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The White House is extending a number of exemptions in the field of licensing activities for 2024. Next year, government agencies will be able to continue to simplify some of the procedures on their own.

By the end of 2023, the average cost of a foreign car with mileage increased in Russia by 31 percent, to 2.7 million rubles, follows from the results of the Major Auto study, which Izvestia reviewed.

In the first nine months of 2023, the share of mortgage loans with overdue payments of 90 days fell to 0.6 percent, the Newspaper was told.Ru" in the press service of the Central Bank (CB).

Alcohol in Russian stores will not rise in price until March 2024. The owner of the Kaluga distillery "Kristall" (KLVZ) named the timing of changes in alcohol prices Pavel Pobedkin, his words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

Leasing and sale of housing in installments can become a substitute for mortgages in Russia in order to maintain demand for real estate. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin called alternative mechanisms, RIA Novosti writes.

The Russian Export Center (VEB Group.Russia) provided general support for exports to Vietnam by $ 133 million in 2023, said Ilya Koltygin, head of the REC representative office in Vietnam.

Bookings of Crimean hotels for the New Year holidays increased by an average of 36 percent over the year, according to the PCT.

During the New Year holidays in Russia, there is traditionally an increase in the activity of telephone scammers in order to extort money.

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) launched a Soyuz-2.1v launch vehicle with a military satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry, TASS reports.

Russians will fly abroad more often in 2024, the share of compatriots flying abroad may amount to 23-33 percent of the total passenger traffic.

Russians named their favorite colors. 

Western sanctions imposed after the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine and the refusal of unfriendly states to cooperate cost Roscosmos 180 billion rubles.

Specialized classes will appear in educational institutions of the Belgorod region, where they teach how to control drones.

The Russian Interior Ministry has put on the wanted list a politician Dmitry Gudkov (recognized in Russia as a foreign agent)

The Ministry of Finance has placed an order for Lada Aura cars, they should arrive next year. The head of the ministry, Anton Siluanov, said this in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel.