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Orlov Printing (05.09.2025)

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:35:00 +0300

On 8 September 2025, the Bank of Russia issues a 3-ruble silver commemorative coin ‘Orlov Printing’ of the Inventions of Russia series (Catalogue No. 5111-0528).

For over 130 years, paper money has been issued using the Orlov Printing method of single-run multi-colour printing of banknotes. This method guarantees the exact matching of colours: continuously coloured lines create a multi-colour pattern, changing from one colour to another. This multi-colour printing technique was named after its inventor — Russian engineer Ivan Orlov.

The 3-ruble silver coin (fine metal content 31.1 g, fineness 925/1,000) has a round shape and is 39.0 mm in diameter.

The obverse and the reverse of the coin have a relief rim around the circumference.

The obverse of the coin features a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and the inscriptions ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) and ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin ‘3 РУБЛЯ’ (3 RUBLES), the year of issue ‘2025 г.’ (2025), the chemical symbol of the metal according to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Elements, fineness, the Saint Petersburg Mint trademark, and fine metal content.

The reverse of the coin ‘Orlov Printing’ features a relief image of Ivan Orlov’s portrait against the background of an image of a drawing of the printing press designed by Ivan Orlov, laser treated for matte finishing, and a coloured ornamental coating imitating the Orlov printing, the inscription ‘ОРЛОВСКАЯ ПЕЧАТЬ’ (ORLOV PRINTING) in two lines at the top right, and a facsimile of Ivan Orlov’s signature at the bottom.

The edge of the coin is corrugated.

The coin is minted in proof quality.

The mintage of the coin is 3,000 pcs.

The new coin is legal tender of the Russian Federation and is mandatory for acceptance for all kinds of payments without any restrictions at its face value.

The 150th Anniversary of Tennis in Russia (05.09.2025)

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:52:00 +0300

On 8 September 2025, the Bank of Russia issues a 3-ruble silver commemorative coin ‘The 150th Anniversary of Tennis in Russia’ (Catalogue No. 5111-0529).

Sergey, a son of Emperor Alexander II, made an entry in his diary on 12 June 1875 that he had played tennis with his brothers on the lawn of the Alexander Park in Tsarskoe Selo. That was the first record of playing tennis in Russia.

The 3-ruble silver coin (fine metal content 31.1 g, fineness 925/1,000) has a round shape and is 39.0 mm in diameter.

The obverse and the reverse of the coin have a relief rim around the circumference.

The obverse of the coin features a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, the inscriptions ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) and ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin ‘3 РУБЛЯ’ (3 RUBLES), the year of issue ‘2025 г.’ (2025), the chemical symbol of the metal according to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Elements, fineness, the Saint Petersburg Mint trademark, and fine metal content.

The reverse of the coin ‘The 150th Anniversary of Tennis in Russia’ features a relief image of two crossed tennis rackets and a gilded relief image of a tennis ball against the background of an image of a tennis net, laser treated for matte finishing, and the inscriptions ‘ТЕННИС В РОССИИ’ (TENNIS IN RUSSIA) around the upper circumference and ‘150 ЛЕТ’ (150 YEARS) in two lines at the bottom right.

The edge of the coin is corrugated.

The coin is minted in proof quality.

The mintage of the coin is 3,000 pcs.

The new coin is legal tender of the Russian Federation and is mandatory for acceptance for all kinds of payments without any restrictions at its face value.

Results of monitoring of credit institutions’ maximum interest rates (04.09.2025)

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:38:00 +0300

The August 2025 results of the monitoring of the maximum interest rates on deposits¹ in Russian rubles of the top 10 credit institutions² attracting the largest amount of household deposits are as follows:

The first 10 days of August – 15.96%;

The second 10 days of August – 15.85%;

The third 10 days of August – 15.70%.

Data on changes in monitoring results are available on the Bank of Russia website.

Data on average maximum interest rates on deposits by maturity are given for reference.³

¹ The maximum interest rate at a credit institution is measured as follows:

– Maximum interest rates on deposits available to any client (including potential ones) without any limitations and preliminary conditions are taken into account. Deposits for special client categories (pensioners, children) and purposes (social, humanitarian, etc.) are excluded.

– Compound interest rates on deposits are out of scope.

– Interest rates that are effective provided that certain conditions are fulfilled (regular bank card turnover, a permanent minimum balance on a bank card, etc.) are not taken into account.

