VK plans to enter the audiobook segment, Yandex was fined 2 million rubles – the main thing on June 19

Russia

• In Russia, it was proposed to create a national coordination center for the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs instead of the post of corporate ombudsman under the president, Vedomosti writes.

Business

• Indrive’s freight delivery service, Indrive.Couriers, is considering launching a horse-drawn freight delivery to hard-to-reach areas in Kazakhstan. This will allow small and medium-sized companies to expand the area of ​​​​delivery of goods.

• Former Freedom Finance partner and director of development Anton Meltsov invested more than 80 million rubles in Russian insurance broker AMsec24 and took over as director of development at the company.
• The Moscow World Court fined Yandex LLC 2 million rubles for failing to provide the FSB with information about users of the Yandex.Services service.
• New US sanctions may bar General Electric from servicing equipment in Russia, Kommersant has found. The company itself is still “assessing the consequences.”
• VK plans to enter the audiobook segment. The company is already negotiating with publishers, Vedomosti learned
• An expert from the Sole agency told why 90% of startups die in the first year of launch. The reason for the failures is banal: most projects are launched without prior preparation.

telecommunications

• The Central Bank called for the expansion of personal data that operators must transfer to financial institutions. The relevant bill provides for the creation of a separate state system for this.

Technologies and services

• Wildberries has added a new algorithm that will auto-fill produce cards using artificial intelligence technologies. The functionality is now available to sellers of automotive products.

• The Whoosh electric scooter rental service has localized the production of rubber mats, grips and grips, decorative overlays and other details in Russia. These components are usually subject to replacement during the operation of the scooters.

• In the first five months of 2023, more than 8,000 patent applications have already been filed, which is 12% more than in the same period last year, as Izvestia learned.