Banks

• 17 December, 09:00 Elvira Nabiullina about key rate: “We see room for reduction” The growth rate of mortgage lending can grow by 20%, the head of the Central Bank states
• 02 December, 09:00 Mikhail Zadornov: “Money is taken from the economy, but the country doesn’t spend it” Otkritie FC board chairman on economic stagnation, support for businesses, excessively high VAT and development of infrastructure in Tatarstan
• 12 November, 09:00 No money — don’t take out loan: borrowers to be checked via competent bureau Tatarstan borrowers have increased their debt load to 27,3% by the imposition of restrictive measures of the Central Bank

• 06 December, 09:00 Bank of Russia aims to limit access to foreign stocks for non-professional investors The regulator wants investors to pass a market skills test to become ‘qualified’
• 28 November, 09:00 Bank of Russia speaks against euro deposits
• 11 November, 09:00 Radik Minnakhmetov: “The renaming of Kazan Arena will be followed by its complete rebranding” The main football stadium of Kazan after the agreement with the bankers changed its name to Ak Bars Bank Arena

• 29 October, 09:00 Central Bank lowers key rate — banks are ready to cheapen mortgage to 8,5% Will the regulator’s decision cause a new mortgage boom in the housing market?
• 14 October, 09:00 Support for small businesses in Tatarstan: “If an entrepreneur has nothing, we also consider such options” Kazan businesses were told about state supporting measures: microfinance, guarantee given by the state and subsidisation of interest rate
• 10 September, 09:00 Elvira Nabiullina to make credit less expensive or accelerate inflation? The Central Bank of Russia has returned the key rate to the “pre-Crimean” level

• 23 October, 09:00 Cards, money and salary: Tatarstan residents take to credit cards Banks have begun to evaluate borrowers’ debt load when granting credits since 1 October. Experts from National Bureau of Credit Histories (NBCH) think this won’t influence the dynamics of credit card issue
• 01 October, 09:00 “They enervate rather psychologically”: how change of currency and oil rates influences our life And if we should go on keeping money under the pillow
• 08 August, 09:00 Kirill Kabanov, Council for Human Rights: “Our functionaries already start to take bribes in bitcoins!” How the new law obliges the Central Bank to help prosecutors to look for public workers’ foreign accounts while they use subterfuge