– Combined deposit products, i.e. deposits with additional conditions, are not considered. Such additional conditions for higher interest accrual may comprise, among other things, purchasing investment units in a certain amount, opening an investment account, concluding an agreement on investment or endowment life insurance, buying an extra service package, etc.

– Deposits with maturities divided into periods with varying interest rates are out of scope.

The average maximum interest rate is calculated as an arithmetic mean of the maximum interest rates of the top 10 credit institutions.

² Sberbank (1481) — www.sberbank.ru, VTB Bank (PJSC) (1000) — www.vtb.ru, Bank GPB (JSC) (354) — www.gazprombank.ru, AO ALFA-BANK (1326) — alfabank.ru, JSC Rosselkhozbank (3349) — www.rshb.ru, JSC DOM.RF (2312) — domrfbank.ru, CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW (1978) — mkb.ru, TBank (2673) — www.tbank.ru, Promsvyazbank PJSC (3251) — psbank.ru, PJSC Sovcombank (963) — sovcombank.ru. The monitoring was conducted by the Department of Banking Regulation and Analytics of the Bank of Russia using the information provided by the said websites. The published value is indicative.

³ Average maximum interest rates on deposits: for up to 90 days — 15.21%; for 91 to 180 days — 14.93%; for 181 days to one year — 14.32%; and for over one year — 12.66%.

Banking licence of Tavrichesky Bank (JSC) revoked (03.09.2025)

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:40:00 +0300

Due to the absence of any prospects for further implementation of financial resolution measures, the Bank of Russia Board of Directors decided to terminate the plan of State Corporation Deposit Insurance Agency’s (hereinafter, DIA.RF) participation in bankruptcy prevention measures for Tavrichesky Bank (joint-stock company) (hereinafter, Tavrichesky Bank (JSC).

Under these circumstances, in accordance with Clauses 1 and 2 of Part 2 of Article 20 of the Federal Law ‘On Banks and Banking Activities’, the Bank of Russia was obliged to revoke the banking licence of Tavrichesky Bank (JSC) (Registration No. 2304, Saint Petersburg) because of a full loss of equity capital by the credit institution.¹ A decision to this effect was made in accordance with Bank of Russia Order No. OD‑1919, dated 3 September 2025.

The credit institution ranked 60^th by assets in the Russian banking system.²

By its Order No. OD‑1920, dated 3 September 2025, the Bank of Russia appointed DIA.RF to exercise the functions of a provisional administrator to manage Tavrichesky Bank (JSC). The provisional administrator will exercise its functions until a receiver³ or a liquidator⁴ is appointed. In accordance with federal laws, the powers of the credit institution’s executive bodies were suspended.

Information for depositors: Tavrichesky Bank (JSC) is a participant in the deposit insurance system; therefore, its depositors⁵ will be compensated for their deposits in the amount of 100% of the balance of funds, but no more than a total of ₽1.4 million per depositor (including interest accrued), taking into account the conditions stipulated by Chapter 2.1 of the Federal Law ‘On the Insurance of Deposits with Russian Banks’.

According to the Bank of Russia’s preliminary estimate, claims of the first- and second-priority creditors can be satisfied in full after the sale of the bank’s assets in the course of liquidation procedures.

Deposits are to be repaid by DIA.RF. Depositors may obtain detailed information regarding the repayment procedure 24/7 at DIA.RF’s hotline (8 800 200-08-05) and on its website (https://www.asv.org.ru/).

¹ The Bank of Russia made this decision because of the credit institution’s equity capital adequacy ratios below two per cent, decrease in the equity capital below the minimum value of the authorised capital established as of the date of the state registration of the credit institution.

² According to the financial statements as of 1 August 2025.

³ In accordance with Articles 127 and 189.68 of the Federal Law ‘On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)’.

⁴ In accordance with Article 23.1 of the Federal Law ‘On Banks and Banking Activities’.

⁵ Depositor is a citizen of the Russian Federation, foreign citizen or person without citizenship, including those engaged in entrepreneurial activity, lawyers, notaries and other individuals who opened bank accounts (deposits) to carry out professional activities, or a legal entity specified in Article 5.1 of the Federal Law ‘On the Insurance of Deposits with Russian Banks’ which concluded a deposit/account agreement with a bank, or any of the above mentioned persons on behalf of whom the deposit was made and/or who is the holder of a savings certificate, or an owner of a special account (special deposit) intended to form and use the fund of capital repairs of common property in an apartment house opened in accordance with the requirements of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation.

