Yandex Market changes FBY intake rules from November 1

Presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on 1 November in remarks to Vesti correspondent Pavel Zarubin that Vladimir Putin would hardly refuse to take Vladimir Zelensky’s call: “I think he would answer, of course. Putin has never refused to talk.” Ushakov said the leadership in Kyiv signals readiness for contact through various channels and recalled that, if so, it can always come to Moscow. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was cited as saying that the Abu Dhabi meeting in the first half of November will discuss security guarantees for Russia and Ukraine, with no specific date yet set.

The Russian embassy in Montenegro said on 1 November on its website that Russia will introduce a visa regime for Montenegrin citizens from 30 December 2026, in response to Montenegro introducing visas for Russian citizens. The embassy said that, under the withdrawal procedure fixed in the bilateral travel agreement and counting from Montenegro’s formal notification, the exemption period expires on 30 December 2026; from that date Montenegrin citizens will need visas to enter Russia. Podgorica had earlier notified Moscow that the bilateral travel agreement would cease to apply from 1 November.

Federation Council speaker Valentina Matviyenko arrived in China on 1 November at the head of a delegation for an official visit running 2–3 November. The delegation includes deputy speaker Konstantin Kosachev, foreign affairs committee chair Andrey Denisov, and science, education and culture committee chair Lilia Gumerova, among others. According to the chamber’s channel, meetings in Beijing on 2 November are scheduled with NPC Standing Committee chairman Zhao Leji and CPPCC National Committee chairman Wang Huning; on 3 November in Xi’an she will meet the leadership of Shaanxi province and visit a pedagogical university, an event tied to the 2026–2027 cross Years of Russian-Chinese cooperation in education.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said no one in the world had asked EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas for advice regarding Vladimir Putin’s possible participation in the G20 summit. Kallas had earlier opposed inviting the Russian president to the Miami G20 summit, saying his presence could “restore Russia at international forums.” Zakharova said Kallas has long been a scarecrow in the “European garden,” but that the garden “has long run wild and yields no harvest.” “No one asked her advice on the G20; no one is interested in her opinion,” she concluded. Washington had earlier sent Putin an invitation; the Kremlin welcomed the move but has not yet decided on attendance.

Deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev responded on 1 November to a proposal voiced in Poland to send Prime Minister Donald Tusk to Moscow, joking about whether Tusk would be received there with the phrase “we don’t abandon our own.” A day earlier he had called the events in Poland a constitutional coup; this is his latest statement on the subject.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia regrets that the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara expired on 31 October, but that Moscow remains committed to a political settlement. “We express regret at the elimination of the basis for the UN presence in Western Sahara,” she said, adding that Russia expects political settlement efforts to continue. She also criticised Washington’s recent steps, saying the US has pushed to curtail the mission’s powers and even to drop the referendum despite stated readiness from Morocco and Algeria.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported on 1 November that North Korea conducted a test of a ballistic missile fitted with a cluster warhead. The report gives no launch location, range figures, or details of any official North Korean statement.

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman held a virtual meeting on 1 November and decided to keep December output quotas at the level of previous months. Per OPEC’s website, Russia’s quota is 9.949 million barrels per day, Saudi Arabia’s 10.478 million, Iraq’s 4.431 million, Kuwait’s 2.676 million, Kazakhstan’s 1.628 million, Algeria’s 1.007 million and Oman’s 841,000. The participants reaffirmed their commitment to the Declaration of Cooperation and will continue monthly meetings, the next scheduled for 29 November.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on 1 November in an interview with Vesti that Europe banned purchases of Russian oil and oil products, “but we see that under different brands Russian diesel does sometimes appear there.” On gas, he said European underground storage inventories are at historically low levels. Citing GIE data, the report says EU storage was 74.68% full at the end of October, the lowest for that date since records began in 2011; on Friday exchange prices rose above $1,200 per thousand cubic metres for the first time since 20 December 2022. The EU’s ban on long-term LNG supplies takes effect in January 2027, and pipeline gas from November.

The Krasnodar Krai administration press service said on 1 November that evacuated residents of Alyoshki have been placed in a temporary accommodation centre set up at a recreational complex, with double, triple and quadruple rooms including family rooms. Volunteers helped with documents, luggage and check-in. The site has a canteen, a shop, a children’s playroom and sports grounds, and is guarded, with its own boiler house and backup power. The humanitarian mission in Alyoshki began on 30 October; the silence regime runs until 22:59 on 1 November. Human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said the operation passed without incident.

