Category: Russian Federation

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Key Indicators of China’s Economic Development in the First Half of 2025

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    Russians. Ori.org.KN | 25. 07. 2025

    Key words: China’s economy

    Source: russian.china.org.cn

    Key Indicators of China’s Economic Development in the First Half of 2025 On July 15, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China released data showing that China’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the first half of 2025 was 66.0536 trillion yuan.

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: China Makes Important Contribution to Green Development – Chinese Foreign Ministry

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) — China is willing to work with all parties to comprehensively implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), adhere to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, and promote the building of a fair and reasonable global climate governance system for win-win cooperation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Thursday.

    Guo Jiakun made the remarks at a regular briefing, commenting on the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of states with respect to climate change. On July 23, the International Court affirmed that the UNFCCC system is the primary legal instrument guiding international efforts to address the global problem of climate change, and clearly outlined the rights and obligations of countries under international environmental law. Several states said this marked a critical moment in advancing global climate justice.

    “The Chinese side noted that the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice stated that the UNFCCC system is the main legal instrument regulating international efforts to address the global problem of climate change, and also confirmed that the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, the principle of sustainable development and the principle of equity serve as guiding principles for the interpretation and application of relevant international law,” the official representative said.

    Guo Jiakun noted that the conclusion emphasizes the leading role of developed countries in combating climate change and the commitment of states to strengthen international cooperation. According to the Chinese diplomat, the conclusion reflects the long-standing position and approach of developing countries, including China, which has positive implications for maintaining and promoting international climate cooperation.

    China actively participated in the preparation of this advisory opinion, Guo Jiakun emphasized. The diplomat pointed out that, as the largest developing country, China is a staunch supporter and important participant in green development, and is actively and confidently working to realize its goals of achieving peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality.

    “We will achieve the world’s largest reduction in carbon intensity and move from peak emissions to carbon neutrality in the shortest time in world history,” Guo Jiakun said.

    At the same time, China’s high-quality and low-cost clean energy technologies and products greatly reduce the costs of the global green and low-carbon transition, the official noted, adding that China also provides maximum assistance to other developing countries through South-South cooperation channels.

    No matter how the world changes, China will not slow down its actions to combat climate change, will not reduce its support for international cooperation, and will not stop its efforts to build a community with a shared future for mankind, Guo Jiakun said. –0–

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Summer Scenery of Inner Mongolia National Wetland Park

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    Russians. Ori.org.KN | 25. 07. 2025

    Key words: Inner Mongolia

    Source: russian.china.org.cn

    Summer Scenery of Inner Mongolia National Wetland Park This photo shows the picturesque summer scenery of Mianduhe National Wetland Park in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Xinhua signs cooperation agreements with several media organizations at SCO Media and Think Tank Summit

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    ZHENGZHOU, July 24 (Xinhua) — China’s Xinhua News Agency signed cooperation agreements with a number of foreign media organizations on Thursday at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media and Think Tank Summit in Zhengzhou, central China’s Henan Province.

    These agreements are aimed at promoting cooperation in such areas as the exchange of news and information, exchanges and mutual visits of employees, and integrated development of mass media.

    Xinhua Director General Fu Hua, together with Deputy Director General of the Turkish news agency Demiroren Media Abdullah Kose, Director General of the Union of News Agencies of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Mohammed Al Yami and Director General of the Belarusian Telegraph Agency (BELTA) Irina Akulovich took part in the ceremony of signing and exchanging copies of cooperation documents.

    During the event, foreign media leaders expressed their willingness to work with Xinhua and other colleagues to give full play to the unique role of news broadcasting and think tank research in strengthening dialogue among civilizations and deepening mutual understanding and trust, so as to contribute to bringing people together and advancing world peace and development.

    A. Kese stated that the signing of the cooperation agreement between the two agencies marks the rise of Turkish-Chinese media cooperation to a new height, opening a new multi-channel window for audiences in Turkey and neighboring countries and regions to better understand China.

    M. Al Yami noted the broad prospects for strengthening cooperation with Chinese media organizations and expressed hope for strengthening cooperation with Xinhua in such areas as exchanging news and information in order to strengthen mutual understanding and friendship, and contribute to each other’s development and prosperity.

    I. Akulovich expressed her readiness to further strengthen cooperation with Xinhua, deepen exchanges and jointly contribute to strengthening the voice of the Global South in the international community.

    The SCO Media and Think Tank Summit, jointly organized by Xinhua, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Henan Provincial People’s Government under the leadership of the State Council Information Office, is being held in Zhengzhou from July 23 to 27. –0–

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: In Belarus, the average salary in June amounted to 2717.8 Belarusian rubles — Belstat

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    MINSK, July 24 (Xinhua) — The nominal accrued average wage in Belarus in June 2025 amounted to 2,717.8 Belarusian rubles (1 Belarusian ruble is equal to 0.34 U.S. dollars), the Belarusian National Statistical Committee (Belstat) reported on Thursday.

    The highest average salary was recorded in Minsk — 3,598.2 Belarusian rubles. In the Minsk region, the average salary was 2,767 Belarusian rubles, in the Gomel region — 2,421.2 Belarusian rubles, in the Grodno region — 2,420.6 Belarusian rubles, in the Brest region — 2,390.6 Belarusian rubles, in the Mogilev region — 2,301.6 Belarusian rubles, in the Vitebsk region — 2,289.1 Belarusian rubles.

    By type of economic activity, the highest salaries in Belarus were received by workers in the information and communications sector /5773 Belarusian rubles/, financial and insurance activities /3922.9 Belarusian rubles/ and construction /3405.1 Belarusian rubles/. –0–

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: China, EU should expand trade, investment ties to cope with external uncertainty: Chinese Premier

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday called on China and the European Union to expand trade and investment ties to enhance the resilience and vitality of both sides’ economies and better cope with external uncertainties.

    Li Qiang made the announcement at a China-EU entrepreneurs’ symposium at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, which was also attended by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

    Speaking to about 60 business leaders, Li Qiang stressed that cooperation is the only right choice for China and the EU, noting that the bilateral trade and economic cooperation has shown strong internal vigor in the half-century since the establishment of diplomatic relations.

    Facing rising protectionism and unilateralism, China and Europe can become a bulwark of stability for economic globalization and international supply chains by advocating free trade and multilateralism and engaging in closer economic and trade cooperation, the premier said.

    Li Qiang proposed that both sides focus on areas such as trade in services, scientific and technological innovation, green economy and cooperation with third parties, building a relationship of healthy competition and cooperation.

    He called on enterprises from both sides to adhere to an open attitude, closely align their needs and deepen cooperation in areas such as industrial investment, market expansion and joint research and development.

    The Chinese leader assured that China will continue to expand high-level opening-up, shorten the negative list for foreign investment, strengthen intellectual property protection and ensure fair competition.

    “We invite more European enterprises to invest in China and develop in an all-round way in China,” Li Qiang said, calling on the EU in turn to provide a fair, just and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises investing in Europe.

    W. von der Leyen, for her part, noted that China is not only a major industrial power, but also achieves outstanding results in the field of innovation.

    According to her, the European Union hopes to take advantage of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations to deepen a long-term, stable and mutually beneficial partnership with China.

    She pointed out that the EU intends to strengthen cooperation with China in areas such as trade and investment, jointly promote the stability of industrial and supply chains, properly resolve differences and create a favorable environment for cooperation and business.

    The EU has no intention of cutting ties with China and welcomes investment and activities by Chinese companies in Europe, the head of the European Commission added. –0–

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Yuri Trutnev expressed condolences in connection with the plane crash in the Amur region

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev expressed his condolences to the families of those killed in the An-24 passenger plane crash in the Amur Region.

    The crash of a passenger plane in the Amur Region is a great tragedy. My deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims. Courage and strength to all whose relatives were on board. A thorough investigation into the causes of the incident will be conducted. The families of the victims will receive the necessary assistance.

    Y. Trutnev

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Dmitry Chernyshenko: On the instructions of the President, the largest comprehensive infrastructure development program for the education sector in the last 60 years is being implemented

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    A meeting of the headquarters dedicated to the development of educational infrastructure, including the creation of modern campuses, the construction of the Artek International Children’s Center facilities, and the opening of advanced schools in the regions, was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko. The interim results of the projects’ implementation were summed up and further steps for their effective completion were outlined.

    The meeting of the headquarters was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Construction, Rospotrebnadzor, as well as other interested departments and regions of Russia where the opening of new campuses and advanced schools is planned.

    “On the instructions of the President, the largest program of comprehensive infrastructure development of the education sector in the last 60 years is being implemented. We need to build at least 12 advanced general education organizations in all federal districts by 2030. At least 40 world-class university campuses should be created in the country by 2036. It is already the end of July, more than half of the year has passed, it is high time to sum up the interim results,” Dmitry Chernyshenko addressed the participants of the meeting.

    The meeting discussed the progress of construction of modern campuses in the Novgorod, Sakhalin, Chelyabinsk, Samara, Kaliningrad and Sverdlovsk regions.

    As Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Andrey Omelchuk noted, this year two campuses will be put into operation: the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg and the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad.

    The construction of the campus of the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, including three academic buildings, is in its final stage. The total area of the facilities will be 100.1 thousand square meters and will provide comfortable training for more than 8 thousand students.

    The commissioning of all facilities of the modern campus of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University is expected in June 2026. This large-scale project includes the creation of eight key facilities with a total area of 109.6 thousand square meters, which will be able to provide comfortable education and accommodation for more than 2.4 thousand students.

    On the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, within the framework of the national project “Youth and Children”, projects for 25 campuses have already been approved by 2030 – this is 3 million square meters of area and more than 75 thousand places for comfortable accommodation of students and teachers.

    Dmitry Chernyshenko drew attention to the importance of timely completion of tasks for the construction of facilities of the International Children’s Center “Artek”, which is celebrating its centenary this year. He instructed to strengthen control over the dynamics of the work for their speedy completion, and also noted that next week he plans to personally inspect the facilities under construction.

    The center’s development program includes the construction of 33 facilities. After the introduction of the tenth camp, Solnechny, the IDC Artek will be able to accept up to 57 thousand children per year. In recent years, the center’s educational space has also expanded – branches of Korsun in Sevastopol and Krasnaya Gvozdika on the coast of the Azov Sea have been created.

    Head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova noted the importance of active work to improve the infrastructure of Artek, which will ensure a high level of safety and comfort for children.

    The head of the Ministry of Education, Sergei Kravtsov, noted that work is currently underway on the approved projects of six leading schools.

    “Thanks to the federal project “Leading Schools” of the national project “Youth and Children”, we are implementing a systemic approach to creating modern educational spaces. By 2027, we plan to complete the construction of advanced schools in the Novgorod, Pskov and Ryazan regions for 2.2 thousand places,” emphasized Sergey Kravtsov.

    In addition, in 2028, it is planned to open a school in the Krasnodar region for 600 students, and by the end of 2029, educational institutions in the Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod regions for 1.6 thousand students.

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Alexander Novak chaired a meeting of the subcommittee on increasing the sustainability of the agricultural engineering industry

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Ministry of Economic Development (Russia) – Ministry of Economic Development (Russia) –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak held a meeting of the subcommittee on increasing the stability of the financial sector and individual sectors of the economy. The situation in agricultural engineering and the work of individual systemically important organizations were discussed.

    The event was attended by the Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov, the Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut, the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Alexander Zhukov, the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Nikolai Zhuravlev, the President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin, representatives of federal authorities, the Central Bank of Russia, heads and representatives of investment banks, development institutions, industry companies, and parliamentarians.

    The meeting participants reviewed the current situation in terms of production and sales of domestic agricultural machinery. It was noted that the measures to support the industry agreed upon at previous meetings of the subcommittee help maintain the sustainability of its work. These include preferential leasing, lending and subsidies, deferrals of payment of the recycling fee, and the possibility for farmers to purchase domestic machinery at discounts.

    In addition, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture is working on the issue of increasing the rate of subsidizing loans issued for the purchase of agricultural machinery. The participants of the meeting agreed that as demand for agricultural machinery stabilizes, and subsidizing loans are launched in the near future, there is currently no need to introduce additional measures to support the industry.

    Alexander Novak instructed the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to continue monitoring the situation in the agricultural engineering sector and to promptly propose solutions to ensure the development of the industry.

    The Deputy Prime Minister also instructed federal authorities to promptly monitor the situation at all systemically important enterprises to ensure their sustainable operation in the current economic conditions.

    “Previously adopted support measures are working successfully and have begun to produce a positive effect from implementation. We continue to monitor the situation, if necessary, we will fine-tune the current measures and return to the issue of developing new mechanisms,” emphasized Alexander Novak.

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Vitaly Savelyev held a meeting on the implementation of the Moscow-St. Petersburg high-speed railway construction project

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Previous news Next news

    Vitaly Savelyev held a meeting on the implementation of the Moscow-St. Petersburg high-speed railway construction project

    The meeting participants discussed issues related to the continuation of work on the design of the route, as well as the progress of production of the high-speed train, including options for the interior design of the cars and their technical equipment, the supply of parts and components for the first series of trains.

    Key factors in making decisions regarding the selection of parts and finishing elements are related to compliance with deadlines and technical requirements for the train. Delivery of 43 high-speed electric trains is planned until 2030. Until the end of 2028, 28 trains will be operated on the route with a gradual increase in their number in accordance with the supply agreement.

    The maximum speed of the train will reach 400 km/h, and the operating speed will be up to 360 km/h.

    The new highway will reduce travel time between the cities to 2 hours 15 minutes. It is expected that the passenger flow on the route will be at least 23 million people by the end of 2030.

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Dmitry Patrushev and Acting Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Denis Pasler discussed issues of agriculture and ecology in the region

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Previous news Next news

    Dmitry Patrushev held a working meeting with the acting governor of the Sverdlovsk region Denis Pasler

    Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev held a working meeting with Acting Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Denis Pasler. The main topics were issues of development of the agro-industrial complex and ecology of the region.

    Denis Pasler reported on the sowing campaign that took place in the region. Regional farmers are cultivating over 760 thousand hectares of land. These are primarily spring crops, which occupy 470 thousand hectares. All work on this area was completed on time.

    Sverdlovsk Region is one of the country’s leaders in milk production, and annual and perennial forage grasses play a significant role here. The forage base for the cow population for the coming winter is currently being actively formed, which will allow not only to maintain, but also to increase milk production volumes.

    Dmitry Patrushev and Denis Pasler also discussed the results of the implementation of the national project “Ecology”. Sverdlovsk Region worked within the framework of projects to eliminate unauthorized landfills, create solid municipal waste disposal facilities, reduce emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, clean water bodies and reforestation. More than 3.3 billion rubles were allocated from the federal budget for these purposes. Work will be continued within the framework of the national project “Ecological Well-Being”.

    Particular attention at the meeting was paid to the participation of the Sverdlovsk region in incident No. 58 “Organization of a system for handling municipal solid waste”, in particular the construction of waste handling infrastructure in the region, as well as a key complex for its processing.

    Dmitry Patrushev instructed the Russian Ecological Operator State Enterprise and the Sverdlovsk Region to step up work on creating eight waste management facilities. The Deputy Prime Minister particularly emphasized that the planned commissioning dates should not go beyond 2030.

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Dmitry Grigorenko: Executive discipline in drafting bills has reached 100% due to digitalization

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    The government demonstrated a record level of executive discipline in preparing bills based on the results of the first half of 2025. This figure has been continuously increasing due to the introduction of digital tools in the process of developing legislative initiatives. This was reported by Deputy Prime Minister – Chief of the Government Staff Dmitry Grigorenko.

    He noted that 100% of bills were submitted for consideration to the State Duma on time based on the results of the first six months of 2025. Last year, this figure was 99%, in 2023 – 95%, and in 2022 – 84%.

    Over the past year, the number of draft laws for which the deadline for submission to deputies was postponed has been halved. To date, such postponements occur only for 5% of bills. In 2024, the deadline for submission to the State Duma was postponed for 11% of legislative initiatives, and in 2023 – for 38% of such documents.

    Moreover, according to the results of the first half of 2025, the number of government bills increased by 8%, and the number of amendments proposed by the Government increased by 76% compared to the same period last year.

    “Today, when preparing bills and regulations, we use a digital monitoring system. This is not just a control tool, but a new management standard: the system automatically tracks deadlines, records those responsible, and predicts the risks of non-fulfillment of certain tasks. Such transparency has significantly increased the executive discipline of government agencies and ensured 100% fulfillment of plans. This is a clear confirmation of the effectiveness of digital solutions in public administration, and we intend to develop their use,” said Dmitry Grigorenko.

    Since 2020, the Government Office has been operating an information system for monitoring key Government tasks, which includes a separate module for bills and regulatory legal acts. It allows tracking the number of documents that are being processed, their level of readiness, as well as the planned deadlines for submission and signing. At the same time, the data is updated in real time, which allows the Government to promptly respond to the risks of non-fulfillment of plans.

    The system is constantly evolving, taking into account current priorities. Since 2023, it has been recording changes in the deadlines for preparing bills and by-laws, which increases the accuracy of planning. Since last year, it has also been used to control the process of providing feedback and opinions from the Government on legislative initiatives of deputies. As a result, the deadlines for preparing such documents by federal ministries and departments have been reduced by more than half over the past year.

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Russian schoolchildren won five medals at the 55th International Physics Olympiad

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    The 55th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) has concluded in Paris. Five Russian schoolchildren won three gold and two silver medals at the prestigious intellectual tournament.

    Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Chernyshenko and Minister of Education of Russia Sergei Kravtsov congratulated the children on their successful performance.

    “On the instructions of President Vladimir Putin, we are creating all the conditions for revealing the talents of children and young people, and once again our schoolchildren have proven that Russians are the best! At the International Physics Olympiad in Paris, the Russian team won medals, and most of them were of the highest value. In total, this year our children have already won 21 medals at prestigious international Olympiads. This is a worthy result not only of the persistence and work of the schoolchildren themselves, but also of the systematic work of teachers. I am sure that these achievements will be an excellent motivation for new victories,” the Deputy Prime Minister noted.

    According to the results of the 55th International Physics Olympiad, gold medals were awarded to Mikhail Aronov (P.L. Kapitsa Phystech Lyceum, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region), Grigory Grechkin (School of the Center for Pedagogical Excellence, Moscow) and Ivan Lukin (P.L. Kapitsa Phystech Lyceum, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region). Silver medalists were Egor Krivoshchekov (Lyceum No. 124, Barnaul, Altai Krai) and Pavel Rukovchuk (P.L. Kapitsa Phystech Lyceum, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region). All of them are winners of the All-Russian School Olympiad of the 2024/2025 academic year, medalists of the 2025 Asian Physics Olympiad.

    “You have once again confirmed the leading positions of the national education system in the international arena: three gold and two silver at the competition in France among several dozen participating countries! With your successes, you make a significant contribution to the popularization of physics. I am sure that you have every chance to play a significant role in achieving technological leadership in our country. I wish you not to stop there, to strive for victories not only in studies, but also in life, to confidently achieve your goals,” said Minister of Education Sergey Kravtsov.

    During the Olympiad trials, IPhO participants demonstrated their knowledge and skills in physics in two rounds. The first was devoted to solving theoretical problems covering at least four sections of the subject studied in high school. In the second, experimental round, students completed laboratory work.

    Russian high school students underwent training for IPhO at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) under the guidance of the coach of the Russian physics team, Vitaly Shevchenko, Director of Pre-University Training at MIPT.

    The Russian national team in Paris was led by Mikhail Osin, associate professor of the Department of General Physics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

    The International Physics Olympiad is an annual international intellectual tournament for secondary school students. In 2025, the competition brought together more than 400 participants from 87 countries. Taking into account the results of this tournament, the number of medals won by Russian teams at major international Olympiads in 2025 reached 21.

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Dmitry Patrushev: Provision of specialists is an important condition for the effective functioning of treatment facilities

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Dmitry Patrushev held a meeting within the framework of incident No. 55 “Wastewater Treatment Facilities”

    Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev held a meeting within the framework of incident No. 55 “Wastewater Treatment Facilities”. It was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Rosprirodnadzor and other federal executive bodies, the State Duma and heads of regions.

    “Over the past few months, construction work has been completed at eight sites. Another seven, according to the approved “road maps”, should be completed this year. I would like to note that, compared to the beginning of the year, the number of sites that have achieved the standard wastewater treatment indicators has almost tripled,” said Dmitry Patrushev.

    The Deputy Prime Minister drew attention to the effectiveness of the on-site monitoring system in problem regions. A special working group created in 2024 on his instructions visited the Yaroslavl Region ahead of the meeting, where it assessed the progress of activities at seven sites included in the federal project “Volga Recovery”. Dmitry Patrushev emphasized that thanks to such on-site meetings, many difficulties can be resolved right on the spot. But at the same time, they also allow identifying additional problems that require general attention. Therefore, the Deputy Prime Minister instructed to continue on-site inspections.

    The meeting considered the main factors that restrain the dynamics of construction of facilities and their achievement of standard cleaning indicators. Among them is the issue of staffing the industry. The regions were instructed to analyze the situation.

    “Provision of qualified specialists is an important condition for the effective functioning of treatment facilities. Without this, their full-fledged operation is simply impossible. All regions should analyze the situation with personnel. It is especially important to carry out such work on projects that are nearing completion. It is necessary to promptly and efficiently train specialists for the launch of new facilities. People must have the necessary competencies,” said Dmitry Patrushev.

    The meeting also discussed mechanisms for interaction with industrial enterprises. The Deputy Prime Minister drew attention to the need for unconditional compliance with wastewater treatment standards discharged into the centralized wastewater disposal system, and instructed federal agencies to propose appropriate incentive measures.

    Following the meeting, the heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation were recommended to supplement the work format of regional headquarters with systematic personal visits to problematic sites.

    Incident No. 55 “Wastewater Treatment Facilities” was created on June 15, 2024 to coordinate work on the construction and reconstruction of wastewater treatment facilities within the framework of the national project “Ecology”, as well as to ensure the operation of these facilities with the achievement of the parameters of standard wastewater treatment. Work is currently being considered at 145 facilities in 19 regions.

    When working in the incident format, a special project management system is used, which is deployed on the basis of the Government Coordination Center. It allows for prompt coordination of the actions of participants and monitoring of project implementation in real time.

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Mikhail Mishustin held a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    The meeting took place on the sidelines of the International Environmental Conference

    Previous news Next news

    Meeting of Mikhail Mishustin with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan

    The heads of government discussed current issues of Russian-Armenian relations in the trade and economic, scientific and technological, and cultural and humanitarian spheres.

    Drive

    Mikhail Mishustin and Nikol Pashinyan noted the importance of creating favorable conditions for the implementation of joint projects in various fields.

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Marat Khusnullin: The new building for counselors in Artek is 70% ready

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Roofing work has been completed in the camp counselors’ accommodation building, which is being built on the territory of the Solnechny camp of the Artek International Children’s Center in Crimea. This was reported by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.

    “The International Children’s Center “Artek” is a place where true friendship is born and strengthened, where children from all over the country and the world learn mutual understanding, trust and joint creativity. The construction of a modern building for the teaching staff of the camp “Solnechny” is another step towards creating high-quality conditions for those who inspire and guide the younger generation. The new building with an area of over 12 thousand square meters is designed for 400 people. It will provide comfortable conditions for the employees to live and relax: living rooms, coworking spaces, universal classrooms, recreation areas and all the necessary utility rooms. The roof has already been installed at the facility, the facade work and the installation of utility networks for the facility are nearing completion. The facility is over 70% complete. More than 130 specialists are working at the construction site,” said Marat Khusnullin.

    In addition, work is actively underway to install internal engineering systems, and finish the rooms and corridors. Also, as part of the project, work is being carried out to install a new block-modular boiler house with a capacity of 18 MW.

    “The camp counselor’s building is being built using modular technology. The modules were delivered to the construction site with finished living rooms and bathrooms. Currently, work on installing engineering protection against landslide processes is also nearing completion on the site, and landscaping work has begun. The construction of the building is planned to be completed by the end of 2025,” noted Karen Oganesyan, General Director of the Unified Customer Production and Consulting Company.

    By the end of 2025, it is also planned to complete the construction of the Center for Innovative Educational Technologies, which is designed for 1.2 thousand students. In addition to classrooms, there will be art and rehearsal halls, an amphitheater, modern workshops, a universal hall for 700 seats and much more.

    The construction and reconstruction of capital construction projects of the International Children’s Center “Artek” are carried out within the framework of the comprehensive state program “Construction”, supervised by the Ministry of Construction.

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Financial news: Notice of liquidation, AB “ASPECT” (JSC)

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Central Bank of Russia –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Full company name

    JOINT-STOCK BANK “ASPECT” (Joint-Stock Company)

    Abbreviated company name

    AB “ASPEKT” (JSC)

    Registration number

    608

    Date of registration by the Bank of Russia

    10/26/1990

    Primary state registration number

    1027739326207 (07.10.2002)

    Address from the charter

    129327, Moscow, st. Lenskaya, 28

    Actual address

    129327, Moscow, st. Lenskaya, 28

    Charter

    Date of approval of the latest version of the charter: 01.12.2015, agreed changes to the charter: other changes (20.12.2018)

    Authorized capital

    RUB 45,300,000.00, date of change in the authorized capital: 01.11.2002

    License (date of issue/last replacement)Banks with a basic license are banks that have a license that has the word “basic” in its name. All other active banks are banks with a universal license.

    The license was revoked by the order of the Bank of Russia OD-809 dated 12.04.2019

    Participation in the deposit insurance system

    Yes

    Brand name in English

    Joint Stock Bank “Aspect”, “Aspect – Bank”

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Heads of SCO media discussed ways to further deepen exchanges and cooperation

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    ZHENGZHOU, July 24 (Xinhua) — Fu Hua, director general of China’s Xinhua News Agency, held separate meetings with media executives attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media and Think Tank Summit in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, on Thursday.

    Fu Hua welcomed media representatives and think tanks from SCO countries to come together to discuss ways to strengthen solidarity and cooperation and build a broad consensus on sustainable development within the SCO.

    The Xinhua Director-General expressed the hope that all parties will jointly tell stories of friendship and cooperation for common development, common prosperity and common promotion of peace, bringing wisdom and strength to building a beautiful home for the SCO.

    All parties agreed that the SCO Media and Think Tank Summit, held ahead of the organization’s summit in Tianjin, serves as a bridge for deepening cooperation and striving for common development.

    Director General of the Union of News Agencies of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Mohammed Al Yami expressed his willingness to share stories about China with Arabic-speaking audiences and expressed hope for more fruitful results in cooperation with Xinhua on news exchange.

    Director General of the Belarusian Telegraph Agency (BelTA) Irina Akulovich called China an important defender of the international order. She promised to deepen exchanges with Xinhua and open a new chapter in practical cooperation between the two agencies.

    Director of the Kyrgyz National News Agency Kabar Mederbek Shermetaliev expressed hope to further strengthen personnel exchanges and mutual learning with Xinhua, thereby contributing to the establishment of closer cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and China within the SCO framework.

    Director General of the Russian news agency TASS Andrei Kondrashov expressed TASS’s readiness to deepen and expand its strategic partnership with Xinhua, contributing to the development of Russian-Chinese relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction, entering a new era.

    The SCO Media and Think Tank Summit, jointly organized by Xinhua, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Henan Provincial People’s Government under the leadership of the State Council Information Office, is being held in Zhengzhou from July 23 to 27. –0–

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Health and Technology – Moscow Launches AI Service for Diagnosing Shoulder Fractures

    Source: Moscow Health Care Department 

    Moscow has deployed a new artificial intelligence (AI) service to detect shoulder fractures on X-ray images. This marks the 41st clinical area where the radiologists utilize computer vision technologies, according to Yuri Vasilev, Chief Officer of Radiology at the Moscow Health Care Department.

    Moscow Health Care Department Launches AI Service for Diagnosing Shoulder Fractures.

    Moscow is continually advancing the integration of artificial intelligence technologies into practical healthcare applications. The algorithm assists doctors by automatically highlighting suspicious areas indicating potential fractures and performing necessary measurements on the images. This accelerates the interpretation of studies and enhances the accuracy of injury detection. Vasilev emphasized the service’s critical importance in trauma centers, where efficiency and diagnostic precision are paramount for timely treatment and reducing complication risks. This integration of AI into traumatology advances Moscow’s ongoing development of digital medicine, integrating the service into the city’s comprehensive neural network infrastructure, which now operates across 41 modalities.

    “The shoulder joint is one of the most complex anatomical areas for interpreting X-ray images,” Vasiliev noted. “Even minor deviations in the patient’s position during the examination can affect visualization accuracy, demanding exceptional doctor attentiveness. This AI algorithm acts as an additional filter, serving as a reliable auxiliary tool to increase analysis accuracy.”

    “The shoulder joint is one of the most complex anatomical challenges for X-ray interpretation,” Vasiliev noted. “Even minor patient positioning variations can compromise visualization accuracy, requiring exceptional clinical vigilance. This AI algorithm functions as a diagnostic filter, providing a reliable auxiliary tool to enhance analytical precision.”

    Timely fracture diagnosis is crucial for determining treatment tactics. Delays increase risks of complications, including improper bone fusion, chronic pain, and limited mobility. AI implementation minimizes these risks by enabling earlier therapy initiation. 

    Moscow’s integration of smart algorithms into healthcare, as part of a five-year experiment in computer vision, now includes over 200 AI services participating in the project. Approximately 100 algorithms have been integrated into the city’s medical information system, with about 50 currently analyzing medical images in real-time streaming mode.

    The project is led by the Moscow Social Development Complex, based on the Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine of the Moscow Healthcare Department, in collaboration with the city’s Department of Information Technology. It aligns with the goals of the Moscow Medicine Development Strategy until 2030, aiming to improve the quality and accessibility of medical care for residents.

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Healthcare and Technology – Moscow Launches AI Service to Diagnose Shoulder Fractures

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Moscow Department of Health

    Moscow has introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) service to detect shoulder fractures on X-rays. This is the 41st clinical area in which radiologists are using computer vision technology, according to Yuri Vasilev, head of the radiology department at the Moscow Health Department.


    The Moscow Department of Health is launching an artificial intelligence service for diagnosing shoulder fractures.

    Moscow continues to advance the integration of artificial intelligence technologies into practical applications in the healthcare sector. The algorithm assists doctors by automatically highlighting suspicious areas indicating possible fractures and performing the necessary measurements on images. This speeds up the interpretation of studies and increases the accuracy of injury detection. Vasiliev emphasized the critical importance of this service in trauma centers, where the efficiency and accuracy of diagnostics are of paramount importance for timely treatment and reducing the risk of complications. This integration of AI into traumatology contributes to the further development of digital medicine in Moscow, integrating the service into the city’s comprehensive neural network infrastructure, which currently operates in 41 areas.

    “The shoulder joint is one of the most difficult anatomical areas to interpret X-ray images,” Vasilev noted. “Even minor deviations in the patient’s position during the examination can affect the accuracy of the visualization, which requires exceptional care from the physician. This AI algorithm acts as an additional filter, serving as a reliable auxiliary tool to improve the accuracy of the analysis.”

    “The shoulder joint is one of the most challenging anatomical problems for radiographic interpretation,” Vasiliev noted. “Even minor deviations in patient position can affect the accuracy of imaging, requiring exceptional clinical vigilance. This AI algorithm functions as a diagnostic filter, serving as a reliable auxiliary tool to improve the accuracy of analysis.”

    Timely diagnosis of fractures is critical to determining treatment tactics. Delays increase the risk of complications, including malunion, chronic pain, and limited mobility. The introduction of AI minimizes these risks, allowing treatment to begin at an earlier stage.

    As part of a five-year computer vision experiment in Moscow, more than 200 AI services participating in the project have been integrated into the healthcare sector. About 100 algorithms have been integrated into the city’s medical information system, about 50 of which are currently analyzing medical images in real time.

    The project is led by the Moscow Social Development Complex based at the Diagnostics and Telemedicine Center of the Moscow Health Department in cooperation with the city’s Information Technology Department. It is in line with the goals of the Moscow Medicine Development Strategy until 2030, aimed at improving the quality and accessibility of medical care for residents.

