1. The regulator cancelled the macroprudential risk-weight add-ons for the following loans issued on and after 1 March 2022:

Unsecured consumer loans in rubles (except those with the EIR above 35% and facilities with the EIR ranging from 20% to 35% and DSTI above 80%);

Mortgage loans in rubles (except those with LTV above 90%);

Loans granted to individuals in rubles for financing under equity construction agreements.

2. The Bank of Russia cut the macroprudential risk-weight add-ons for unsecured consumer loans in rubles issued on and after 1 March 2022 with DSTI above 80% and the EIR ranging from 20% to 35%.

3. The regulator postponed the introduction of macroprudential limits for unsecured consumer loans until 1 January 2023.

4. The Bank of Russia recommends credit institutions, microfinance organisations, consumer credit cooperatives, agricultural consumer credit cooperatives, and housing savings cooperatives to suspend until 31 December 2022 the procedures for forced eviction of debtors (former owners and their cohabitants) from residential properties which creditors have previously foreclosed on.

Financial markets megaregulator