Financial rehabilitation measures for INVESTTORGBANK (29.08.2025)

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:05:00 +0300

The Bank of Russia approved amendments to the Plan for State Corporation Deposit Insurance Agency’s (hereinafter, the Agency) participation in preventing bankruptcy of INVESTTORGBANK (hereinafter, the Bank).

In accordance with the above amendments, the Agency will be independently taking measures to prevent bankruptcy of the Bank. TRANSKAPITALBANK (hereinafter, TKB) will stop participating in the financial rehabilitation of the Bank as an investor after TKB’s management makes relevant decisions.

The Bank will continue to fulfil all its obligations to clients.

Sport again (29.08.2025)

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:28:15 +0300

On 1 September 2025, the Bank of Russia issues 25-ruble cupronickel commemorative coins of the Russian Sports series:

— ‘Dynamo’,

— ‘CSKA’,

— ‘Lokomotiv’,

— ‘Spartak’, and

— ‘Labor Reserves’.

The 25-ruble cupronickel coins have a round shape and are 27.0 mm in diameter.

The obverse and the reverse of the coins have a relief rim around the circumference.

The edge of the coins is corrugated.

The obverse of the coins features a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, the semicircular inscription above it along the rim ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed with paired diamonds on both sides, the mint trademark on the right, and the inscription ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the coin denomination ‘25 РУБЛЕЙ’ (25 RUBLES), and the year of issue ‘2025 г.’ (2025) in three lines in the centre of the coins under the coat of arms.

The reverse of:

— the ‘Dynamo’ coin (Catalogue No. 5015-0073) features a coloured image of the symbols of All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Society Dynamo and the relief inscription ‘ДИНАМО’ (DYNAMO) at the top around the circumference;

— the ‘CSKA’ coin (Catalogue No. 5015-0074) features a coloured image of the symbols of Central Sports Club of the Army;

— the ‘Lokomotiv’ coin (Catalogue No. 5015-0075) features a coloured image of the symbols of Russian Physical Culture and Sports Society Lokomotiv and the relief inscription ‘ЛОКОМОТИВ’ (LOKOMOTIV) at the top around the circumference;

— the ‘Spartak’ coin (Catalogue No. 5015-0076) features a coloured image of the symbols of Russian Physical Culture and Sports Society Spartak and the relief inscription ‘СПАРТАК’ (SPARTAK) at the top around the circumference; and

— the ‘Labor Reserves’ coin (Catalogue No. 5015-0077) features a coloured image of the symbols of All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Society Labor Reserves.

The mintage of the coins is 50,000 pcs each.

The new coins are legal tender of the Russian Federation and are mandatory for acceptance for all kinds of payments without any restrictions at their face value.

Results of monitoring of credit institutions’ maximum interest rates (25.08.2025)

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:43:00 +0300

The first 10 days of August – 15.96%;

The second 10 days of August – 15.85%.

Data on changes in monitoring results are available on the Bank of Russia website.

Data on average maximum interest rates on deposits by maturity are given for reference.³

¹ The maximum interest rate at a credit institution is measured as follows:

– Compound interest rates on deposits are out of scope.

– Interest rates that are effective provided that certain conditions are fulfilled (regular bank card turnover, a permanent minimum balance on a bank card, etc.) are not taken into account.

– Deposits with maturities divided into periods with varying interest rates are out of scope.

The average maximum interest rate is calculated as an arithmetic mean of the maximum interest rates of the top 10 credit institutions.

³ Average maximum interest rates on deposits: for up to 90 days — 15.34%; for 91 to 180 days — 15.36%; for 181 days to one year — 14.42%; and for over one year — 12.99%.

The 10th Eastern Economic Forum: new coin (22.08.2025)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:21:00 +0300

On 25 August 2025, the Bank of Russia issues a 3-ruble silver commemorative coin ‘The 10^th Eastern Economic Forum’ (Catalogue No. 5111-0527).

The 3-ruble silver coin (fine metal content 31.1 g, fineness 925/1,000) has a round shape and is 39.0 mm in diameter.