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: China has extended invitations to the 2025 World Conference on AI to senior officials from over 40 countries and international organizations — Chinese Foreign Ministry

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) — China has extended invitations to the World Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the 2025 Conference on Global AI Governance to senior officials from more than 40 countries and international organizations, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Thursday.

    Chinese State Council Premier Li Qiang will attend and deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of the conference on July 26 in Shanghai, east China, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said the same day.

    At a regular press briefing, Guo Jiakun stressed that artificial intelligence is rapidly developing and has become an important driving force for a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. He added that holding the World AI Conference and the Global AI Governance Conference is an important step in implementing China’s Global AI Governance Initiative. The goal is to make the conference a technological benchmark, an application exhibition, a catalyst for industrial development, and a platform for discussions on AI governance.

    The theme of this year’s conference is “Global Solidarity in the Age of AI”.

    “We hope that participants will have in-depth discussions on three key topics: deepening innovation cooperation and unleashing intellectual dividends; promoting inclusive development and bridging the digital divide; strengthening joint governance and ensuring that AI development serves the interests of the people,” Guo Jiakun said.

    China hopes to strengthen unity, jointly strive for development and coordinated actions to ensure the healthy and orderly development of AI in the direction of benefit, safety and fairness, the Foreign Ministry spokesman added. –0–

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI: Landmark Bancorp, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2025 Earnings per Share of $0.75 Declares Cash Dividend of $0.21 per Share

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Manhattan, KS, July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Landmark Bancorp, Inc. (“Landmark”; Nasdaq: LARK) reported diluted earnings per share of $0.75 for the second quarter of 2025, compared to $0.81 per share in the first quarter of 2025 and $0.52 per share in the same quarter of the prior year. Net earnings for the second quarter totaled $4.4 million, compared to $4.7 million in the prior quarter and $3.0 million in the second quarter of 2024. For the three months ended June 30, 2025, the return on average assets was 1.11%, the return on average equity was 12.25% and the efficiency ratio(1) was 62.8%.

    For the first six months of 2025, diluted earnings per share totaled $1.56 compared to $1.01 during the same period in 2024. Net earnings for the first six months of 2025 totaled $9.1 million, compared to $5.8 million in the first six months of 2024. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the return on average assets was 1.16%, the return on average equity was 12.96%, and the efficiency ratio(1) was 63.4%.

    Second Quarter 2025 Performance Highlights

      Total gross loans increased in the second quarter 2025 by $42.9 million, an annualized increase of 16.0% over the prior quarter.
      The net interest margin improved 7 basis points to 3.83% compared to 3.76% in prior quarter and 3.25% in the second quarter of the prior year.
      Net interest income increased $564,000, or 4.3%, in the second quarter of 2025, and increased $2.7 million, or 24.7%, from the same quarter of the prior year.
      Deposits increased $23.4 million, or 1.9%, from the same quarter of the prior year, and declined $61.9 million from the prior quarter.
      Total assets increased $46.7 million, or 11.9% annualized, compared to the prior quarter.
      Credit quality remained stable with net charge-offs totaling $40,000 in the second quarter.
      Stockholders’ equity increased $5.7 million, and the ratio of equity to assets increased to 9.13% in the second quarter.
         

    In making this announcement, Abby Wendel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Landmark, commented, “I am pleased to report continued strong net earnings this quarter driven by growth in loans and net interest income. Loan demand remained strong in the second quarter of 2025, especially for commercial, commercial real estate and residential mortgage loans as total gross loans increased by $42.9 million or 16.0% annualized. Despite a decrease in total deposits in the second quarter, we have sustained year-over-year growth of $23.4 million, or 1.9%. The strong growth in our loan portfolio led to net interest income growth of 24.7% over the previous year and continued expansion in our net interest margin, which increased to 3.83%. Non-interest income increased by 8.0% this quarter compared to the prior quarter and expenses were well controlled. Credit quality remained solid overall with minimal net charge-offs. A provision for credit losses of $1.0 million was recorded this quarter to reflect the growth in loans and higher reserves against individually evaluated loans on non-accrual. Our strong performance is a direct result of the daily commitment and effort our associates put into making Landmark the top choice for both customers and investors.”

    Landmark’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.21 per share, to be paid August 27, 2025, to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 13, 2025.

    Management will host a conference call to discuss the Company’s financial results at 10:00 a.m. (Central time) on Friday, July 25, 2025. Investors may participate via telephone by dialing (833) 470-1428 and using access code 703723. A replay of the call will be available through August 1, 2025, by dialing (855) 762-8306 and using access code 160217.

    (1) Non-GAAP financial measure. See the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section of this press release for a reconciliation. 

    Net Interest Income

    Net interest income in the second quarter of 2025 totaled $13.7 million representing an increase of $564,000, or 4.3%, compared to the previous quarter and an increase of $2.7 million, or 24.7%, in the same quarter of the prior year. The increase in net interest income this quarter was driven by higher interest income on loans and lower interest expense on deposits. The net interest margin increased to 3.83% during the second quarter from 3.76% during the prior quarter and 3.25% in the second quarter of the prior year. Compared to the previous quarter, interest income on loans increased $791,000 to $17.2 million, due to higher average balances combined with higher yields on loans. Average loan balances increased $33.3 million, while the average tax-equivalent yield on the loan portfolio increased 3 basis points to 6.37%. Interest on investment securities declined slightly due to lower balances, partially offset by higher earning rates. Compared to the first quarter of 2025, interest on deposits decreased $92,000, or 1.8%, due to lower rates and balances. Interest on other borrowed funds increased by $284,000, due to higher average balances. The average rate on interest-bearing deposits decreased 3 basis points to 2.14% while the average rate on other borrowed funds decreased 11 basis points to 4.98% in the second quarter of 2025.

    Non-Interest Income

    Non-interest income totaled $3.6 million for the second quarter of 2025, an increase of $268,000 from the previous quarter. The increase in non-interest income during the second quarter of 2025 was primarily due to increases of $178,000 in gains on sales of loans and $88,000 in fees and service charges.

    Non-Interest Expense

    During the second quarter of 2025, non-interest expense totaled $11.0 million, an increase of $200,000, or 1.9%, compared to the prior quarter. The increase in non-interest expense was primarily due to increases of $233,000 in data processing expense and $101,000 in other non-interest expense. The increase in data processing expense resulted from the implementation of additional services added and account growth, while the increase in other non-interest expense was primarily due to higher losses at our captive insurance subsidiary. Partially offsetting those increases was a decline in professional fees related to lower consulting and legal expenses during the quarter.

    Income Tax Expense

    Landmark recorded income tax expense of $944,000 in the second quarter of 2025 compared to $1.0 million in the first quarter of 2025. The effective tax rate was 17.7% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to 17.8% in the first quarter of 2025.

    Balance Sheet Highlights

    As of June 30, 2025, gross loans totaled $1.1 billion, an increase of $42.9 million, or 16.0% annualized since March 31, 2025. During the quarter, loan growth was primarily comprised of one-to-four family residential real estate (growth of $21.5 million), commercial (growth of $13.4 million) and commercial real estate (growth of $10.9 million). Investment securities available-for-sale decreased $3.6 million during the second quarter of 2025 mainly due to maturities. Pre-tax unrealized net losses on the investment securities portfolio decreased from $17.1 million at March 31, 2025, to $13.9 million at June 30, 2025, mainly due to lower market rates for these securities at June 30, 2025.

    Period end deposit balances decreased $61.9 million to $1.3 billion at June 30, 2025. The decline in deposits was driven by decreases in money market and checking accounts (decrease of $50.5 million), non-interest-bearing demand deposits (decrease of $16.5 million) and savings (decrease of $1.1 million), partially offset by an increase in certificates of deposit (increase of $6.2 million). The decrease in deposits was primarily driven by a decline in brokered deposits as well as lower core deposit balances at June 30, 2025. Total borrowings increased $105.9 million during the second quarter 2025 to fund asset growth and to offset lower deposit balances. At June 30, 2025, the loan to deposits ratio was 86.6% compared to 79.5% in the prior quarter.

    Stockholders’ equity increased to $148.4 million (book value of $25.66 per share) as of June 30, 2025, from $142.7 million (book value of $24.69 per share) as of March 31, 2025. The increase in stockholders’ equity was due mainly to a decrease in accumulated other comprehensive losses (lower unrealized net losses on investment securities) along with net earnings during the quarter. The ratio of equity to total assets increased to 9.13% on June 30, 2025, from 9.04% on March 31, 2025.

    The allowance for credit losses totaled $13.8 million, or 1.23% of total gross loans on June 30, 2025, compared to $12.8 million, or 1.19% of total gross loans on March 31, 2025. Net loan charge-offs totaled $40,000 in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $23,000 during the first quarter of 2025 and net recoveries of $52,000 in the second quarter of the prior year. A provision for credit losses on loans of $1.0 million was recorded in the second quarter of 2025 compared to no provision in the first quarter of 2025.

    Non-performing loans totaled $17.0 million, or 1.52% of gross loans, at June 30, 2025, compared to $13.3 million, or 1.24% of gross loans, at March 31, 2025. Loans 30-89 days delinquent totaled $4.3 million, or 0.39% of gross loans, as of June 30, 2025, compared to $10.0 million, or 0.93% of gross loans, as of March 31, 2025.

    About Landmark

    Landmark Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Landmark National Bank, is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “LARK.” Headquartered in Manhattan, Kansas, Landmark National Bank is a community banking organization dedicated to providing quality financial and banking services. Landmark National Bank has 29 locations in 23 communities across Kansas: Manhattan (2), Auburn, Dodge City (2), Fort Scott (2), Garden City, Great Bend (2), Hoisington, Iola, Junction City, La Crosse, Lawrence (2), Lenexa, Louisburg, Mound City, Osage City, Osawatomie, Overland Park, Paola, Pittsburg, Prairie Village, Topeka (2), Wamego and Wellsville, Kansas. Visit www.banklandmark.com for more information.

    Contact:
    Mark A. Herpich
    Chief Financial Officer
    (785) 565-2000

    Special Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of Landmark. Forward-looking statements, which may be based upon beliefs, expectations and assumptions of our management and on information currently available to management, are generally identifiable by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should” or other similar expressions. Additionally, all statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements, speak only as of the date they are made, and Landmark undertakes no obligation to update any statement in light of new information or future events. A number of factors, many of which are beyond our ability to control or predict, could cause actual results to differ materially from those in our forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others, the following: (i) the strength of the local, state, national and international economies and financial markets, including the effects of inflationary pressures and future monetary policies of the Federal Reserve in response thereto; (ii) effects on the U.S. economy resulting from the threat or implementation of new, or changes to, existing policies, regulations, regulatory and other governmental agencies and executive orders, including tariffs, immigration policy, regulatory and other governmental agencies, DEI and ESG initiatives, consumer protection, foreign policy and tax regulations; ; (iii) changes in interest rates and prepayment rates of our assets; (iv) increased competition in the financial services sector and the inability to attract new customers, including from non-bank competitors such as credit unions and “fintech” companies; (v) timely development and acceptance of new products and services; (vi) rapid and expensive technological changes implemented by us and other parties in the financial services industry, including third-party vendors, which may be more difficult to implement or more expensive than anticipated or which may have unforeseen consequence to us and our customers, including the development and implementation of tools incorporating artificial intelligence; (vii) our risk management framework; (viii) interruptions in information technology and telecommunications systems and third-party services; (ix) the economic effects of severe weather, natural disasters, widespread disease or pandemics, or other external events; (x) the loss of key executives or employees; (xi) changes in consumer spending; (xii) integration of acquired businesses; (xiii) the commencement, cost and outcome of litigation and other legal proceedings and regulatory actions against us or to which the Company may become subject; (xiv) changes in accounting policies and practices, such as the implementation of the current expected credit losses accounting standard; (xv) the economic impact of past and any future terrorist attacks, acts of war, including ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, or threats thereof, and the response of the United States to any such threats and attacks; (xvi) the ability to manage credit risk, forecast loan losses and maintain an adequate allowance for loan losses; (xvii) fluctuations in the value of securities held in our securities portfolio; (xviii) concentrations within our loan portfolio and large loans to certain borrowers (including commercial real estate loans); (xix) the concentration of large deposits from certain clients who have balances above current FDIC insurance limits and may withdraw deposits to diversify their exposure; (xx) the level of non-performing assets on our balance sheets; (xxi) the ability to raise additional capital; (xxii) the occurrence of fraudulent activity, breaches or failures of our or our third-party vendors’ information security controls or cybersecurity-related incidents, including as a result of sophisticated attacks using artificial intelligence and similar tools or as a result of insider fraud; (xxiii) declines in real estate values; (xxiv) the effects of fraud on the part of our employees, customers, vendors or counterparties; (xxv) the Company’s success at managing and responding to the risks involved in the foregoing items; and (xxvi) any other risks described in the “Risk Factors” sections of reports filed by Landmark with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Additional information concerning Landmark and its business, including additional risk factors that could materially affect Landmark’s financial results, is included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    LANDMARK BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

        June 30,     March 31,     December 31,     September 30,     June 30,  
    (Dollars in thousands)   2025     2025     2024     2024     2024  
    Assets                              
    Cash and cash equivalents   $ 25,038     $ 21,881     $ 20,275     $ 21,211     $ 23,889  
    Interest-bearing deposits at other banks     3,463       3,973       4,110       4,363       4,881  
    Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value:                                        
    U.S. treasury securities     51,624       58,424       64,458       83,753       89,325  
    Municipal obligations, tax exempt     100,802       101,812       107,128       112,126       114,047  
    Municipal obligations, taxable     75,037       70,614       71,715       75,129       74,588  
    Agency mortgage-backed securities     124,979       125,142       129,211       140,004       142,499  
    Total investment securities available-for-sale     352,442       355,992       372,512       411,012       420,459  
    Investment securities held-to-maturity     3,730       3,701       3,672       3,643       3,613  
    Bank stocks, at cost     10,946       6,225       6,618       7,894       9,647  
    Loans:                                        
    One-to-four family residential real estate     377,133       355,632       352,209       344,380       332,090  
    Construction and land     26,373       28,645       25,328       23,454       30,480  
    Commercial real estate     370,455       359,579       345,159       324,016       318,850  
    Commercial     204,303       190,881       192,325       181,652       178,876  
    Agriculture     100,348       101,808       100,562       91,986       84,523  
    Municipal     6,938       7,082       7,091       7,098       6,556  
    Consumer     32,234       31,297       29,679       29,263       29,200  
    Total gross loans     1,117,784       1,074,924       1,052,353       1,001,849       980,575  
    Net deferred loan (fees) costs and loans in process     (615 )     (426 )     (307 )     (63 )     (583 )
    Allowance for credit losses     (13,762 )     (12,802 )     (12,825 )     (11,544 )     (10,903 )
    Loans, net     1,103,407       1,061,696       1,039,221       990,242       969,089  
    Loans held for sale, at fair value     4,773       2,997       3,420       3,250       2,513  
    Bank owned life insurance     39,607       39,329       39,056       39,176       38,826  
    Premises and equipment, net     19,654       19,886       20,220       20,976       20,986  
    Goodwill     32,377       32,377       32,377       32,377       32,377  
    Other intangible assets, net     2,275       2,426       2,578       2,729       2,900  
    Mortgage servicing rights     3,082       3,045       3,061       3,041       2,997  
    Real estate owned, net     167       167       167       428       428  
    Other assets     23,904       24,894       26,855       23,309       28,149  
    Total assets   $ 1,624,865     $ 1,578,589     $ 1,574,142     $ 1,563,651     $ 1,560,754  
                                             
    Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity                                        
    Liabilities:                                        
    Deposits:                                        
    Non-interest-bearing demand     351,993       368,480       351,595       360,188       360,631  
    Money market and checking     562,919       613,459       636,963       565,629       546,385  
    Savings     148,092       149,223       145,514       145,825       150,996  
    Certificates of deposit     210,897       204,660       194,694       203,860       192,470  
    Total deposits     1,273,901       1,335,822       1,328,766       1,275,502       1,250,482  
    FHLB and other borrowings     155,110       48,767       53,046       92,050       131,330  
    Subordinated debentures     21,651       21,651       21,651       21,651       21,651  
    Repurchase agreements     5,825       6,256       13,808       9,528       8,745  
    Accrued interest and other liabilities     20,002       23,442       20,656       25,229       20,292  
    Total liabilities     1,476,489       1,435,938       1,437,927       1,423,960       1,432,500  
    Stockholders’ equity:                                        
    Common stock     58       58       58       55       55  
    Additional paid-in capital     95,266       95,148       95,051       89,532       89,469  
    Retained earnings     63,612       60,422       56,934       60,549       57,774  
    Treasury stock, at cost                       (396 )     (330 )
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (10,560 )     (12,977 )     (15,828 )     (10,049 )     (18,714 )
    Total stockholders’ equity     148,376       142,651       136,215       139,691       128,254  
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $ 1,624,865     $ 1,578,589     $ 1,574,142     $ 1,563,651     $ 1,560,754  


    LANDMARK BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

    Consolidated Statements of Earnings (unaudited)

        Three months ended,     Six months ended,  
        June 30,     March 31,     June 30,     June 30,     June 30,  
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)   2025     2025     2024     2025     2024  
    Interest income:                                        
    Loans   $ 17,186     $ 16,395     $ 15,022     $ 33,581     $ 29,512  
    Investment securities:                                        
    Taxable     2,163       2,180       2,359       4,343       4,787  
    Tax-exempt     701       719       759       1,420       1,523  
    Interest-bearing deposits at banks     48       48       40       96       103  
    Total interest income     20,098       19,342       18,180       39,440       35,925  
    Interest expense:                                        
    Deposits     5,144       5,236       5,673       10,380       11,130  
    FHLB and other borrowings     861       565       1,027       1,426       2,049  
    Subordinated debentures     358       357       418       715       830  
    Repurchase agreements     52       65       88       117       195  
    Total interest expense     6,415       6,223       7,206       12,638       14,204  
    Net interest income     13,683       13,119       10,974       26,802       21,721  
    Provision for credit losses     1,000                   1,000       300  
    Net interest income after provision for credit losses     12,683       13,119       10,974       25,802       21,421  
    Non-interest income:                                        
    Fees and service charges     2,476       2,388       2,691       4,864       5,152  
    Gains on sales of loans, net     740       562       648       1,302       1,160  
    Bank owned life insurance     278       272       248       550       493  
    Losses on sales of investment securities, net           (2 )           (2 )      
    Other     132       138       133       270       315  
    Total non-interest income     3,626       3,358       3,720       6,984       7,120  
    Non-interest expense:                                        
    Compensation and benefits     6,234       6,154       5,504       12,388       11,036  
    Occupancy and equipment     1,244       1,252       1,294       2,496       2,684  
    Data processing     629       396       492       1,025       973  
    Amortization of mortgage servicing rights and other intangibles     238       239       256       477       668  
    Professional fees     540       745       649       1,285       1,296  
    Valuation allowance on real estate held for sale                 979             1,108  
    Other     2,076       1,975       1,921       4,051       3,881  
    Total non-interest expense     10,961       10,761       11,095       21,722       21,646  
    Earnings before income taxes     5,348       5,716       3,599       11,064       6,895  
    Income tax expense     944       1,015       587       1,959       1,105  
    Net earnings   $ 4,404     $ 4,701     $ 3,012     $ 9,105     $ 5,790  
                                             
    Net earnings per share (1)                                        
    Basic   $ 0.76     $ 0.81     $ 0.52     $ 1.58     $ 1.01  
    Diluted     0.75       0.81       0.52       1.56       1.01  
    Dividends per share (1)     0.21       0.21       0.20       0.42       0.40  
    Shares outstanding at end of period (1)     5,783,312       5,778,610       5,743,044       5,783,312       5,743,044  
    Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic (1)     5,782,555       5,777,593       5,745,310       5,780,930       5,744,381  
    Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted (1)     5,840,923       5,814,650       5,748,053       5,827,844       5,748,332  
                                             
    Tax equivalent net interest income   $ 13,851     $ 13,291     $ 11,167     $ 27,142     $ 22,075  
                                             

    (1) Share and per share values at or for the periods ended June 30, 2024 have been adjusted to give effect to the 5% stock dividend paid during December 2024.


    LANDMARK BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

    Select Ratios and Other Data (unaudited)

        As of or for the     As of or for the  
        three months ended,     six months ended,  
        June 30,     March 31,     June 30,     June 30,     June 30,  
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)   2025     2025     2024     2025     2024  
    Performance ratios:                                        
    Return on average assets (1)     1.11 %     1.21 %     0.78 %     1.16 %     0.75 %
    Return on average equity (1)     12.25 %     13.71 %     9.72 %     12.96 %     9.30 %
    Net interest margin (1)(2)     3.83 %     3.76 %     3.21 %     3.80 %     3.16 %
    Effective tax rate     17.7 %     17.8 %     16.3 %     17.7 %     16.0 %
    Efficiency ratio (3)     62.8 %     64.1 %     67.9 %     63.4 %     70.0 %
    Non-interest income to total income (3)     20.9 %     20.4 %     25.3 %     20.7 %     24.7 %
                                             
    Average balances:                                        
    Investment securities   $ 363,878     $ 377,845     $ 437,136     $ 370,823     $ 447,034  
    Loans     1,081,865       1,048,585       955,104       1,065,317       950,420  
    Assets     1,592,939       1,574,295       1,545,816       1,583,669       1,550,739  
    Interest-bearing deposits     965,214       979,787       936,237       972,460       935,827  
    FHLB and other borrowings     74,007       48,428       72,875       61,288       72,747  
    Subordinated debentures     21,651       21,651       21,651       21,651       21,651  
    Repurchase agreements     6,683       8,634       11,524       7,653       12,947  
    Stockholders’ equity   $ 144,151     $ 139,068     $ 124,624     $ 141,623     $ 125,235  
                                             
    Average tax equivalent yield/cost (1):                                        
    Investment securities     3.34 %     3.29 %     3.04 %     3.32 %     2.99 %
    Loans     6.37 %     6.34 %     6.33 %     6.36 %     6.25 %
    Total interest-bearing assets     5.60 %     5.53 %     5.29 %     5.56 %     5.20 %
    Interest-bearing deposits     2.14 %     2.17 %     2.44 %     2.15 %     2.39 %
    FHLB and other borrowings     4.67 %     4.73 %     5.67 %     4.69 %     5.66 %
    Subordinated debentures     6.63 %     6.69 %     7.76 %     6.66 %     7.71 %
    Repurchase agreements     3.12 %     3.05 %     3.07 %     3.08 %     3.03 %
    Total interest-bearing liabilities     2.41 %     2.38 %     2.78 %     2.40 %     2.74 %
                                             
    Capital ratios:                                        
    Equity to total assets     9.13 %     9.04 %     8.22 %                
    Tangible equity to tangible assets (3)     7.15 %     6.99 %     6.09 %                
    Book value per share   $ 25.66     $ 24.69     $ 22.33                  
    Tangible book value per share (3)   $ 19.66     $ 18.66     $ 16.19                  
                                             
    Rollforward of allowance for credit losses (loans):                                        
    Beginning balance   $ 12,802     $ 12,825     $ 10,851     $ 12,825     $ 10,608  
    Charge-offs     (103 )     (108 )     (119 )     (211 )     (260 )
    Recoveries     63       85       171       148       305  
    Provision for credit losses for loans     1,000                   1,000       250  
    Ending balance   $ 13,762     $ 12,802     $ 10,903     $ 13,762     $ 10,903  
                                             
    Allowance for unfunded loan commitments   $ 150     $ 150     $ 300                  
                                             
    Non-performing assets:                                        
    Non-accrual loans   $ 16,984     $ 13,280     $ 5,007                  
    Accruing loans over 90 days past due                                  
    Real estate owned     167       167       428                  
    Total non-performing assets   $ 17,151     $ 13,447     $ 5,435                  
                                             
    Loans 30-89 days delinquent   $ 4,321     $ 9,977     $ 1,872                  
                                             
    Other ratios:                                        
    Loans to deposits     86.62 %     79.48 %     77.50 %                
    Loans 30-89 days delinquent and still accruing to gross loans outstanding     0.39 %     0.93 %     0.19 %                
    Total non-performing loans to gross loans outstanding     1.52 %     1.24 %     0.51 %                
    Total non-performing assets to total assets     1.06 %     0.85 %     0.35 %                
    Allowance for credit losses to gross loans outstanding     1.23 %     1.19 %     1.11 %                
    Allowance for credit losses to total non-performing loans     81.03 %     96.40 %     217.76 %                
    Net loan charge-offs to average loans (1)     0.01 %     0.01 %     -0.02 %     0.01 %     -0.01 %
    (1 ) Information is annualized.
    (2 ) Net interest margin is presented on a fully tax equivalent basis, using a 21% federal tax rate.
    (3 ) Non-GAAP financial measures. See the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section of this press release for a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP equivalent.
         

    LANDMARK BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    Non-GAAP Finacials Measures (unaudited)

        As of or for the     As of or for the  
        three months ended,     six months ended,  
        June 30,     March 31,     June 30,     June 30,     June 30,  
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)   2025     2025     2024     2025     2024  
                                   
    Non-GAAP financial ratio reconciliation:                                        
    Total non-interest expense   $ 10,961     $ 10,761     $ 11,095     $ 21,722     $ 21,646  
    Less: foreclosure and real estate owned expense     49       (50 )     39       (1 )     (11 )
    Less: amortization of other intangibles     (151 )     (152 )     (171 )     (303 )     (341 )
    Less: valuation allowance on real estate held for sale                 (979 )           (1,108 )
    Adjusted non-interest expense (A)     10,859       10,559       9,984       21,418       20,186  
                                             
    Net interest income (B)     13,683       13,119       10,974       26,802       21,721  
                                             
    Non-interest income     3,626       3,358       3,720       6,984       7,120  
    Less: losses on sales of investment securities, net           2             2        
    Less: gains on sales of premises and equipment and foreclosed assets     (9 )                 (9 )     9  
    Adjusted non-interest income (C)   $ 3,617     $ 3,360     $ 3,720     $ 6,977     $ 7,129  
                                             
    Efficiency ratio (A/(B+C))     62.8 %     64.1 %     67.9 %     63.4 %     70.0 %
    Non-interest income to total income (C/(B+C))     20.9 %     20.4 %     25.3 %     20.7 %     24.7 %
                                             
    Total stockholders’ equity   $ 148,376     $ 142,651     $ 128,254                  
    Less: goodwill and other intangible assets     (34,652 )     (34,803 )     (35,277 )                
    Tangible equity (D)   $ 113,724     $ 107,848     $ 92,977                  
                                             
    Total assets   $ 1,624,865     $ 1,578,589     $ 1,560,754                  
    Less: goodwill and other intangible assets     (34,652 )     (34,803 )     (35,277 )                
    Tangible assets (E)   $ 1,590,213     $ 1,543,786     $ 1,525,477                  
                                             
    Tangible equity to tangible assets (D/E)     7.15 %     6.99 %     6.09 %                
                                             
    Shares outstanding at end of period (F)     5,783,312       5,778,610       5,743,044                  
                                             
    Tangible book value per share (D/F)   $ 19.66     $ 18.66     $ 16.19                  

    The MIL Network

  • MIL-OSI Russia: China commends South Africa’s positive actions to uphold one-China principle

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) — China highly appreciates South Africa’s positive actions in upholding the one-China principle and UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said Thursday.

    The South African government has reportedly issued a notice stating that the “Taipei Trade Office” in the country’s administrative capital Pretoria will no longer be recognised. South Africa has requested that the office be moved from Pretoria to Johannesburg. The “Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town” will now be known as the “Taipei Trade Office”.

    Commenting on South Africa’s decision at a daily press briefing, Guo Jiakun recalled that the one-China principle is the political basis for the establishment and development of China’s diplomatic relations with other countries, as well as the basic norm of international relations and the prevailing consensus of the international community.

    “This also reflects the true meaning of the comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation between China and South Africa in the new era,” the diplomat stressed, adding that China is willing to continue to firmly support each other on issues affecting the fundamental interests of the two sides together with South Africa. –0–

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Last person on Interpol’s Red Notice list of 100 fugitives in Asia returned to China

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) — Fugitive suspect Zhou Jinghua, the last person on the International Criminal Police Organization’s (Interpol) 100 most wanted fugitives list of “red notices” to be in Asia, has been repatriated to China thanks to cooperation between law enforcement and judicial authorities in China and Thailand. –0–

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: ECB keeps key interest rates unchanged

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    FRANKFURT AM MAIN, July 24 (Xinhua) — The European Central Bank (ECB) decided to leave key interest rates unchanged at its monetary policy meeting on Thursday.

    The deposit rate, with which the Central Bank regulates monetary policy, remains unchanged at 2 percent.

    According to Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, inflation in the eurozone rose from 1.9 percent in May to 2 percent in June. Domestic price pressures continue to ease and wage growth is slowing, the ECB said in a statement.

    Thus, inflation in the eurozone fluctuates around the target indicator of 2%. The Central Bank has once again confirmed its determination to ensure its stabilization in the medium term.

    “The Governing Council stands ready to adjust all instruments within its mandate to ensure that inflation remains stabilised at the 2% target over the medium term and that the smooth functioning of the monetary policy transmission mechanism is maintained,” the regulator said in a statement. –0–

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Passenger car production in Russia fell by 2 percent in January-June

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    Moscow, July 24 (Xinhua) — Russia produced 326,000 passenger cars in the first half of 2025, down 2.1 percent from the same period a year earlier, the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation published on Thursday.

    In June, 45 thousand passenger cars were produced in Russia. This is 28.2 percent less than in June 2024.

    In the first half of 2025, the country saw a 23.9 percent reduction in truck production. During this period, 68.8 thousand units were produced in Russia. –0–

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-OSI Russia: The Russian President promised to fully implement plans for the development of the Russian Navy

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    Moscow, July 24 /Xinhua/ — Russia will not back down from creating modern Russian Navy forces, all planned actions will be implemented in full, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a flag-raising ceremony on the nuclear-powered missile submarine “Prince Pozharsky” on Thursday.

    “We will definitely and fully implement the planned creation of a modern navy, ensure the security of Russia and our national interests in all areas of the World Ocean. There can be no doubt about this,” the head of state noted.

    According to him, the construction of strategic missile submarines is a priority for the Russian Federation, since it allows it to ensure the global balance of power.

    The moment of raising the flag to the Russian anthem marked the inclusion of the nuclear-powered vessel in the country’s Navy.

    The nuclear-powered submarine cruiser Knyaz Pozharsky was launched in Severodvinsk in 2024. Being the fourth serial nuclear submarine of the Borey-A project, it belongs to the fourth generation of nuclear-powered submarines.

    “Prince Pozharsky” is equipped with modern missile and torpedo weapon systems, navigation, radio-technical and hydroacoustic weapons. –0–

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

    .

    MIL OSI Russia News

  • MIL-Evening Report: Miles Franklin 2025: Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities is a haunting comedy about tyranny. Is it the funniest winner ever?

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Steinberg, Forrest Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, English & Literary Studies, The University of Western Australia

    Siang Lu David Kelly/UQP

    The Miles Franklin judges described Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities, winner of the 2025 award, as “a grand farce and a haunting meditation on diaspora”. To my mind, it is perhaps the funniest novel ever to have won the Miles Franklin. In the last decade, its closest competitor would be Melissa Lucashenko’s boisterous, brilliant Too Much Lip.

    Turn the clock back a few more years, and it’d square off against the puerile humour of Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet, the zany folly of Peter Carey’s Oscar and Lucinda, and Thea Astley’s biting satire The Acolyte. It’d remain a strong contender even in such company.

    Lu earned a reputation for satire with his first novel, The Whitewash, in which he lampooned the racial politics of the film industry. Ghost Cities extends this skit, while dialling it up to 11.

    “Sitting within a tradition in Australian writing that explores failed expatriation and cultural fraud, Lu’s novel is also something strikingly new,” the judges said, praising its “absurdist bravura”.

