The Ministry of Finance may take Rb 416bn from Gazprom, and banks asked to return their money stuck in NSD in another currency due to sanctions – these and other important news for Wednesday morning, June 22, in our daily review.

The Association of Banks of Russia (ABR) has proposed to the Central Bank options for returning to market participants their money that was frozen in the accounts of the National Settlement Depository (NSD) after it came under EU sanctions. This was reported by RBC.

Canada together with Germany are trying to restore gas supplies through the Nord Stream pipeline. To do this, they need to find a way to return to Russia the turbines that Germany’s Siemens Energy produced in Canada without violating sanctions, Canadian Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said in an interview with Bloomberg.

The Finance Ministry has planned a one-time severance tax increase for Gazprom (MCX:GAZP) in 2022 to take out 416 billion rubles. Amendments to the Tax Code were approved by the government’s commission for legislative activity, Kommersant writes.

IKEA has started to warn the management of shopping centers where its stores and studios are located about its intention to terminate lease agreements, Vedomosti reports citing sources in the commercial real estate market.

A new instrument may appear on the financial market. SPCEB may start trading in “digital certificates” for gold bars stored in banks next year. The instrument has the features of a digital financial asset, but it does not fully fit its definition, lawyers said in comments to Kommersant.