The obverse and the reverse of the coin have a relief rim around the circumference.

The reverse of the coin features relief images of a cable-stayed bridge, a bird, and an emblem with the inscription ‘Восточный экономический форум’ (Eastern Economic Forum) and the Roman numeral ‘X’ against the background of images of the sky and waves, laser treated for matte finishing.

The edge of the coin is corrugated.

The coin is minted in proof quality.

The mintage of the coin is 3.0 thousand pcs.

The new coin is legal tender of the Russian Federation and is mandatory for acceptance for all kinds of payments without any restrictions at its face value.

50th Anniversary of Kogalym (18.08.2025)

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0300

On 19 August 2025, the Bank of Russia issues commemorative coins ‘The 50th Anniversary of the Foundation of Kogalym’ of the Cities series. This city in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area — Yugra is a well-known oil production and processing centre.

A 3-ruble silver coin (fine metal content 31.1 g, fineness 925/1,000) has a round shape and is 39.0 mm in diameter (Catalogue No. 5111-0526). A 100-ruble gold coin (fine metal content 15.55 g, fineness 999/1,000) has a round shape and is 30.0 mm in diameter (Catalogue No. 5217-0050).

The obverse and the reverse of the coins have a relief rim around the circumference.

The obverse of the coins bears a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and the inscriptions ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION), ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coins ‘3 РУБЛЯ’ (3 RUBLES) or ‘100 РУБЛЕЙ’ (100 RUBLES), the year of issue ‘2025 г.’ (2025), the chemical symbol of the metal according to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Elements, fineness, the Saint Petersburg Mint trademark, and fine metal content.

The reverse of:

— the 3-ruble coin features a relief image of the sculptural composition Glory to Labour dedicated to the discoverers of Kogalym oil fields and the explorers of the North Tyumen against the background of the images of an oil rig and a pumping unit, laser-treated for matte finishing, a relief ornamental strip across the lower part of the coin, and inscriptions ‘КОГАЛЫМ’ (KOGALYM) at the top around the circumference and ‘50 ЛЕТ’ (50 YEARS) in two lines in a round frame on the left at the bottom.

The edge of the coin is corrugated.

The coin is minted in proof quality.

The mintage of the coin is 3.0 thousand pcs; and

— the 100-ruble coin features relief images of the sculptural composition The Drop of Life in the centre, the Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana on the left, city houses on the right, a relief ornamental strip across the lower part of the coin, and inscriptions ‘КОГАЛЫМ’ (KOGALYM) at the top around the circumference and ‘50 ЛЕТ’ (50 YEARS) in two lines in a round frame at the bottom.

The edge of the coin is corrugated.

The coin is minted in proof quality.

The mintage of the coin is 3.0 thousand pcs.

The new coins are legal tender of the Russian Federation and are mandatory for acceptance for all kinds of payments without any restrictions at their face value.

In honour of defenders of fatherland (18.08.2025)

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0300

On 18 August 2025, the Bank of Russia issues a 50-ruble base metal commemorative coin featuring an image of the Saur-Mogila Memorial Complex (Catalogue No. 5716-0002). Saur-Mogila is a kurgan (burial mound) in the Donetsk People’s Republic with a height of 277.9 metres, which was of utmost strategic importance during the Great Patriotic War. Saur-Mogila was liberated from German occupiers in August 1943 after prolonged and bloody fighting.

The coin has a round shape and is 28.0 mm in diameter. The coin is combined, comprising a disc and an outer ring.

The obverse and the reverse of the coin have a relief rim around the circumference.

The edge of the coin is corrugated and has the inscriptions ‘50 РУБЛЕЙ’ (50 RUBLES) recurring twice and divided by asterisks.

The obverse of the coin features the inscriptions on the ring around the circumference ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA) at the top and ‘2025’ at the bottom. There are images of laurel and oak twigs on the left and right of the outer ring, extending onto the disc. The figure ‘50’ and the inscription ‘РУБЛЕЙ’ (RUBLES) below, denoting the face value of the coin, are in the centre of the disc. The figure ‘0’ features a security element inside in the form of the figure ‘50’ and the inscription ‘РУБ’ (RUB) visible at various viewing angles to the coin surface. The Moscow Mint trademark is at the bottom of the disc.