    A comedy of tyranny

    Lu’s sense of humour relies on hyperbole. Over some 300 pages, the characters in Ghost Cities tie themselves in knots over a ludicrous series of edicts, demands and directives issued by a pair of dictators who grow crueller and more capricious with every chapter.

    Ghost Cities is a comedy of tyranny in two plots, told via alternating chapters. One begins in a semi-recognisable Sydney, then relocates to the fictitious ghost city of Port Man Tou; the other is a fable set in China’s Imperial City and its labyrinths millennia ago.


    Ghost Cities begins in the latter timeline, with the mock-heroic tale of Emperor Lu Huang Du’s ascension to the imperial throne and the beginning of his dictatorial rule. What defines his character, from the very first page, is his yawning ego; he yearns for an exceptional origin myth, a tale of patricide and regicide. The failure to fabricate myths of this kind later leads him to banish a trio of scholars to the Sixth Level of Hell and burn every book in the Imperial Library. What he wants is a hymn to his own “cunning, ruthless strategy and force of will”. But the truth is ignoble.

    Emperors should not come to power through inaction. They should not do so by “gawping as their purple-faced fathers clawed and sputtered on what would later be determined to be an awkwardly lodged chicken bone”. They should not “wait, in lacklustre fealty, for that final breathless minute to expire”. They should certainly not then proceed to order the death of every chicken in the land, because of the deranged belief “their traitorous bones were conspiring against His Imperial bloodline”. And they would be well advised not then to issue an edict forbidding the “breeding, eating and harbouring of poultry”, which leads the sons of “a hundred fallen agrarians” to swear vengeance.

    Perverse as he is, there is real pleasure to be found in tracking the consequences of Lu Huang Du’s whims. From his banishment of his brother, Lu Dong Pu, for the crime of intercepting an assassin’s blade, to his attempt to elude his prophesied death by conscripting a thousand lookalikes from among his citizens, the emperor is a character governed at every turn by an unspeakable fear of his own mortality.

    Through him, and the chapters that recount the consequences of his wildly temperamental rule in the form of an absurd fable, Lu offers a sharp yet entertaining study in the abuse of state power by the narcissistic and incompetent.

    Ghost Cities’ second dictator is a director named Baby Bao, who embarks on an egotistical undertaking of his own. His ambition is to create a “historical biopic of the infamous Indomitable Emperor Lu Huang Hu”, a self-styled piece of “cinematic history, a twenty-seven hour extravaganza – no intermission – in simultaneous worldwide release!”. Such a biopic would work primarily to reinforce his delusion that he is biologically “destined for greatness”, by illustrating his belief that his lineage can be traced to the emperor. The conceit makes gleefully explicit the egotism buried in so many artistic projects.

    The emperor is later opposed by his brother, Lu Dong Pu, and his nephew, Lu Shan Liang; his counterpart, Xiang Lu (note the resemblance of both their names to their author’s), is a phoney translator hired by the director after he goes viral for his ignorance of Chinese.

    Indecencies on indignities

    Siang Lu shares an interest in anagrams (and chess) with Russian-American writer Vladimir Nabokov, who appears in his own fiction under names such as Vivian Darkbloom and Adam von Librikov.


    Ghost Cities also includes a long, loosely iambic poem titled “Six Levels of Hell”, which narrates Lu Dong Pu’s escape from labyrinthine imprisonment beneath the Imperial City. Lu’s allusions to other texts are too various to properly discuss here. They include John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Jorge Luis Borges’ Labyrinths, Nabokov’s Pale Fire and Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities. These references extend Ghost Cities’ concern with the relationship between dictators, architects and artisans, rampaging gods and those humbler deities behind smaller creations.

    Women play an important role in Lu’s twin fables, albeit a comparatively subtle one. Wuer, first Lu Dong Pu’s wife and later (against her will) the Imperial Consort, records her husband’s torment in the poem Six Levels of Hell and mourns the death of Lu Shan Liang’s twin brother in a moving parenthetical aside. Yuan (who shares a name with Siang Lu’s wife), a translator and eventually Xiang Lu’s lover, is an intelligent interlocutor.

    But Ghost Cities is at its best when it piles indecencies on indignities – when it all goes totally wrong. When piglets are appointed to office. When the swine sits in the chair, and rules as it sees fit.

    Joseph Steinberg does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    ref. Miles Franklin 2025: Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities is a haunting comedy about tyranny. Is it the funniest winner ever? – https://theconversation.com/miles-franklin-2025-siang-lus-ghost-cities-is-a-haunting-comedy-about-tyranny-is-it-the-funniest-winner-ever-261584

    MIL OSI AnalysisEveningReport.nz

  • MIL-OSI: MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    IOWA CITY, Iowa, July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOFG) (“we,” “our,” or the “Company”) today reported results for the second quarter of 2025.

    Second Quarter 2025 Summary1

    • Pre-tax, pre-provision net revenue increased 15% to $24.5 million2.
      • Net interest margin (tax equivalent) was 3.57%2; core net interest margin expanded 13 basis points (“bps”) to 3.49%.2
      • Noninterest income was $10.2 million.
      • Noninterest expense was $35.8 million.
      • Efficiency ratio improved to 56.20%2 from 59.38%2.
    • Net income of $10.0 million, or $0.48 per diluted common share, reflected credit loss expense of $11.9 million stemming primarily from a single commercial real estate (“CRE”) office credit.
    • Criticized loans ratio improved 32 bps to 5.15%.
    • Allowance for credit losses ratio increased to 1.50%, due primarily to the single CRE office credit.
    • Annualized loan growth of 7.4%.
    • Tangible book value per share of $23.92,2 an increase of 2.4%.
    • Common equity tier 1 (“CET1”) capital ratio improved 5 bps to 11.02%.
    • Provided notice of redemption for all $65.0 million aggregate principal of the Company’s 5.75% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due 2030 set to reprice on July 30th.

    CEO Commentary

    Charles (Chip) Reeves, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, commented, “Due to the expertise of our MidWestOne team, we continued to execute well on our 2025 strategic initiatives. Strong loan growth and back book loan re-pricing led to tax equivalent net interest margin expansion of 13 basis points, to 3.57%2, and to 5% linked quarter net interest income growth. Investments in our relationship fee income businesses continue to bear fruit with wealth management, Small Business Administration (“SBA”), and residential mortgage revenues up quarter over quarter.

    We maintained our expense discipline even as we added significant customer facing talent in Denver and the Twin Cities, as well as invested in our platforms to drive internal efficiencies and improve the customer experience.

    Earnings and certain asset quality measures were unfavorably impacted by a single $24 million suburban Twin Cities CRE office credit. The loan was originated in June 2022 and previously classified, but moved to nonaccrual in the second quarter. A receiver is in place, resolution efforts have begun, and a specific reserve was established, which led to an increase in our allowance for credit losses ratio to 1.50%.

    Our balance sheet, capital, and underlying earnings strength position us well for the second half of 2025 as we continue to make significant progress in building a high-performing, relationship-driven community bank.”

    __________________
    1Second Quarter Summary compares to the first quarter of 2025 (the “linked quarter”) unless noted.
    2Non-GAAP measure. See the separate Non-GAAP Measures section for a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

    (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts and as noted)   As of or for the quarter ended   Six Months Ended
      June 30,   March 31,   June 30,   June 30,   June 30,
        2025       2025       2024       2025       2024  
    Financial Results                    
    Revenue   $ 60,231     $ 57,575     $ 57,901     $ 117,806     $ 102,382  
    Credit loss expense     11,889       1,687       1,267       13,576       5,956  
    Noninterest expense     35,767       36,293       35,761       72,060       71,326  
    Net income     9,980       15,138       15,819       25,118       19,088  
    Pre-tax pre-provision net revenue(3)     24,464       21,282       22,140       45,746       31,056  
    Adjusted earnings(3)     10,176       15,301       8,132       25,479       12,621  
    Per Common Share                    
    Diluted earnings per share   $ 0.48     $ 0.73     $ 1.00     $ 1.20     $ 1.21  
    Adjusted earnings per share(3)     0.49       0.73       0.52       1.22       0.80  
    Book value     28.36       27.85       34.44       28.36       34.44  
    Tangible book value(3)     23.92       23.36       28.27       23.92       28.27  
    Balance Sheet & Credit Quality                    
    Loans In millions   $ 4,381.2     $ 4,304.2     $ 4,287.2     $ 4,381.2     $ 4,287.2  
    Investment securities In millions     1,235.0       1,305.5       1,824.1       1,235.0       1,824.1  
    Deposits In millions     5,388.1       5,489.1       5,412.4       5,388.1       5,412.4  
    Net loan charge-offs In millions     0.2       3.1       0.5       3.3       0.7  
    Allowance for credit losses ratio     1.50 %     1.25 %     1.26 %     1.50 %     1.26 %
    Selected Ratios                    
    Return on average assets     0.65 %     1.00 %     0.95 %     0.82 %     0.58 %
    Net interest margin, tax equivalent(3)     3.57 %     3.44 %     2.41 %     3.51 %     2.37 %
    Return on average equity     6.81 %     10.74 %     11.91 %     8.74 %     7.23 %
    Return on average tangible equity(3)     8.84 %     13.75 %     15.74 %     11.24 %     9.98 %
    Efficiency ratio(3)     56.20 %     59.38 %     56.29 %     57.75 %     62.83 %


    REVENUE REVIEW

    Revenue               Change   Change
                  2Q25 vs   2Q25 vs
    (Dollars in thousands)   2Q25   1Q25   2Q24   1Q25   2Q24
    Net interest income   $ 49,982   $ 47,439   $ 36,347   5 %   38 %
    Noninterest income     10,249     10,136     21,554   1 %   (52)%
    Total revenue, net of interest expense   $ 60,231   $ 57,575   $ 57,901   5 %   4 %

    Total revenue for the second quarter of 2025 increased $2.7 million from the first quarter of 2025 due to higher net interest income and noninterest income during the quarter. When compared to the second quarter of 2024, total revenue increased $2.3 million due to higher net interest income partially offset by lower noninterest income.

    Net interest income of $50.0 million for the second quarter of 2025 increased $2.5 million from the first quarter of 2025 due to higher earning asset volumes and yields and lower funding costs, partially offset by higher funding volumes. When compared to the second quarter of 2024, net interest income increased $13.6 million due to higher earning asset yields and lower funding volumes and costs, partially offset by lower earning asset volumes.

    The Company’s tax equivalent net interest margin was 3.57%3 in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 3.44%3 in the first quarter of 2025, driven by higher earning asset yields and lower interest bearing liability costs. Total earning asset yield increased 12 bps from the first quarter of 2025, primarily due to an increase of 10 bps in loan yield. Interest bearing liability costs during the second quarter of 2025 decreased 2 bps to 2.39%, primarily due to reductions in long-term debt costs and interest bearing deposits of 13 bps and 2 bps, to 6.28% and 2.29%, respectively, from the first quarter of 2025.

    The Company’s tax equivalent net interest margin was 3.57%3 in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 2.41%3 in the second quarter of 2024, driven by higher earning asset yields and lower interest bearing liability costs. Total earning assets yield increased 75 bps from the second quarter of 2024, primarily due to increases of 189 bps and 12 bps in total investment securities and loan yields, respectively. Interest bearing liability costs decreased 46 bps to 2.39%, due to long-term debt costs of 6.28% and interest bearing deposit costs of 2.29%, which decreased 67 bps, and 25 bps, respectively, from the second quarter of 2024.

    __________________
    3Non-GAAP measure. See the separate Non-GAAP Measures section for a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

    Noninterest Income             Change   Change
                2Q25 vs   2Q25 vs
    (Dollars in thousands) 2Q25   1Q25   2Q24   1Q25   2Q24
    Investment services and trust activities $ 3,705     $ 3,544     $ 3,504   5 %   6 %
    Service charges and fees   2,190       2,131       2,156   3 %   2 %
    Card revenue   1,934       1,744       1,907   11 %   1 %
    Loan revenue   1,417       1,194       1,525   19 %   (7)%
    Bank-owned life insurance   677       1,057       668   (36)%   1 %
    Investment securities gains, net         33       33   (100)%   (100)%
    Other   326       433       11,761   (25)%   (97)%
    Total noninterest income $ 10,249     $ 10,136     $ 21,554   1 %   (52)%
                       
    MSR adjustment (included above in Loan revenue) $ (264 )   $ (213 )   $ 129   24 %   (305)%

    Noninterest income for the second quarter of 2025 increased $0.1 million from the linked quarter, primarily due to increases of $0.2 million each in loan revenue, card revenue, and investment services and trust activities revenue. The increase in loan revenue was due primarily to a $0.2 million increase in mortgage origination fee revenue, coupled with an increase of $0.2 million in SBA gain on sale revenue. The increase in card revenue was driven primarily by higher interchange fee income. The increase in investment services and trust activities revenue was driven by higher assets under administration. Partially offsetting these increases was a decline of $0.4 million in bank-owned life insurance revenue stemming from the death benefit recognized in the first quarter of 2025.

    Noninterest income for the second quarter of 2025 decreased $11.3 million from the second quarter of 2024 primarily due to the decline in other revenue stemming from the $11.1 million gain realized in connection with the sale of our Florida banking operations in the second quarter of 2024. Also contributing to the decline in noninterest income was a $0.4 million unfavorable change in the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights, which is included in loan revenue, and a decline of $0.4 million in swap origination fee income, which is recorded in other revenue. Partially offsetting these declines was an increase of $0.2 million in investment services and trust activities revenue, driven by higher assets under administration.

    EXPENSE REVIEW

    Noninterest Expense             Change   Change
                2Q25 vs   2Q25 vs
    (Dollars in thousands) 2Q25   1Q25   2Q24   1Q25   2Q24
    Compensation and employee benefits $ 21,011   $ 21,212   $ 20,985   (1)%   %
    Occupancy expense of premises, net   2,540     2,588     2,435   (2)%   4 %
    Equipment   2,550     2,426     2,530   5 %   1 %
    Legal and professional   2,153     2,226     2,253   (3)%   (4)%
    Data processing   1,486     1,698     1,645   (12)%   (10)%
    Marketing   762     552     636   38 %   20 %
    Amortization of intangibles   1,252     1,408     1,593   (11)%   (21)%
    FDIC insurance   851     917     1,051   (7)%   (19)%
    Communications   161     159     191   1 %   (16)%
    Foreclosed assets, net   83     74     138   12 %   (40)%
    Other   2,918     3,033     2,304   (4)%   27 %
    Total noninterest expense $ 35,767   $ 36,293   $ 35,761   (1)%   %
    Merger-related Expenses          
             
    (Dollars in thousands) 2Q25   1Q25   2Q24
    Compensation and employee benefits $   $   $ 73
    Equipment           28
    Legal and professional       40     462
    Data processing           251
    Communications           8
    Other           32
    Total merger-related expenses $   $ 40   $ 854

    Noninterest expense for the second quarter of 2025 decreased $0.5 million from the linked quarter, primarily due to decreases of $0.2 million each in data processing, compensation and employee benefits, and amortization of intangibles. The decrease in data processing was primarily driven by a decrease in core banking system costs. The decrease in compensation and employee benefits reflected the receipt of $1.1 million from Employee Retention Credit claims, which was partially offset by higher wage, equity compensation and employee benefits expense.

    Noninterest expense for the second quarter of 2025 compared to the prior year was stable at $35.8 million. The $0.6 million increase in other noninterest expense stemmed primarily from customer deposits costs. Further, excluding merger-related expenses, legal and professional costs increased $0.4 million due primarily to higher litigation-related legal expenses. Those increases were partially offset by lower intangible amortization and FDIC insurance costs, which decreased $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

    The Company’s effective tax rate was 20.6% in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 22.7% in the linked quarter. The effective income tax rate for the full year 2025 is expected to be 22-23%.

    BALANCE SHEET REVIEW

    Total assets were $6.16 billion at June 30, 2025, compared to $6.25 billion at March 31, 2025 and $6.58 billion at June 30, 2024. The decrease from March 31, 2025 was primarily due to lower cash and security volumes, partially offset by higher loan volumes. Compared to June 30, 2024, the decrease was primarily driven by lower security volumes, partially offset by higher loan volumes.