The Domodedovo central hospital press service said on 1 November that a 38-year-old man was admitted with a confirmed mpox diagnosis, showing typical symptoms of fever, skin rash and swollen lymph nodes. His condition is rated satisfactory and he is receiving symptomatic treatment; the diagnosis was laboratory-confirmed. The hospital says this is its third case in a month and eighth in two years. Rospotrebnadzor specialists have launched an epidemiological investigation. Chief physician Andrey Osipov said there is no threat to other patients or staff.

The Russian Interior Ministry’s cybercrime unit said on 1 November that fraudsters disguise a hacked account as a “clinic” profile and send out messages asking recipients to follow a link supposedly to register or deregister with a clinic. The user lands on a fake site that asks for an SMS code, which they are then asked to send back in the “clinic” chat — potentially giving attackers access to their messenger account or the Gosuslugi portal. The ministry reminded citizens that state bodies do not contact people via social networks to confirm or update data, and that such matters require an in-person visit.

The Western Interregional Transport Investigative Directorate of the Russian Investigative Committee said on 1 November that around 13:00 a home-built aircraft crashed in the village of Kayurovo, Tver Region, killing the man piloting it. Investigators and forensic specialists went to the scene; the cause is being established.

Belgorod Region governor Alexander Shuvayev said on 1 November on his Telegram channel that over the past day Ukrainian forces attacked the region 85 times, including six artillery strikes and three cases of explosive devices dropped from drones. He said air defence crews shot down or suppressed 108 drones, but three people were wounded in the attacks, one of them in serious condition.

Nizhny Novgorod Region governor Gleb Nikitin said on 1 November on his Telegram channel that a massive drone attack took place overnight and in the morning, with more than a hundred drones destroyed. An industrial facility was damaged in the Kstovo district. “According to preliminary data, there are no casualties,” he said, adding that rescue services are working at the sites.

Russian Post has put up for auction the Central Post Office complex in central Moscow, on Myasnitskaya Street next to Lubyanka metro station, with the notice posted on the GIS Torgi portal. The auction is set for 9 December with a starting price above 7.7 billion roubles and a deposit of 1.54 billion roubles (20% of the start price); applications opened on 30 October and run to 3 December. The lot covers 46 premises totalling 20,100 sq m inside the main building (20,200 sq m per the state register) plus 19 buildings totalling 5,900 sq m on Myasnitskaya Street and Chistoprudny Boulevard. The complex is a regional cultural heritage site, which restricts its use and any reconstruction.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported on 1 November that Russia and Thailand agreed to develop joint production. The report does not specify the industries, number of projects or investment volumes.

The band Lyube announced on 1 November in its Telegram channel that backing vocalist Alexey Tarasov had died, expressing condolences to his family, friends and everyone who knew and loved him. Tarasov was born on 2 December 1961 in Moscow and graduated from the choral conducting department of the Ippolitov-Ivanov Academy. He joined Lyube in 1989 and, besides singing, periodically handled percussion.

Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy, Bishop Kirill (Zinkovsky) of Sergiev Posad and Dmitrov, said it is very important to familiarise schoolchildren with figures who influenced the country’s fate, including saints, who served as moral reference points for past generations. He noted that the education ministry is developing a “Spiritual and moral culture of Russia” course with many teaching videos already produced. “We support the idea of telling the country’s best people of different nationalities and faiths, and certainly about the saints,” he is quoted as saying. He argued that young people need examples of people steadfastly faithful to their duty in both the Christian and civic sense.

The Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Space Research Institute and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics reported that the planetary geomagnetic storm has intensified from G1 to G2. According to the specialists, the G2-level storm began less than an hour earlier; scientists described the development as unexpected. The laboratory suggested the magnetosphere may have weakened after more than a day of interaction with plasma from a solar coronal hole. Amid the storm, auroras of the highest intensity have been observed in Russia, rated 10 out of 10 by researchers. On 29 October a large prominence eruption of about 500,000 km was recorded on the Sun.

RIA Novosti, citing the service's help information: from November 1 the FBY model (goods stored in the marketplace warehouse) drops the fee for intake of surplus and replaces it with a penalty for discrepancies between the declared application and the actual delivery. The new intake and removal terms apply only to applications created on or after November 1; earlier applications follow the old rules. The article gives no formula or amount for the penalty.

