion tenge, or about $775.4 million, was sent from Russia to Kazakhstan in 2022. This is a record for the period when statistics are available. The dollar figure is 6.8 times the volume of transfers in 2021. About $2 billion was sent to Georgia – a record amount for the period of available statistics on the website of the Central Bank of Georgia. The indicator for 2022 exceeded the previous one by five times. The volume of money transfers from Russia to Uzbekistan at the end of 2022 amounted to $14.5 billion – it increased by 2.6 times over the year. According to the results of 11 months of 2022, the Central Bank of Armenia reported that the volume of transfers increased four times compared to 2021 – up to $3.1 billion. This is a record indicator of available statistics. @banksta
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Sky News: Some Western diplomats believe that it is better for Ukraine to negotiate peace now, because then its position may be significantly weakened. Diplomats are concerned that the longer the war in Ukraine drags on, the greater the risk that the balance of power could inevitably shift towards Russia. @banksta
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The G7 countries made it clear to the European Union that it does not object to the introduction of a maximum price for diesel fuel from the Russian Federation at the level of $100-110 per barrel – Bloomberg. @banksta
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Intel’s value fell by $8 billion in a day – this is the largest drop in the history of the company. Capitalization declined amid pessimistic annual revenue reports, 40% below last year. @banksta