    Loans Held for Investment

    (Dollars in thousands)

    June 30, 2025   March 31, 2025   June 30, 2024  
    Balance   % of Total   Balance   % of Total   Balance   % of Total  
    Commercial and industrial $ 1,226,265   28.0 % $ 1,140,138   26.5 % $ 1,120,983   26.1 %
    Agricultural   128,717   2.9     131,409   3.1     107,983   2.5  
    Commercial real estate                        
    Construction and development   280,918   6.4     293,280   6.8     351,646   8.2  
    Farmland   186,494   4.3     180,633   4.2     183,641   4.3  
    Multifamily   438,193   10.0     421,204   9.8     430,054   10.0  
    Other   1,407,469   32.1     1,425,062   33.0     1,348,515   31.5  
    Total commercial real estate   2,313,074   52.8     2,320,179   53.8     2,313,856   54.0  
    Residential real estate                        
    One-to-four family first liens   467,970   10.7     471,688   11.0     492,541   11.5  
    One-to-four family junior liens   188,671   4.3     182,346   4.2     176,105   4.1  
    Total residential real estate   656,641   15.0     654,034   15.2     668,646   15.6  
    Consumer   56,491   1.3     58,424   1.4     75,764   1.8  
    Loans held for investment, net of unearned income $ 4,381,188   100.0 % $ 4,304,184   100.0 % $ 4,287,232   100.0 %
                             
    Total commitments to extend credit $ 1,074,935       $ 1,080,300       $ 1,200,605      

    Loans held for investment, net of unearned income at June 30, 2025 were $4.38 billion, increasing $77.0 million, or 1.8%, from $4.30 billion at March 31, 2025 and increasing $94.0 million, or 2.2%, from $4.29 billion at June 30, 2024. The increases across both periods were primarily driven by organic loan growth and higher line of credit usage.

    Investment Securities(Dollars in thousands) June 30, 2025   March 31, 2025   June 30, 2024  
    Balance   % of Total   Balance   % of Total   Balance   % of Total  
    Available for sale $ 1,235,045   100.0 % $ 1,305,530   100.0 % $ 771,034   42.3 %
    Held to maturity     %     %   1,053,080   57.7 %
    Total investment securities $ 1,235,045       $ 1,305,530       $ 1,824,114      

    Investment securities at June 30, 2025 were $1.24 billion, decreasing $70.5 million from March 31, 2025 and decreasing $589.1 million from June 30, 2024. The decrease from the first quarter of 2025 was primarily due to principal cash flows received from scheduled payments, calls, and maturities. The decrease from the second quarter of 2024 stemmed primarily from the sale of debt securities in connection with a balance sheet repositioning, as well as principal cash flows received from scheduled payments, calls, and maturities.

    Deposits June 30, 2025   March 31, 2025   June 30, 2024  
    (Dollars in thousands) Balance   % of Total   Balance   % of Total   Balance   % of Total  
    Noninterest bearing deposits $ 910,693   16.9 % $ 903,714   16.5 % $ 882,472   16.3 %
    Interest checking deposits   1,206,096   22.5     1,283,328   23.3     1,284,243   23.7  
    Money market deposits   971,048   18.0     1,002,066   18.3     1,043,376   19.3  
    Savings deposits   851,636   15.8     877,348   16.0     745,639   13.8  
    Time deposits of $250 and under   837,302   15.5     818,012   14.9     803,301   14.8  
    Total core deposits   4,776,775   88.7     4,884,468   89.0     4,759,031   87.9  
    Brokered time deposits   200,000   3.7     200,000   3.6     196,000   3.6  
    Time deposits over $250   411,323   7.6     404,674   7.4     457,388   8.5  
    Total deposits $ 5,388,098   100.0 % $ 5,489,142   100.0 % $ 5,412,419   100.0 %

    Total deposits at June 30, 2025 were $5.39 billion, decreasing $101.0 million, or 1.8%, from $5.49 billion at March 31, 2025, and decreasing $24.3 million, or 0.4%, from $5.41 billion at June 30, 2024. Noninterest bearing deposits at June 30, 2025 were $910.7 million, an increase of $7.0 million from March 31, 2025 and an increase of $28.2 million from June 30, 2024.

    Borrowed Funds June 30, 2025   March 31, 2025   June 30, 2024  
    (Dollars in thousands) Balance   % of Total   Balance   % of Total   Balance   % of Total  
    Short-term borrowings $   % $ 1,482   1.3 % $ 414,684   78.3 %
    Long-term debt   112,320   100.0 %   111,398   98.7 %   114,839   21.7 %
    Total borrowed funds $ 112,320       $ 112,880       $ 529,523      

    Borrowed funds were $112.3 million at June 30, 2025, a decrease of $0.6 million from March 31, 2025 and a decrease of $417.2 million from June 30, 2024. The decrease compared to the linked quarter was due primarily to lower securities sold under agreements to repurchase. The decrease compared to June 30, 2024 was primarily due to the pay-off of $405.0 million of BTFP borrowings and scheduled payments on long-term debt.

    In June 2025, the Company provided notice to the trustee of its intent to redeem all $65.0 million aggregate principal of its 5.75% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due 2030. To complete the redemption, the Company expects to utilize a combination of cash on hand and proceeds from a $50.0 million senior term note. The senior term note is expected to be structured as a 5-year maturity, 7-year amortization facility, and bear interest at a floating rate of 1-month term SOFR plus 1.75%. The financing pursuant to the senior note is expected to close on July 29, 2025, and the redemption is expected to occur on July 30, 2025.

    Capital June 30,   March 31,   June 30,
    (Dollars in thousands) 2025 (1)     2025       2024  
    Total shareholders’ equity $ 589,040     $ 579,625     $ 543,286  
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss   (57,557 )     (63,098 )     (58,135 )
    MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. Consolidated          
    Tier 1 leverage to average assets ratio   9.62 %     9.50 %     8.29 %
    Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio   11.02 %     10.97 %     9.56 %
    Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio   11.88 %     11.84 %     10.35 %
    Total capital to risk-weighted assets ratio   14.44 %     14.34 %     12.62 %
    MidWestOne Bank          
    Tier 1 leverage to average assets ratio   10.43 %     10.42 %     9.24 %
    Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio   12.95 %     13.02 %     11.55 %
    Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio   12.95 %     13.02 %     11.55 %
    Total capital to risk-weighted assets ratio   14.20 %     14.21 %     12.61 %
    (1) Regulatory capital ratios for June 30, 2025 are preliminary          

    Total shareholders’ equity at June 30, 2025 increased $9.4 million from March 31, 2025, driven primarily by a decrease in accumulated other comprehensive loss and an increase in retained earnings, partially offset by an increase in treasury stock. Total shareholders’ equity at June 30, 2025 increased $45.8 million from June 30, 2024, primarily due to increases in common stock and additional paid-in-capital stemming from the common equity capital raise in the third quarter of 2024, and partially offset by a decrease in retained earnings.

    On July 22, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.2425 per common share. The dividend is payable September 16, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 2, 2025.

    The current share repurchase program allows for the repurchase of up to $15.0 million of the Company’s common shares. Under such program, the Company repurchased 63,402 shares of its common stock at an average price of $27.65 per share and a total cost of $1.8 million during the period March 31, 2025 through June 30, 2025. No shares were repurchased during the subsequent period through July 24, 2025. As of June 30, 2025, $13.2 million remained available under this program.

    CREDIT QUALITY REVIEW

    Credit Quality As of or For the Three Months Ended
    June 30,   March 31,   June 30,
    (Dollars in thousands)   2025       2025       2024  
    Credit loss expense related to loans $ 12,089     $ 1,787     $ 467  
    Net charge-offs   189       3,087       524  
    Allowance for credit losses   65,800       53,900       53,900  
    Pass $ 4,155,385     $ 4,068,707     $ 3,991,692  
    Special Mention   98,998       121,494       146,253  
    Classified   126,805       113,983       149,287  
    Criticized   225,803       235,477       295,540  
    Loans greater than 30 days past due and accruing $ 12,161     $ 6,119     $ 9,358  
    Nonperforming loans $ 37,192     $ 17,470     $ 25,128  
    Nonperforming assets   40,606       20,889       31,181  
    Net charge-off ratio(1)   0.02 %     0.29 %     0.05 %
    Classified loans ratio(2)   2.89 %     2.65 %     3.48 %
    Criticized loans ratio(3)   5.15 %     5.47 %     6.89 %
    Nonperforming loans ratio(4)   0.85 %     0.41 %     0.59 %
    Nonperforming assets ratio(5)   0.66 %     0.33 %     0.47 %
    Allowance for credit losses ratio(6)   1.50 %     1.25 %     1.26 %
    Allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans ratio(7)   179.19 %     309.47 %     218.26 %
    (1) Net charge-off ratio is calculated as annualized net charge-offs divided by the sum of average loans held for investment, net of unearned income and average loans held for sale, during the period.
    (2) Classified loans ratio is calculated as classified loans divided by loans held for investment, net of unearned income, at the end of the period.
    (3) Criticized loans ratio is calculated as criticized loans divided by loans held for investment, net of unearned income, at the end of the period.
    (4) Nonperforming loans ratio is calculated as nonperforming loans divided by loans held for investment, net of unearned income, at the end of the period.
    (5) Nonperforming assets ratio is calculated as nonperforming assets divided by total assets at the end of the period.
    (6) Allowance for credit losses ratio is calculated as allowance for credit losses divided by loans held for investment, net of unearned income, at the end of the period.
    (7) Allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans ratio is calculated as allowance for credit losses divided by nonaccrual loans at the end of the period.

    Compared to the linked quarter, both nonperforming loans and nonperforming assets increased $19.7 million, primarily due to a single $24.0 million CRE office credit, partially offset by the sale of a $3.9 million CRE office credit. Special mention loan balances decreased $22.5 million, or 19%, while classified loan balances increased $12.8 million, or 11%. Compared to the prior year period, nonperforming loans and nonperforming assets increased $12.1 million and $9.4 million, respectively. Special mention loan balances decreased $47.3 million, or 32%, while classified loan balances decreased $22.5 million, or 15%. The net charge-off ratio declined 27 bps from the linked quarter and 3 bps from the same period in the prior year.

    As of June 30, 2025, the allowance for credit losses was $65.8 million and the allowance for credit losses ratio was 1.50%, compared with $53.9 million and 1.25%, respectively, at March 31, 2025. Credit loss expense of $11.9 million in the second quarter of 2025 primarily reflected the specific reserve established in connection with the single CRE office credit previously discussed.

    Nonperforming Loans Roll Forward
    (Dollars in thousands)
    Nonaccrual   90+ Days Past Due & Still Accruing   Total
    Balance at March 31, 2025 $ 17,417     $ 53     $ 17,470  
    Loans placed on nonaccrual or 90+ days past due & still accruing   25,279       569       25,848  
    Proceeds related to repayment or sale   (4,973 )           (4,973 )
    Loans returned to accrual status or no longer past due   (632 )           (632 )
    Charge-offs   (187 )     (151 )     (338 )
    Transfers to foreclosed assets   (183 )           (183 )
    Balance at June 30, 2025 $ 36,721     $ 471     $ 37,192  


    CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS

    The Company will host a conference call for investors at 11:00 a.m. CT on Friday, July 25, 2025. To participate, you may pre-register for this call utilizing the following link: https://www.netroadshow.com/events/login?show=a6070726&confId=80381. After pre-registering for this event you will receive your access details via email. On the day of the call, you are also able to dial 1-833-470-1428 using an access code of 293794 at least fifteen minutes before the call start time. If you are unable to participate on the call, a replay will be available until October 23, 2025 by calling 1-866-813-9403 and using the replay access code of 763204. A transcript of the call will also be available on the Company’s web site (www.midwestonefinancial.com) within three business days of the call.

    ABOUT MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

    MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Iowa City, Iowa. MidWestOne is the parent company of MidWestOne Bank, which operates banking offices in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado. MidWestOne provides electronic delivery of financial services through its website, MidWestOne.bank. MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “MOFG”.

    Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

    This release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of such term in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We and our representatives may, from time to time, make written or oral statements that are “forward-looking” and provide information other than historical information. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statement. These factors include, among other things, the factors listed below. Forward-looking statements, which may be based upon beliefs, expectations and assumptions of our management and on information currently available to management, are generally identifiable by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “plans,” “goals,” “intend,” “project,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “may” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Additionally, we undertake no obligation to update any statement in light of new information or future events, except as required under federal securities law.

    Our ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Factors that could have an impact on our ability to achieve operating results, growth plan goals and future prospects include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) the effects of changes in interest rates, including on our net income and the value of our securities portfolio; (2) fluctuations in the value of our investment securities; (3) effects on the U.S. economy resulting from the implementation of proposed policies and executive orders, including the imposition of tariffs, changes in immigration policy, changes to regulatory or other governmental agencies, DEI and ESG initiative trends, changes in consumer protection policies, changes in foreign policy and tax regulations; (4) volatility of rate-sensitive deposits; (5) asset/liability matching risks and liquidity risks; (6) the ability to successfully manage liquidity risk, which may increase dependence on non-core funding sources such as brokered deposits, and may negatively impact the Company’s cost of funds; (7) the concentration of large deposits from certain clients, including those who have balances above current FDIC insurance limits; (8) credit quality deterioration, pronounced and sustained reduction in real estate market values, or other uncertainties, including the impact of inflationary pressures and future monetary policies of the Federal Reserve in response thereto on economic conditions and our business, resulting in an increase in the allowance for credit losses, an increase in the credit loss expense, and a reduction in net earnings; (9) the sufficiency of the allowance for credit losses to absorb the amount of expected losses inherent in our existing loan portfolio; (10) the failure of assumptions underlying the establishment of allowances for credit losses and estimation of values of collateral and various financial assets and liabilities; (11) credit risks and risks from concentrations (by type of borrower, collateral, geographic area and by industry) within our loan portfolio; (12) changes in the economic environment, competition, or other factors that may affect our ability to acquire loans or influence the anticipated growth rate of loans and deposits and the quality of the loan portfolio and loan and deposit pricing; (13) governmental monetary and fiscal policies; (14) new or revised general economic, political, or industry conditions, nationally, internationally or in the communities in which we conduct business, including the risk of a recession; (15) the imposition of domestic or foreign tariffs or other governmental policies impacting the global supply chain and value of the agricultural or other products of our borrowers; (16) war or terrorist activities, including ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, widespread disease or pandemic, or other adverse external events, which may cause deterioration in the economy or cause instability in credit markets; (17) legislative and regulatory changes, including changes in banking, securities, trade, and tax laws and regulations and their application by our regulators, and including changes in interpretation or prioritization of such laws and regulations; (18) changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by state and federal regulatory agencies and the Financial Accounting Standards Board; (19) the effects of competition from other commercial banks, thrifts, mortgage banking firms, consumer finance companies, credit unions, securities brokerage firms, insurance companies, money market and other mutual funds, financial technology companies, and other financial institutions operating in our markets or elsewhere or providing similar services; (20) changes in the business and economic conditions generally and in the financial services industry, and the effects of recent developments and events in the financial services industry, including the large-scale deposit withdrawals over a short period of time that resulted in prior bank failures; (21) the occurrence of fraudulent activity, breaches, or failures of our or our third party vendors’ information security controls or cyber-security related incidents, including as a result of sophisticated attacks using artificial intelligence and similar tools or as a result of insider fraud; (22) the ability to attract and retain key executives and employees experienced in banking and financial services; (23) our ability to adapt successfully to technological changes implemented by us and other parties in the financial services industry, including third-party vendors, which may be more difficult to implement or more expensive than anticipated or which may have unforeseen consequence to us and our customers, including the development and implementation of tools incorporating artificial intelligence; (24) operational risks, including data processing system failures and fraud; (25) the costs, effects and outcomes of existing or future litigation or other legal proceedings and regulatory actions; (26) the risks of mergers or branch sales (including the sale of our Florida banking operations and the acquisition of Denver Bankshares, Inc.), including, without limitation, the related time and costs of implementing such transactions, integrating operations as part of these transactions and possible failures to achieve expected gains, revenue growth and/or expense savings from such transactions; (27) the economic impacts on the Company and its customers of climate change, natural disasters and exceptional weather occurrences, such as: tornadoes, floods and blizzards; and (28) other risk factors detailed from time to time in Securities and Exchange Commission filings made by the Company.


