Shareholders of the insurance company “Suzirya” (Kyiv) Oleksiy Tugay, who owned 20.009% of the insurer, reduced his stake to 0%, according to information posted by the company in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC).
At the same time, it is noted that Natalia Oksenko, who owned 4.947% of the insurer, increased her stake to 8.495%, and Anna Pysmenna, who previously did not own any shares, now owns 8.849%.
The insurance company provides almost all types of insurance specified by the current legislation of Ukraine.
According to the NSSMC, in the first quarter of 2025, the company’s shareholders were Rostislav Pokrovsky (73.037%) and Oleksiy Tugay (20.009%).
In September, the Chinese economy showed higher-than-expected growth rates in industry and retail trade, indicating a gradual recovery in domestic demand and business activity.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, industrial production grew by 6.5% year-on-year, the highest rate since June. In August, growth was 5.2%, and analysts had expected a slowdown to 5%.
The largest contributors were:
manufacturing — +7.3%,
mining — +6.4%,
oil and gas — +8.9%,
automobile production — +16%,
computers and telecommunications equipment — +11.3%.
Growth was recorded in 36 of 41 sectors of the economy. Overall, industrial production increased by 6.2% in the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same period last year.
Retail sales in September grew by 3% year-on-year. This is slightly less than in August (3.4%), but still better than analysts’ forecasts (2.9%).
The largest increases were in sales of food products (+6.3%), jewelry (+9.7%), and clothing (+4.7%). Car sales rose by 1.6%, while petroleum product sales fell by 7.1%.
Since the beginning of the year, retail turnover has reached 36.6 trillion yuan (about $5.1 trillion), which is 4.5% more than a year earlier.
Investments in fixed assets as a whole declined slightly, by 0.5%, mainly due to a decline in the construction sector (-13.9%). At the same time, investments in infrastructure and manufacturing grew by 1.1% and 4%, respectively.
The unemployment rate in September fell to 5.2% from 5.3% a month earlier.
Experts from the Experts Club analytical center note that the Chinese economy remains stable despite the slowdown in global demand and difficulties in the real estate sector.
Reference: Experts Club.
For several years now, China has ranked first in the world in terms of economic size, calculated in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), ahead of the US and the EU. This confirms its status as the largest industrial and consumer center on the planet.
Reuters reports that Uzbek startup Uzum, the largest player in the fintech and e-commerce sector in Uzbekistan, is considering listing on the London Stock Exchange. This was announced in an interview with the agency by the company’s co-founder Nikolai Seleznyov.
According to him, London has been added to the list of potential venues for an IPO, alongside the Nasdaq (New York), Abu Dhabi, and Hong Kong exchanges, where interest in Uzum has grown following investments by Chinese company Tencent.
Founded in 2022, Uzum quickly became Uzbekistan’s most valuable startup, valued at $1.5 billion. In August, the company raised $70 million in equity capital from Tencent and the American fund VR Capital, becoming the first “unicorn” (startup unicorn) in the country’s history. Currently, about 17 million Uzbeks use Uzum’s services every month.
Seleznyov noted that the initial public offering (IPO) is planned for 2027, but it is too early to discuss a specific target valuation.
“If we were to go public on the London Stock Exchange, we would definitely consider the FTSE 100,” he said.
During the latest round of funding, Uzum also attracted the attention of investors from the UK and the Middle East. According to Seleznyov, many of them are interested not only in the company itself, but also in the economic potential of Uzbekistan, which in recent years has been actively pursuing reforms under the leadership of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, opening the country to international investment.
Seleznyov explained that Uzum is considering a foreign IPO due to liquidity and investor base structure issues that affect the company’s valuation. At the same time, he stressed that strengthening its position in the domestic market remains a priority:
“We are not seeking overly rapid geographical expansion. First, we want to truly conquer and dominate Uzbekistan to prove that we are capable of building a system that is competitive on a global level,” he said.
Thus, as Reuters notes, Uzum is not just a fast-growing fintech startup, but a symbol of a new wave of technological development in Uzbekistan, demonstrating the growing confidence of international investors in the country’s economic reforms.
US President Donald Trump will visit Japan from October 27 to 29 and hold talks with new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Japanese Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said on Wednesday.
“President Trump’s visit will provide an extremely important opportunity to further strengthen the US-Japan alliance,” Kihara said, according to Kyodo.
He expressed hope that Trump’s trip would establish a personal relationship of trust between him and Prime Minister Takaichi and ensure the joint implementation of the concept of a “free and open Indo-Pacific region.”
