the russian stock market is declining; it is being dragged down by the papers of surgut neftegaz transneft. after. dividend cut-offs, they increased by 20.10%, respectively. in general, the moscow exchange index has been falling for more than two weeks in a row, now it is near a yearly minimum; the market expects an imminent increase in the key rate of the central bank, which makes investing in shares less attractive. russia and japan reduced trade turnover by a quarter; at the end of the first half of the year it fell to $3,800 million, tas writes with reference to data from the country’s ministry of finance. key article in japanese. the supply of cars here was immediately reduced by 70%. russia, in turn, increased fish exports and decreased supplies of lng, coal, grains and fruits. and chinese brands have supplanted apple from the top five most popular smartphones in russia, rbc reports, citing a marvel distribution study. in the first six months of 2024 , redmi smartphones from xiaomi became the most popular. next comes tecno. this was economic news, briefly. the zaporozhye region prote