    MIDWEST
    ONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
    FIVE QUARTER CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

      June 30,   March 31,   December 31,   September 30,   June 30,
    (Dollars in thousands)   2025       2025       2024       2024       2024  
    ASSETS                  
    Cash and due from banks $ 78,696     $ 68,545     $ 71,803     $ 72,173     $ 66,228  
    Interest earning deposits in banks   90,749       182,360       133,092       129,695       35,340  
    Total cash and cash equivalents   169,445       250,905       204,895       201,868       101,568  
    Debt securities available for sale at fair value   1,235,045       1,305,530       1,328,433       1,623,104       771,034  
    Held to maturity securities at amortized cost                           1,053,080  
    Total securities   1,235,045       1,305,530       1,328,433       1,623,104       1,824,114  
    Loans held for sale   16,812       13,836       749       3,283       2,850  
    Gross loans held for investment   4,391,426       4,315,546       4,328,413       4,344,559       4,304,619  
    Unearned income, net   (10,238 )     (11,362 )     (12,786 )     (15,803 )     (17,387 )
    Loans held for investment, net of unearned income   4,381,188       4,304,184       4,315,627       4,328,756       4,287,232  
    Allowance for credit losses   (65,800 )     (53,900 )     (55,200 )     (54,000 )     (53,900 )
    Total loans held for investment, net   4,315,388       4,250,284       4,260,427       4,274,756       4,233,332  
    Premises and equipment, net   89,910       90,031       90,851       90,750       91,793  
    Goodwill   69,788       69,788       69,788       69,788       69,388  
    Other intangible assets, net   22,359       23,611       25,019       26,469       27,939  
    Foreclosed assets, net   3,414       3,419       3,337       3,583       6,053  
    Other assets   238,612       246,990       252,830       258,881       224,621  
    Total assets $ 6,160,773     $ 6,254,394     $ 6,236,329     $ 6,552,482     $ 6,581,658  
    LIABILITIES                   
    Noninterest bearing deposits $ 910,693     $ 903,714     $ 951,423     $ 917,715     $ 882,472  
    Interest bearing deposits   4,477,405       4,585,428       4,526,559       4,451,012       4,529,947  
    Total deposits   5,388,098       5,489,142       5,477,982       5,368,727       5,412,419  
    Short-term borrowings         1,482       3,186       410,630       414,684  
    Long-term debt   112,320       111,398       113,376       115,051       114,839  
    Other liabilities   71,315       72,747       82,089       95,836       96,430  
    Total liabilities   5,571,733       5,674,769       5,676,633       5,990,244       6,038,372  
    SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                   
    Common stock   21,580       21,580       21,580       21,580       16,581  
    Additional paid-in capital   414,485       414,258       414,987       414,965       300,831  
    Retained earnings   232,718       227,790       217,776       206,490       306,030  
    Treasury stock   (22,186 )     (20,905 )     (21,885 )     (21,955 )     (22,021 )
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss   (57,557 )     (63,098 )     (72,762 )     (58,842 )     (58,135 )
    Total shareholders’ equity   589,040       579,625       559,696       562,238       543,286  
    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 6,160,773     $ 6,254,394     $ 6,236,329     $ 6,552,482     $ 6,581,658  


    MIDWEST
    ONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
    FIVE QUARTER CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

      Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) June 30,   March 31,   December 31,   September 30,   June 30,   June 30,   June 30,
      2025     2025     2024     2024       2024     2025     2024
    Interest income                          
    Loans, including fees $ 62,276   $ 59,462   $ 62,458   $ 62,521     $ 61,643   $ 121,738   $ 119,590
    Taxable investment securities   12,928     13,327     11,320     8,779       9,228     26,255     18,688
    Tax-exempt investment securities   699     703     728     1,611       1,663     1,402     3,373
    Other   1,517     1,247     3,761     785       242     2,764     660
    Total interest income   77,420     74,739     78,267     73,696       72,776     152,159     142,311
    Interest expense                          
    Deposits   25,665     25,484     27,324     29,117       28,942     51,149     56,668
    Short-term borrowings   19     25     115     5,043       5,409     44     10,384
    Long-term debt   1,754     1,791     1,890     2,015       2,078     3,545     4,181
    Total interest expense   27,438     27,300     29,329     36,175       36,429     54,738     71,233
    Net interest income   49,982     47,439     48,938     37,521       36,347     97,421     71,078
    Credit loss expense   11,889     1,687     1,291     1,535       1,267     13,576     5,956
    Net interest income after credit loss expense   38,093     45,752     47,647     35,986       35,080     83,845     65,122
    Noninterest income                          
    Investment services and trust activities   3,705     3,544     3,779     3,410       3,504     7,249     7,007
    Service charges and fees   2,190     2,131     2,159     2,170       2,156     4,321     4,300
    Card revenue   1,934     1,744     1,833     1,935       1,907     3,678     3,850
    Loan revenue   1,417     1,194     1,841     760       1,525     2,611     2,381
    Bank-owned life insurance   677     1,057     719     879       668     1,734     1,328
    Investment securities gains (losses), net       33     161     (140,182 )     33     33     69
    Other   326     433     345     640       11,761     759     12,369
    Total noninterest income (loss)   10,249     10,136     10,837     (130,388 )     21,554     20,385     31,304
    Noninterest expense                          
    Compensation and employee benefits   21,011     21,212     20,684     19,943       20,985     42,223     41,915
    Occupancy expense of premises, net   2,540     2,588     2,772     2,443       2,435     5,128     5,248
    Equipment   2,550     2,426     2,688     2,486       2,530     4,976     5,130
    Legal and professional   2,153     2,226     2,534     2,261       2,253     4,379     4,312
    Data processing   1,486     1,698     1,719     1,580       1,645     3,184     3,005
    Marketing   762     552     793     619       636     1,314     1,234
    Amortization of intangibles   1,252     1,408     1,449     1,470       1,593     2,660     3,230
    FDIC insurance   851     917     980     923       1,051     1,768     1,993
    Communications   161     159     154     159       191     320     387
    Foreclosed assets, net   83     74     56     330       138     157     496
    Other   2,918     3,033     3,543     3,584       2,304     5,951     4,376
    Total noninterest expense   35,767     36,293     37,372     35,798       35,761     72,060     71,326
    Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)   12,575     19,595     21,112     (130,200 )     20,873     32,170     25,100
    Income tax expense (benefit)   2,595     4,457     4,782     (34,493 )     5,054     7,052     6,012
    Net income (loss) $ 9,980   $ 15,138   $ 16,330   $ (95,707 )   $ 15,819   $ 25,118   $ 19,088
                               
    Earnings (loss) per common share                          
    Basic $ 0.48   $ 0.73   $ 0.79   $ (6.05 )   $ 1.00   $ 1.21   $ 1.21
    Diluted $ 0.48   $ 0.73   $ 0.78   $ (6.05 )   $ 1.00   $ 1.20   $ 1.21
    Weighted average basic common shares outstanding   20,816     20,797     20,776     15,829       15,763     20,807     15,743
    Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding   20,843     20,849     20,851     15,829       15,781     20,846     15,775
    Dividends paid per common share $ 0.2425   $ 0.2425   $ 0.2425   $ 0.2425     $ 0.2425   $ 0.4850   $ 0.4850


    MIDWEST
    ONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
    FINANCIAL STATISTICS

      As of or for the Three Months Ended   As of or for the Six Months Ended
      June 30,   March 31,   June 30,   June 30,   June 30,
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)   2025       2025       2024       2025       2024  
    Earnings:                  
    Net interest income $ 49,982     $ 47,439     $ 36,347     $ 97,421     $ 71,078  
    Noninterest income   10,249       10,136       21,554       20,385       31,304  
    Total revenue, net of interest expense   60,231       57,575       57,901       117,806       102,382  
    Credit loss expense   11,889       1,687       1,267       13,576       5,956  
    Noninterest expense   35,767       36,293       35,761       72,060       71,326  
    Income before income tax expense   12,575       19,595       20,873       32,170       25,100  
    Income tax expense   2,595       4,457       5,054       7,052       6,012  
    Net income $ 9,980     $ 15,138     $ 15,819     $ 25,118     $ 19,088  
    Pre-tax pre-provision net revenue(1) $ 24,464     $ 21,282     $ 22,140     $ 45,746     $ 31,056  
    Adjusted earnings(1)   10,176       15,301       8,132       25,479       12,621  
    Per Share Data:                  
    Diluted earnings $ 0.48     $ 0.73     $ 1.00     $ 1.20     $ 1.21  
    Adjusted earnings(1)   0.49       0.73       0.52       1.22       0.80  
    Book value   28.36       27.85       34.44       28.36       34.44  
    Tangible book value(1)   23.92       23.36       28.27       23.92       28.27  
    Ending Balance Sheet:                  
    Total assets $ 6,160,773     $ 6,254,394     $ 6,581,658     $ 6,160,773     $ 6,581,658  
    Loans held for investment, net of unearned income   4,381,188       4,304,184       4,287,232       4,381,188       4,287,232  
    Total securities   1,235,045       1,305,530       1,824,114       1,235,045       1,824,114  
    Total deposits   5,388,098       5,489,142       5,412,419       5,388,098       5,412,419  
    Short-term borrowings         1,482       414,684             414,684  
    Long-term debt   112,320       111,398       114,839       112,320       114,839  
    Total shareholders’ equity   589,040       579,625       543,286       589,040       543,286  
    Average Balance Sheet:                  
    Average total assets $ 6,172,649     $ 6,168,546     $ 6,713,573     $ 6,170,609     $ 6,674,476  
    Average total loans   4,370,196       4,290,710       4,419,697       4,330,659       4,358,957  
    Average total deposits   5,398,916       5,398,819       5,514,924       5,398,868       5,498,020  
    Financial Ratios:                  
    Return on average assets   0.65 %     1.00 %     0.95 %     0.82 %     0.58 %
    Return on average equity   6.81 %     10.74 %     11.91 %     8.74 %     7.23 %
    Return on average tangible equity(1)   8.84 %     13.75 %     15.74 %     11.24 %     9.98 %
    Efficiency ratio(1)   56.20 %     59.38 %     56.29 %     57.75 %     62.83 %
    Net interest margin, tax equivalent(1)   3.57 %     3.44 %     2.41 %     3.51 %     2.37 %
    Loans to deposits ratio   81.31 %     78.41 %     79.21 %     81.31 %     79.21 %
    CET1 Ratio   11.02 %     10.97 %     9.56 %     11.02 %     9.56 %
    Common equity ratio   9.56 %     9.27 %     8.25 %     9.56 %     8.25 %
    Tangible common equity ratio(1)   8.19 %     7.89 %     6.88 %     8.19 %     6.88 %
    Credit Risk Profile:                  
    Total nonperforming loans $ 37,192     $ 17,470     $ 25,128     $ 37,192     $ 25,128  
    Nonperforming loans ratio   0.85 %     0.41 %     0.59 %     0.85 %     0.59 %
    Total nonperforming assets $ 40,606     $ 20,889     $ 31,181     $ 40,606     $ 31,181  
    Nonperforming assets ratio   0.66 %     0.33 %     0.47 %     0.66 %     0.47 %
    Net charge-offs $ 189     $ 3,087     $ 524     $ 3,276     $ 713  
    Net charge-off ratio   0.02 %     0.29 %     0.05 %     0.15 %     0.03 %
    Allowance for credit losses $ 65,800     $ 53,900     $ 53,900     $ 65,800     $ 53,900  
    Allowance for credit losses ratio   1.50 %     1.25 %     1.26 %     1.50 %     1.26 %
    Allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual ratio   179.19 %     309.47 %     218.26 %     179.19 %     218.26 %
                       
    (1) Non-GAAP measure. See the Non-GAAP Measures section for a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.
     

    MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
    AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET AND YIELD ANALYSIS

      Three Months Ended
      June 30, 2025   March 31, 2025   June 30, 2024
    (Dollars in thousands) Average
    Balance
      Interest
    Income/
    Expense
      Average
    Yield/
    Cost
      Average
    Balance
      Interest
    Income/
    Expense
      Average
    Yield/
    Cost
      Average Balance   Interest
    Income/
    Expense
      Average
    Yield/
    Cost
    ASSETS                                  
    Loans, including fees (1)(2)(3) $ 4,370,196   $ 63,298   5.81 %   $ 4,290,710   $ 60,443   5.71 %   $ 4,419,697   $ 62,581   5.69 %
    Taxable investment securities   1,168,048     12,928   4.44 %     1,207,844     13,327   4.47 %     1,520,253     9,228   2.44 %
    Tax-exempt investment securities (2)(4)   102,792     859   3.35 %     105,563     865   3.32 %     322,092     2,040   2.55 %
    Total securities held for investment(2)   1,270,840     13,787   4.35 %     1,313,407     14,192   4.38 %     1,842,345     11,268   2.46 %
    Other   104,628     1,517   5.82 %     124,133     1,247   4.07 %     20,452     242   4.76 %
    Total interest earning assets(2) $ 5,745,664   $ 78,602   5.49 %   $ 5,728,250   $ 75,882   5.37 %   $ 6,282,494   $ 74,091   4.74 %
    Other assets   426,985             440,296             431,079        
    Total assets $ 6,172,649           $ 6,168,546           $ 6,713,573        
    LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                                  
    Interest checking deposits $ 1,221,266   $ 2,101   0.69 %   $ 1,240,586   $ 2,127   0.70 %   $ 1,297,356   $ 3,145   0.97 %
    Money market deposits   986,029     6,057   2.46 %     1,002,743     6,333   2.56 %     1,072,688     7,821   2.93 %
    Savings deposits   843,223     3,161   1.50 %     835,731     3,057   1.48 %     738,773     2,673   1.46 %
    Time deposits   1,436,301     14,346   4.01 %     1,397,595     13,967   4.05 %     1,470,956     15,303   4.18 %
    Total interest bearing deposits   4,486,819     25,665   2.29 %     4,476,655     25,484   2.31 %     4,579,773     28,942   2.54 %
    Securities sold under agreements to repurchase   896     1   0.45 %     2,705     5   0.75 %     5,300     10   0.76 %
    Other short-term borrowings       18   %         20   %     442,546     5,399   4.91 %
    Total short-term borrowings   896     19   8.51 %     2,705     25   3.75 %     447,846     5,409   4.86 %
    Long-term debt   112,035     1,754   6.28 %     113,364     1,791   6.41 %     120,256     2,078   6.95 %
    Total borrowed funds   112,931     1,773   6.30 %     116,069     1,816   6.35 %     568,102     7,487   5.30 %
    Total interest bearing liabilities $ 4,599,750   $ 27,438   2.39 %   $ 4,592,724   $ 27,300   2.41 %   $ 5,147,875   $ 36,429   2.85 %
    Noninterest bearing deposits   912,097             922,164             935,151        
    Other liabilities   73,094             82,280             96,553        
    Shareholders’ equity   587,708             571,378             533,994        
    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 6,172,649           $ 6,168,546           $ 6,713,573        
    Net interest income(2)     $ 51,164           $ 48,582           $ 37,662    
    Net interest spread(2)         3.10 %           2.96 %           1.89 %
    Net interest margin(2)         3.57 %           3.44 %           2.41 %
                                       
    Total deposits(5) $ 5,398,916   $ 25,665   1.91 %   $ 5,398,819   $ 25,484   1.91 %   $ 5,514,924   $ 28,942   2.11 %
    Cost of funds(6)         2.00 %           2.01 %           2.41 %
                                             
    (1) Average balance includes nonaccrual loans.
    (2) Tax equivalent. The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 21%.
    (3) Interest income includes net loan fees, loan purchase discount accretion and tax equivalent adjustments. Net loan fees were $272 thousand, $256 thousand, and $337 thousand for the three months ended June 30, 2025, March 31, 2025, and June 30, 2024, respectively. Loan purchase discount accretion was $1.1 million, $1.2 million, and $1.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, March 31, 2025, and June 30, 2024, respectively. Tax equivalent adjustments were $1.0 million, $981 thousand, and $938 thousand for the three months ended June 30, 2025, March 31, 2025, and June 30, 2024, respectively. The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 21%.
    (4) Interest income includes tax equivalent adjustments of $160 thousand, $162 thousand, and $377 thousand for the three months ended June 30, 2025, March 31, 2025, and June 30, 2024, respectively. The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 21%.
    (5) Total deposits is the sum of total interest-bearing deposits and noninterest bearing deposits. The cost of total deposits is calculated as annualized interest expense on deposits divided by average total deposits.
    (6) Cost of funds is calculated as annualized total interest expense divided by the sum of average total deposits and borrowed funds.
         