The reverse of the coin features a relief image of a fragment of the Saur-Mogila Memorial Complex and the relief inscriptions divided by points on the ring around the circumference ‘ГОД ЗАЩИТНИКА ОТЕЧЕСТВА’ (YEAR OF THE DEFENDER OF THE FATHERLAND) at the top and ‘САУР-МОГИЛА’ (SAUR-MOGILA) at the bottom.

The mintage of the coin is 1.0 million pcs.

The new coin is legal tender of the Russian Federation and is mandatory for acceptance for all kinds of payments without any restrictions at its face value.

Results of monitoring of credit institutions’ maximum interest rates (15.08.2025)

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0300

The first 10 days of August – 15.96%.

Data on changes in monitoring results are available on the Bank of Russia website.

Data on average maximum interest rates on deposits by maturity are given for reference.³

¹ The maximum interest rate at a credit institution is measured as follows:

– Compound interest rates on deposits are out of scope.

– Interest rates that are effective provided that certain conditions are fulfilled (regular bank card turnover, a permanent minimum balance on a bank card, etc.) are not taken into account.

– Deposits with maturities divided into periods with varying interest rates are out of scope.

The average maximum interest rate is calculated as an arithmetic mean of the maximum interest rates of the top 10 credit institutions.

² Sberbank (1481) — www.sberbank.ru, VTB Bank (PJSC) (1000) — www.vtb.ru, Bank GPB (JSC) (354) — www.gazprombank.ru, AO ALFA-BANK (1326) — alfabank.ru, JSC Rosselkhozbank (3349) — www.rshb.ru, Joint Stock Company Bank DOM.RF (2312) — domrfbank.ru, CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW (1978) — mkb.ru, TBank (2673) — www.tbank.ru, Promsvyazbank PJSC (3251) — psbank.ru, PJSC Sovcombank (963) — sovcombank.ru. The monitoring was conducted by the Department of Banking Regulation and Analytics of the Bank of Russia using the information provided by the said websites. The published value is indicative.

³ Average maximum interest rates on deposits: for up to 90 days — 15.48%; for 91 to 180 days — 15.52%; for 181 days to one year — 14.59%; and for over one year — 13.25%.

Facts of misuse of insider information in transactions with shares of PJSC Ashinskiy metzavod established (14.08.2025)

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0300

Based on the findings of an investigation, the Bank of Russia has established facts of misuse of insider information by Mikhail Vladimirovich Papkin in transactions with ordinary shares of PJSC Ashinskiy metzavod (hereinafter, the Shares, the Company).

On 12 August 2024, the decision of the Company’s board of directors was published on the website of Interfax’s Corporate Information Disclosure Centre. The decision recommended that the general meeting of shareholders pay dividends in the amount of ₽77 per Share out of the net profit earned over the first six months of 2024 and the retained earnings of previous years. This information constituted insider information of the Company.

Since no dividends on the Shares had been paid for over 20 years, this news triggered a sharp increase in the price of the Shares, resulting in a discrete auction of the Shares conducted on 12 August 2024.

On 9 August 2024, being an insider and a member of the Company’s board of directors, M.V. Papkin attended the board of directors’ meeting, which discussed the issues of convening an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders and the amount of dividends. On the day of the meeting, he made a series of transactions to buy the Shares. Following the disclosure of insider information on 12 August 2024 on recommending dividend payments, M.V. Papkin, over the period from 13 to 19 August 2024, conducted a series of transactions to sell the acquired Shares at a price significantly exceeding the purchase price, thereby making a profit.

The investigation has thus established that M.V. Papkin used the Company’s insider information illegally. Therefore, the Bank of Russia qualifies his actions as a violation of the ban established by Clause 1 of Part 1 of Article 6 of Federal Law No. 224-FZ.

M.V. Papkin has been held administratively liable for the misuse of insider information. The Bank of Russia has sent him a binding order to cease and desist from similar violations in the future.

Furthermore, the Bank of Russia has sent binding orders to professional securities market participants and trading organisers to suspend all transactions on M.V. Papkin’s brokerage accounts.

The Bank of Russia emphasises that an issuer’s insiders are not allowed to use insider information in transactions they conduct and urges issuers and other legal entities listed in Part 1 of Article 11 of Federal Law No. 224-FZ to duly perform their obligations to take measures to prevent, detect, and suppress the misuse of insider information, including by protecting it and ensuring its confidentiality.