According to Kyodo sources, Takaichi plans to discuss with Trump a joint response by Japan and the US to the growth of China’s military presence in the East China Sea and South China Sea, as well as North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs. Other topics will include US-Japan trade, the investment agreement signed last July, and Japan’s defense spending.
Trump is expected to meet with Emperor Naruhito of Japan on Monday, with Takaichi on Tuesday, and to visit the US naval base in Yokosuka.
Trump last visited Japan in 2019. This time, before traveling to Tokyo, Trump is expected to attend the ASEAN summit in Malaysia and then head to the APEC summit in South Korea, where he may meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
In turn, Japan’s new Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said he would coordinate with Washington on the implementation of the US-Japan trade agreement, under which goods from Japan are subject to a 15% tariff.
The Japanese parliament elected Takaichi, the head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as the country’s prime minister the day before.
According to Kyodo, 64-year-old Takaichi is known for her “hardline views on security.” The former interior minister advocates, in particular, revising Article 9 of the 1947 Japanese constitution, which renounces militarism.
Takai is considered a supporter of far-right and nationalist views and is a member of Japan’s largest conservative and nationalist non-governmental organization and lobbying group, Nippon Kaigi. She is vice-chair of the parliamentary conference on the restoration of Shinto shrines and the promotion of moral education. She has repeatedly visited the Yasukuni Shinto shrine, a symbol of Japanese militarism: visits by high-ranking Japanese officials to the Yasukuni shrine traditionally provoke a sharp reaction in Beijing, Seoul, and Pyongyang and are seen as an insult to countries that suffered from Japanese occupation. She has also been critical of China’s economic policies and has advocated for reducing economic dependence on China.
Since April this year, Uzbekistan has been welcoming over 1 million foreign tourists every month. These figures are unprecedented in the country’s history, according to the press service of the Tourism Committee under the Ministry of Ecology, Environment and Climate Change.
In the first nine months of the year, Uzbekistan was visited by 8.6 million foreign tourists, which is 12.5% more than in the same period last year. In 2024, the country was visited by 10.06 million tourists, in 2023 — 6.62 million, and in 2022 — 5.23 million.
The growth in tourist traffic compared to 2022, when the world began to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, was as follows:
Exports of tourism services also reached a record level this year, exceeding $3.6 billion (compared to $3.4 billion for the whole of 2024).
The Tourism Committee noted that the development of the industry was facilitated by reforms in recent years, in particular the simplification of the visa regime, incentives for entrepreneurs, and the active promotion of Uzbekistan abroad.
On Thursday, October 23, there will be no precipitation in Ukraine, with only light rain in most northern regions at night, according to the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center. The wind will be southeasterly, 7-12 m/s, with gusts of 15-20 m/s in some parts of the Carpathians during the day.
The temperature at night will be 3-8°C, and during the day 11-16°C. In the eastern regions, the temperature at night will be 1-6°C, with frost on the ground and in some places in the air 0-3°C, and during the day 8-13°C. In Kyiv on Thursday, no precipitation, southeasterly wind, 7-12 m/s. Nighttime temperature 5-7°C, daytime temperature 14-16°C.
According to the Boris Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, the highest daytime temperature on October 23 in Kyiv was recorded in 1935 and 1989 and was 21.1°C, the lowest nighttime temperature was 5.4°C below zero in 1999.
On Friday, October 24, moderate rains are expected on the right bank, and heavy rains are expected in Transcarpathia and Prykarpattia during the day. In the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions, thunderstorms are expected in some places during the day.
The wind will be southeasterly, 7-12 m/s, with gusts of 15-20 m/s in most regions.
The temperature at night will be 6-11°, in the eastern and Sumy regions 1-6° above zero. During the day, it will be 11-16°, in the southern part up to 19°.
In Kyiv, there will be no precipitation on Friday, only light rain in the evening. The wind will be southeasterly, 7-12 m/s, with gusts of 15-20 m/s. The temperature at night will be 9-11°, during the day 13-15°.
On Saturday, October 25, throughout Ukraine, except for the western regions, there will be moderate, in some places heavy rain, and in the south, thunderstorms in some places. In the Carpathians, there will be rain with wet snow.
The wind will be southeasterly, shifting to southwesterly on the right bank, 7-12 m/s, with gusts of 15-20 m/s at night in Ukraine and during the day in the western and Zhytomyr regions.
Temperature 8-13°, in the western, Vinnytsia, and Zhytomyr regions 2-7° above zero. During the day 11-16°, in the south up to 19°.
In Kyiv on Saturday, moderate rain, southeasterly wind shifting to southwesterly, 7-12 m/s. Temperature at night and during the day 10-12°.