Lenta.ru, citing RIA Novosti calculations based on Rosstat data: in the week of October 20–26 pump petrol prices fell in 58 Russian regions, most sharply in Kamchatka — the largest number of regions since summer. Igor Yushkov, an expert with the Financial University under the Government of Russia and the National Energy Security Fund, told RIA Novosti the decline reflects domestic market saturation and the gradual return of previously damaged refineries, and said the trend will continue; lower wholesale prices let independent filling stations move retail prices closer to those of vertically integrated oil companies.

RBC reports that from November 1 Kazakhstan starts issuing the QazETA electronic entry authorization at Aktau international airport and four road border crossings (Urlyutobe, Auhatty, Atameken, Nurly Zhol); from January 1, 2027 it extends to Astana and Almaty airports and from March 1, 2027 to all remaining checkpoints. Until July 1, 2027 there is a transition period during which the absence of the authorization is not grounds for refusal, after which it becomes mandatory. It is issued free via the qazeta.kz platform, must be applied for at least 72 hours before travel, and is valid for 180 calendar days; 29 categories are exempt with supporting documents, including holders of valid Kazakh visas, children under 16 and people over 65.

RIA Novosti calculations based on Turkish statistics office data: in September Russian purchases of confectionery (chocolate, flour-based and sugar-based products) from Turkey reached $11.1m, up 13% on the month and down 13% year on year, the highest since April. Flour-based products accounted for $5.3m (+38% m/m, -13% y/y, mainly wafers, sweet biscuits and other baked goods); chocolate and chocolate products $3.8m (-12% m/m, -34% y/y, mainly chocolate in packs up to 2 kg and cocoa powder); sugar confectionery $1.9m (+19% m/m, +18% y/y, mainly marshmallow, marzipan and chewing gum).

RIA Novosti reports Vitaly Mankevich, chairman of the Russian-Asian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, saying settlements in national currencies (ruble-yuan) have already become the norm, protecting trade from external pressure and ensuring the stability of business ties. He said a record trade turnover is expected this year and that the $300bn threshold will evidently be reached ahead of schedule, with the emphasis shifting from trade to joint investment and production. He also recalled that 20 agreements in the economy, energy and transport were signed during the May high-level visit. The article gives no specific date for reaching the $300bn mark.

RIA Novosti reports that Binance said on X that withdrawals are possible again for a limited range of networks and assets, with restoration work ongoing; the exchange had earlier said it planned to begin restoring withdrawals within one and a half days. The report also recalls founder Changpeng Zhao saying user funds are safe, a preliminary estimate of about $6.3bn in affected assets, and that losses will be covered from the exchange's own funds and the SAFU user protection reserve. No list of restored networks and assets is given.

Kommersant, citing a publication on the FBI website: the bureau accused the North Korean hacking group TraderTraitor of stealing more than $6bn from the Binance crypto exchange. According to the statement, the FBI, the Secret Service and IRS Criminal Investigation concluded that group members are converting the stolen assets mainly into Ethereum and are expected to launder them further through DeFi services and instant swap platforms; the bureau published the addresses of more than 600 crypto wallets and called on node operators and swap services to block related transactions. The piece also notes that by the evening of November 1 the exchange had reimbursed clients for 90% of the stolen funds. RBC independently reported the same accusation the same day.

Two queries to the Bank of Russia official rate interface (date_req=01/11/2026 and date_req=02/11/2026) both return the same set with @Date=31.10.2026: USD 80.5573, EUR 89.6603, CNY 12.0873 rubles. That means no new official rate set was published on the coverage day (a Sunday) and the October 31 set remains in force on the coverage day and the publication day. The interface returns no publication time, so the item is logged as MSK --:--.

RIA Novosti calculations based on exchange data show the ruble strengthened 4.65% against the dollar in October, second among world currencies. The Colombian peso led with 5%, followed by the Norwegian krone at 4.05%; the Swedish krona (+1.73%) and the Canadian dollar (+1.59%) rounded out the top five. The Mexican peso fell most (-4.39%), with the Brazilian real (-3.38%) and the Kazakh tenge (-3.25%) also among the worst performers. Lenta.ru published the same figures the same day, attributing them to RIA Novosti.

In RBC's analysis accompanying its RBC 500 ranking: foreign companies in the ranking posted combined revenue of RUB 4.76tn in Russia for 2025. The lead notes that Chinese carmakers are losing turnover, food producers are growing, and nearly half of the profit came from four banks. The full text is behind a paywall and only the lead was readable; the summary therefore contains only the figures and judgements given in the lead, with no specific ranking positions.