According to TASS: Belarusian President Lukashenko proposed that Ukraine and Russia start peace talks without conditions.

Market news: Freeport Indonesia says copper concentrate storage is full.

Market news: Keep Inc will price its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) at HK$28.92 per share.

Meta Platforms (META.O) rose 0.9% in premarket trading as Threads, a Twitter-like platform, attracted millions of users in a matter of hours.

Belarusian President Lukashenko: If Ukraine tries to make some serious moves before the NATO summit to sacrifice its best reserves, then Ukraine will bury its military capabilities.

According to Nikkei: Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has decided not to sell its Japanese business.

Belarusian President Lukashenko: Ukraine will take some serious action on the front line before NATO summit.

London Metal Exchange (LME): Copper inventories decreased by 2,025 tons, aluminum inventories decreased by 1,825 tons, nickel inventories decreased by 96 tons, lead inventories increased by 550 tons, tin inventories increased by 160 tons, and zinc inventories decreased by 1,700 tons.

Belarusian President Lukashenko: The Wagner Group may be used for defense.

Market news: The Caspian Sea oil pipeline is up again, adding a pumping station to receive unlimited oil from Kazakhstan producers.

The Israeli military said it was aware of an explosion in the village of Ghajar, near the Lebanese border.

Belarusian President Lukashenko: The Wagner fighters are in their permanent camp.

The Israeli military said it had not detected any unusual incidents on its side of the border with Lebanon.

Belarusian President Lukashenko: Prigozhin is in Petersburg, Russia.

Belarusian President Lukashenko: Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian Wagner mercenary group, is not in Belarus.

Nabiullina, Governor of the Central Bank of Russia: In making monetary and credit policy decisions, of course the dynamics of the exchange rate and the risks associated with it will be considered. There is an inflation risk associated with current exchange rate dynamics, which we will take into account when determining our base rate.

Nabiullina, Governor of the Central Bank of Russia: Although the floating exchange rate may become volatile under shocks, the important thing is that it will not deviate from the basic foundation.

Nabiullina, Governor of the Bank of Russia, emphasized the flexibility of monetary policy during periods of calm and structural economic transformation, enabling the economy to better absorb various negative crisis external events and providing a nominal anchor for the economy to expand planning scope.

Nabiullina, Governor of the Russian Central Bank: Inflation targeting and floating exchange rate regimes have shown their effectiveness in various environments.

Nabiullina, Governor of the Central Bank of Russia: Monetary policy is currently in progress and is not over yet.