Telegram channel of Bankst: messages from 30.07.2023

The son of Colombian President Nicolas Petro has been arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering and illicit enrichment. He considers unfounded the allegations that he received money from drug dealers for his father’s election campaign. The head of the country, Gustavo Pietro, said that it hurts him to realize that his child is in prison. @banksta
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The Argentine government received $7 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This will help avoid a default before repaying $3.3 billion at the end of July. In return, the Argentine government had to start dancing to different music – blocking goods from Russia and postponing the accession of the BRICS. @banksta
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Drones attacked Moscow at night. The facades of two towers of the Moscow City complex were damaged, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. One of them hit the IQ Kvartal tower at around 3 am, and at about 4 am at the Oko-2 center. @banksta
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A researcher at the Blokhin Cancer Center received an SMS from an unknown number. The author introduced himself to her as Deputy Head of the Ministry of Health Oleg Salagay (since 2018 he has held this position) and said that her personal data had been leaked to the Web, and therefore “economic security officers” would call her back. After some time, the frightened woman really got a call and was told that they wanted to transfer 500 thousand rubles from her card to a certain Nikitin. And then the scheme is classical: a call from a “Central Bank employee” and attempts to find out how much and where the woman has money. As a result, an employee of the oncology center withdrew 1.5 million from the card and transferred it to the scammers. @banksta
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The military gave Niger’s finance minister two days to explain what happened to the country’s finances and where the stolen money went. He is threatened with death. Niger’s finance minister is crying on television. @banksta
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The use of the digital ruble in mortgage loans can make them cheaper and more accessible, Izvestia writes. According to experts, the digital ruble will make it possible to reduce the cost of part of interbank transfers. @banksta
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Europe continues to confiscate the assets of Russians. The Czech authorities blocked the accounts of the companies of Russian billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov and seized his five-star Savoy Westend hotel in Karlovy Vary. Thus, state sanctions against the businessman were put into effect. According to Czech Television, the cost of Vladimir Yevtushenkov’s hotel is estimated at 100 million crowns – $ 4.6 million. Earlier, the assets of Russians were taken away in Germany, Poland, Finland. @banksta
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Secondary housing prices began to rise. The average cost increases by 0.4-0.9% per month due to the revival of demand and the gradual reduction in the volume of offers. Further dynamics in the secondary market depends on the policy of the Central Bank regarding the key rate. @banksta
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The volume of foreign currency deposits in banks decreased in June to $48 billion, almost half of their volume in February 2022. At the same time, foreign currency deposits of Russians in foreign banks over the same period, on the contrary, increased by $42.7 billion, and the volume of cash currency increased by $12.5 billion. @banksta
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The economic community of West African countries close to France suspends commercial and financial transactions between the countries of the community and Niger, where a military coup took place. The community freezes Niger’s assets in the ECOWAS Central Bank and commercial banks. @banksta