    MIDWEST
    ONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
    AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET AND YIELD ANALYSIS

      Six Months Ended
      June 30, 2025   June 30, 2024
    (Dollars in thousands) Average
    Balance
      Interest
    Income/
    Expense
      Average
    Yield/
    Cost
      Average
    Balance
      Interest
    Income/
    Expense
      Average
    Yield/
    Cost
    ASSETS                      
    Loans, including fees (1)(2)(3) $ 4,330,659   $ 123,741   5.76 %   $ 4,358,957   $ 121,448   5.60 %
    Taxable investment securities   1,187,836     26,255   4.46 %     1,538,928     18,688   2.44 %
    Tax-exempt investment securities (2)(4)   104,170     1,724   3.34 %     325,414     4,137   2.56 %
    Total securities held for investment(2)   1,292,006     27,979   4.37 %     1,864,342     22,825   2.46 %
    Other   114,327     2,764   4.88 %     25,529     660   5.20 %
    Total interest earning assets(2) $ 5,736,992   $ 154,484   5.43 %   $ 6,248,828   $ 144,933   4.66 %
    Other assets   433,617             425,648        
    Total assets $ 6,170,609           $ 6,674,476        
    LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                      
    Interest checking deposits $ 1,230,873   $ 4,228   0.69 %   $ 1,299,413   $ 6,035   0.93 %
    Money market deposits   994,340     12,390   2.51 %     1,087,616     15,886   2.94 %
    Savings deposits   839,498     6,218   1.49 %     716,458     4,720   1.32 %
    Time deposits   1,417,054     28,313   4.03 %     1,458,969     30,027   4.14 %
    Total interest bearing deposits   4,481,765     51,149   2.30 %     4,562,456     56,668   2.50 %
    Securities sold under agreements to repurchase   1,795     6   0.67 %     5,315     21   0.79 %
    Other short-term borrowings       38   %     426,036     10,363   4.89 %
    Total short-term borrowings   1,795     44   4.94 %     431,351     10,384   4.84 %
    Long-term debt   112,696     3,545   6.34 %     121,761     4,181   6.91 %
    Total borrowed funds   114,491     3,589   6.32 %     553,112     14,565   5.30 %
    Total interest bearing liabilities $ 4,596,256   $ 54,738   2.40 %   $ 5,115,568   $ 71,233   2.80 %
    Noninterest bearing deposits   917,103             935,564        
    Other liabilities   77,662             92,581        
    Shareholders’ equity   579,588             530,763        
    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 6,170,609           $ 6,674,476        
    Net interest income(2)     $ 99,746           $ 73,700    
    Net interest spread(2)         3.03 %           1.86 %
    Net interest margin(2)         3.51 %           2.37 %
                           
    Total deposits(5) $ 5,398,868   $ 51,149   1.91 %   $ 5,498,020   $ 56,668   2.07 %
    Cost of funds(6)         2.00 %           2.37 %
                               
    (1) Average balance includes nonaccrual loans.
    (2) Tax equivalent. The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 21%.
    (3) Interest income includes net loan fees, loan purchase discount accretion and tax equivalent adjustments. Net loan fees were $528 thousand and $574 thousand for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. Loan purchase discount accretion was $2.3 million and $2.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. Tax equivalent adjustments were $2.0 million and $1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 21%.
    (4) Interest income includes tax equivalent adjustments of $0.3 million and $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 21%.
    (5) Total deposits is the sum of total interest-bearing deposits and noninterest bearing deposits. The cost of total deposits is calculated as annualized interest expense on deposits divided by average total deposits.
    (6) Cost of funds is calculated as annualized total interest expense divided by the sum of average total deposits and borrowed funds.
     


    Non-GAAP Measures

    This earnings release contains non-GAAP measures for tangible common equity, tangible book value per share, tangible common equity ratio, return on average tangible equity, net interest margin (tax equivalent), core net interest margin, loan yield (tax equivalent), core yield on loans, efficiency ratio, adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share, and pre-tax pre-provision net revenue. Management believes these measures provide investors with useful information regarding the Company’s profitability, financial condition and capital adequacy, consistent with how management evaluates the Company’s financial performance. The following tables provide a reconciliation of each non-GAAP measure to the most comparable GAAP measure.

    Tangible Common Equity/Tangible Book Value                    
    per Share/Tangible Common Equity Ratio   June 30,   March 31,   December 31,   September 30,   June 30,
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)     2025       2025       2024       2024       2024  
    Total shareholders’ equity   $ 589,040     $ 579,625     $ 559,696     $ 562,238     $ 543,286  
    Intangible assets, net     (92,147 )     (93,399 )     (94,807 )     (96,257 )     (97,327 )
    Tangible common equity   $ 496,893     $ 486,226     $ 464,889     $ 465,981     $ 445,959  
                         
    Total assets   $ 6,160,773     $ 6,254,394     $ 6,236,329     $ 6,552,482     $ 6,581,658  
    Intangible assets, net     (92,147 )     (93,399 )     (94,807 )     (96,257 )     (97,327 )
    Tangible assets   $ 6,068,626     $ 6,160,995     $ 6,141,522     $ 6,456,225     $ 6,484,331  
                         
    Book value per share   $ 28.36     $ 27.85     $ 26.94     $ 27.06     $ 34.44  
    Tangible book value per share(1)   $ 23.92     $ 23.36     $ 22.37     $ 22.43     $ 28.27  
    Shares outstanding     20,769,577       20,815,715       20,777,485       20,774,919       15,773,468  
                         
    Common equity ratio     9.56 %     9.27 %     8.97 %     8.58 %     8.25 %
    Tangible common equity ratio(2)     8.19 %     7.89 %     7.57 %     7.22 %     6.88 %
       
    (1) Tangible common equity divided by shares outstanding.
    (2) Tangible common equity divided by tangible assets.
     
       
        Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    Return on Average Tangible Equity   June 30,   March 31,   June 30,   June 30,   June 30,
    (Dollars in thousands)     2025       2025       2024       2025       2024  
    Net income   $ 9,980     $ 15,138     $ 15,819     $ 25,118     $ 19,088  
    Intangible amortization, net of tax(1)     931       1,047       1,195       1,978       2,423  
    Tangible net income   $ 10,911     $ 16,185     $ 17,014     $ 27,096     $ 21,511  
                         
    Average shareholders’ equity   $ 587,708     $ 571,378     $ 533,994     $ 579,588     $ 530,763  
    Average intangible assets, net     (92,733 )     (94,169 )     (99,309 )     (93,447 )     (97,302 )
    Average tangible equity   $ 494,975     $ 477,209     $ 434,685     $ 486,141     $ 433,461  
                         
    Return on average equity     6.81 %     10.74 %     11.91 %     8.74 %     7.23 %
    Return on average tangible equity(2)     8.84 %     13.75 %     15.74 %     11.24 %     9.98 %
       
    (1) The income tax rate utilized was the blended marginal tax rate.
    (2) Annualized tangible net income divided by average tangible equity.
     
    Net Interest Margin, Tax Equivalent/
    Core Net Interest Margin
      Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
      June 30,   March 31,   June 30,   June 30,   June 30,
    (Dollars in thousands)     2025       2025       2024       2025       2024  
    Net interest income   $ 49,982     $ 47,439     $ 36,347     $ 97,421     $ 71,078  
    Tax equivalent adjustments:                    
    Loans(1)     1,022       981       938       2,003       1,858  
    Securities(1)     160       162       377       322       764  
    Net interest income, tax equivalent   $ 51,164     $ 48,582     $ 37,662     $ 99,746     $ 73,700  
    Loan purchase discount accretion     (1,142 )     (1,166 )     (1,261 )     (2,308 )     (2,413 )
    Core net interest income   $ 50,022     $ 47,416     $ 36,401     $ 97,438     $ 71,287  
                         
    Net interest margin     3.49 %     3.36 %     2.33 %     3.42 %     2.29 %
    Net interest margin, tax equivalent(2)     3.57 %     3.44 %     2.41 %     3.51 %     2.37 %
    Core net interest margin(3)     3.49 %     3.36 %     2.33 %     3.42 %     2.29 %
    Average interest earning assets   $ 5,745,664     $ 5,728,250     $ 6,282,494     $ 5,736,992     $ 6,248,828  
       
    (1) The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 21%.
    (2) Annualized tax equivalent net interest income divided by average interest earning assets.
    (3) Annualized core net interest income divided by average interest earning assets.     
     
          Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    Loan Yield, Tax Equivalent / Core Yield on Loans   June 30,   March 31,   June 30,   June 30,   June 30,
    (Dollars in thousands)     2025       2025       2024       2025       2024  
    Loan interest income, including fees     $ 62,276     $ 59,462     $ 61,643     $ 121,738     $ 119,590  
    Tax equivalent adjustment(1)       1,022       981       938       2,003       1,858  
    Tax equivalent loan interest income     $ 63,298     $ 60,443     $ 62,581     $ 123,741     $ 121,448  
    Loan purchase discount accretion       (1,142 )     (1,166 )     (1,261 )     (2,308 )     (2,413 )
    Core loan interest income     $ 62,156     $ 59,277     $ 61,320     $ 121,433     $ 119,035  
                           
    Yield on loans       5.72 %     5.62 %     5.61 %     5.67 %     5.52 %
    Yield on loans, tax equivalent(2)       5.81 %     5.71 %     5.69 %     5.76 %     5.60 %
    Core yield on loans(3)       5.70 %     5.60 %     5.58 %     5.65 %     5.49 %
    Average loans     $ 4,370,196     $ 4,290,710     $ 4,419,697     $ 4,330,659     $ 4,358,957  
       
    (1) The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 21%.
    (2) Annualized tax equivalent loan interest income divided by average loans.
    (3) Annualized core loan interest income divided by average loans.
     
          Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    Efficiency Ratio   June 30,   March 31,   June 30,   June 30,   June 30,
    (Dollars in thousands)     2025       2025       2024       2025       2024  
    Total noninterest expense     $ 35,767     $ 36,293     $ 35,761     $ 72,060     $ 71,326  
    Amortization of intangibles       (1,252 )     (1,408 )     (1,593 )     (2,660 )     (3,230 )
    Merger-related expenses             (40 )     (854 )     (40 )     (2,168 )
    Noninterest expense used for efficiency ratio     $ 34,515     $ 34,845     $ 33,314     $ 69,360     $ 65,928  
                           
    Net interest income, tax equivalent(1)     $ 51,164     $ 48,582     $ 37,662     $ 99,746     $ 73,700  
    Plus: Noninterest income       10,249       10,136       21,554       20,385       31,304  
    Less: Investment securities gains, net             33       33       33       69  
    Net revenues used for efficiency ratio     $ 61,413     $ 58,685     $ 59,183     $ 120,098     $ 104,935  
                           
    Efficiency ratio (2)       56.20 %     59.38 %     56.29 %     57.75 %     62.83 %
       
    (1) The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 21%.
    (2) Noninterest expense adjusted for amortization of intangibles and merger-related expenses divided by the sum of tax equivalent net interest income, noninterest income and net investment securities gains.
     
        Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    Adjusted Earnings   June 30,   March 31,   June 30,   June 30,   June 30,
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)     2025       2025       2024     2025       2024  
    Net income   $ 9,980     $ 15,138     $ 15,819   $ 25,118     $ 19,088  
    Less: Investment securities gains, net of tax(1)           25       24     24       51  
    Less: Mortgage servicing rights (loss) gain, net of tax(1)     (196 )     (158 )     96     (355 )     (177 )
    Plus: Merger-related expenses, net of tax(1)           30       634     30       1,608  
    Less: Gain on branch sale, net of tax(1)                 8,201           8,201  
    Adjusted earnings   $ 10,176     $ 15,301     $ 8,132   $ 25,479     $ 12,621  
                         
    Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding     20,843       20,849       15,781     20,846       15,775  
                         
    Earnings per common share – diluted   $ 0.48     $ 0.73     $ 1.00   $ 1.20     $ 1.21  
    Adjusted earnings per common share(2)   $ 0.49     $ 0.73     $ 0.52   $ 1.22     $ 0.80  
       
    (1) The income tax rate utilized was the blended marginal tax rate.
    (2) Adjusted earnings divided by weighted average diluted common shares outstanding.
     
        For the Three Months Ended   Year Ended
    Pre-tax Pre-provision Net Revenue   June 30,   March 31,   June 30,   June 30,   June 30,
    (Dollars in thousands)   2025       2025       2024       2025       2024  
    Net interest income   $ 49,982     $ 47,439     $ 36,347     $ 97,421     $ 71,078  
    Noninterest income     10,249       10,136       21,554       20,385       31,304  
    Noninterest expense     (35,767 )     (36,293 )     (35,761 )     (72,060 )     (71,326 )
    Pre-tax Pre-provision Net Revenue   $ 24,464     $ 21,282     $ 22,140     $ 45,746     $ 31,056  

    Category: Earnings
    This news release may be downloaded from Corporate Profile | MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.

    Source: MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.

    Industry: Banks

    Contacts:  
    Charles N. Reeves   Barry S. Ray
    Chief Executive Officer  Chief Financial Officer
    319.356.5800  319.356.5800

    The MIL Network

  • MIL-OSI USA: Cornyn, Graham Call for Special Counsel to Investigate Obama Administration’s Role in Russia Collusion Hoax

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Texas John Cornyn
    WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), both senior members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Obama administration’s involvement in the Russia collusion hoax:
    “For the good of the country, we urge Attorney General Bondi to appoint a special counsel to investigate the extent to which former President Obama, his staff, and administration officials manipulated the U.S. national security apparatus for a political outcome.
    “As we have supported in the past, appointing an independent special counsel would do the country a tremendous service in this case. 
    “With every piece of information that gets released, it becomes more evident that the entire Russia collusion hoax was created by the Obama Administration to subvert the will of the American people.
    “Democrats and the liberal media have been out to get President Trump since 2016. There must be an immediate investigation of what we believe to be an unprecedented and clear abuse of power by a U.S. presidential administration.”
    Background:
    Last week, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard released evidence demonstrating that former President Barack Obama and his national security staff manipulated information from the intelligence community in order to insinuate that Russia was attempting to help then-candidate Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election, including:
    In the months leading up to the November 2016 election, the Intelligence Community (IC) assessed that Russia is “probably not trying … to influence the election by using cyber means.”
    On December 7, 2016, after the election, talking points were prepared for DNI James Clapper stating, “Foreign adversaries did not use cyberattacks on election infrastructure to alter the US Presidential election outcome.”
    A declassified copy of the Presidential Daily Brief, which was prepared using intelligence from the CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, FBI, National Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security, State Department, and open sources, for Obama on December 8, 2016, assessed that “Russian and criminal actors did not impact recent US election results by conducting malicious cyber activities against election infrastructure.”
    That Presidential Daily Brief was scheduled to be published on December 9, 2016, but communications revealed that DNI Clapper’s office stopped its publication “based on some new guidance.”
    On December 9, 2016, Obama gathered top National Security Council Principals for a meeting in the Situation Room that included James Clapper, John Brennan, Susan Rice, John Kerry, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe and others, to discuss Russia.
    After the meeting, DNI Clapper’s Executive Assistant sent an email to IC leaders tasking them with creating a new IC assessment “per the President’s request” that details the “tools Moscow used and actions it took to influence the 2016 election.” It went on to say, “ODNI will lead this effort with participation from CIA, FBI, NSA, and DHS.”
    Obama officials leaked false statements to media outlets, including The Washington Post and The New York Times, claiming, “Russia has attempted through cyber means to interfere in, if not actively influence, the outcome of an election.”
    On January 6, 2017, a new Intelligence Community Assessment was released.

    MIL OSI USA News