In November, Russia set a record for delivery of sweets abroad: more than 48 thousand tons worth 113.8 million dollars were exported.

This happened after the amendments to the Tax Code entered into force with the beginning of the new year.

The transaction of the purchase of a 19.5 percent stake in the “Rosneft” company by a consortium consisting of the Glencore oil trader and the Qatar Investment Autority (QIA) sovereign fund has been closed.

About 250 billion roubles have been invested in the development of import-substituting manufactures in the past two years.

Gold and foreign currency reserves of Russia fell by eight billion dollars during the week from December 9 to December 16, which is by more than two percent. Their volume now amounts to 379 billion dollars.

The Russian company NTechLab announced the launch of a new product - FindFace Enterprise Server SDK. The companies will be able to use FindFace facial recognition system within their own corporate IT infrastructures.

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has multiplied the investment in the project of Hyperloop extra-fast train.

The system of fraud prevention on the basis of biometric verification and identification of individuals allowed the Russian banks to save more than four billion rubles in 2015.

Norwegian company Opera Software closes its Russian office.

German consortium offered Russian Railways (RZD) financing the construction of a high-speed highway Moscow - Kazan.

The volume of counterfeit goods in Russia in some sectors is almost one-third of the total market volume.

The Bank of Russia has changed the status of one of the existing microfinance institutions from a micro-credit to a micro-finance company (MFC) for the first time.

Economic growth in Russia will be slow in 2017 after overcoming the recession - an average of 2 percent per year. This is about 1.5 times lower than the world rates and the country will be closer to the poorest nations of the world in its performance indicators.

Businessmen from Iran want to invest in waste processing, as well as in the production of agricultural products, seeds and poultry in Dagestan.

Nord Stream 2 AG company has applied to the Swedish government for a permit for the construction of a gas transportation system “Nord Stream-2”.

The first order of Russia’s largest data processing and storage centre will be launched in Tver Oblast in spring of 2017.

Nokia company intends to localize their services in Russia and will consider the issue of establishing local production.

The largest Russian company of Danone Group located in Oryol Oblast may be closed.

The consortium including “Total” and “Gazprom” companies has commenced commercial operation of “Incahuasi” field in Bolivia.

The market of Russian luxury cars has increased by almost 23 percent in the first seven months of 2016, as compared to the same period of last year.