Slovakia's national gas company SPP has approved amendments to its long-term contract with Gazprom increasing the amounts of natural gas it's going to purchase ahead of the upcoming EU ban on Russian energy.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8496126
The Russian Central Bank raised the USD exchange rate by 0,96 rubles from 78,19 rubles to 79,15 rubles per USD and the euro exchange rate by 1,05 rubles from 90,79 rubles to 91,84 rubles per euro.
www.banki.ru/news/lenta/?...
The net profit of Russian telecom MegaFon for decreased by 8,19% to 41,3 billion rubles. The revenue of the company rose by 8,15% to 525,6 billion rubles.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8495982
The US gave India the ability to buy Russian oil already at sea without being sanctioned for it due to the halt of travel of ships through the Hormuz straight. India buys 40% of its oil from the Persian Gulf.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8481304
Rusagro's net profit for 2025 decreased by 40% to 20 billion rubles. At the same time the company's revenue grew by 17% to 369 billion rubles.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8495904
Russian Railways will hold the auction for the sale of the Rizhsky railway station on the 15th of April. Applicants can submit request for participating in the auction until April 6th.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8495872
Losses for Russian tour operators from the conflict in the Middle East will reach 10 billion rubles by the 10th of March 2026.
www.interfax.ru/business/107...
The Russian Central Bank extended the ban on the withdraw of foreign currency by 6 months till September 2026.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8495787
Russia's largest car maker AvtoVAZ dismissed the rumors that it will again switch to a 4 day work week. If the sales of January and February are any indication, they will have to switch to a 4 day work week this year at some point.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8481452
In February 2026 according to VTB the cash loans issued increased by 40% compared to 2025 and 12% compared to January 2026 to 314 billion rubles . 1,7 million loans were handed out with the average size of these being 195 000 rubles.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8481474
The net profit of Russian recruiting site HeadHunter ru in 2025 decreased by 24,7% to 17,99 billion rubles. The revenue for 2025 rose by 4% to 41,2 billion rubles.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8481423
The number of vacancies in retail in Russia in 2025 increased by 60% when compared to 2024 and average salaries rose by 18% to 65 283 rubles per month.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8481397
According to documents reviewed by Kommersant Dior is planning to reopen two of its stores in Moscow.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8481199
Prices for electronics in Russia may rise due to the conflict in the Middle East as Russia depends on the UAE as one of the hubs for re-exporting devices from Lenovo, Apple, HP, Dell and other brands.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8481237
Interruptions of the supply of aluminum due to the conflict in the Middle East may lead to an increase in the prices for Russian aluminum. The countries in the Middle East account for 8% of global production and export 75% of it.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8481245
In Russia for January-February 2026 the production of still wines and sparkling wines decreased by 14,2% and 21,6% respectively compared to 2025. This is being explained by the increase in VAT and the excise tax on wine.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8481266
Russian Business news 6/March/2026:
The closure of the Middle East for Russian tourists led to a reduction in the sales of organized tours abroad in Russia by 22-30%. This is due to a reduction of offers and increase in the cost of flights.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8481184
We already have the first case by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service against a Russian blogger for advertising in Youtube. A case against advertising in Telegram is sure to follow soon. This will effectively force Russians to ditch telegram channels.
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The Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works has suspended work at the coal mine it owns stating the it currently is not profitable to produce coking coal with the rising costs and the drop in coal prices.
There's this thing where Russian agencies try to guess what the Presidential Administration would like them to do and follow up on processes they know about or are guessing are happening. So they know Telegram and Youtube will likely be fully banned and want to be seen as being proactive.
I meant with @tochnyi.info .
Made a Youtube video with @tochnyi on the recent crisis in the Russian housing market and the issues faced by Russian real estate developers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hPc...
Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service has declared that advertisements in Telegram and Youtube in Russia are essentially illegal as RosKomNadzor is limiting access to them. This will kill the revenue of most Russian content creators and telegram channels.
For China due to expectations of lower coal consumption and warmer weather large scale coal replenishment is not expected. Also Chinese energy companies are planning to do maintenance maintenance of their coal fired facility further limiting demand.
Source
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8479359
Australian 6000 kcal coal from the port of Newcastle rose in price from 115 USD per ton to 140 USD per ton. However the current rise in price of coal is expected to be short lived and due to the off-season when it comes to coal consumption prices should begin to decrease in the second half of March.
This is far below the cost of coal extraction for the Kuzbass which is estimated at 2 600 to 2 800 rubles per ton. However currently due to the conflict in the Middle East prices for thermal coal are rising rapidly as a knock on effect of the rise in the prices of natural gas.
In ports along the Yangtze River prices rise to 110 USD per ton. The profitability of Russian 6000 kcal coal from the Kuzbass shipped to China via the Vostochny port is estimated at 2 040 rubles per ton and at 1 700 for Taman and Ust Luga.
