The authorities decided to complicate the exit of foreigners from Russian businesses, Isuzu Motors decided to completely abandon the Russian market, Microsoft for the first time in 16 years will change the default font in Office and other events on July 14.
Russia
- The deputy head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maxim Parshin, will be under house arrest until September 12, 2023. Parshin is suspected of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale.
- Sobyanin announced the creation of a Moscow quantum cluster in Skolkovo.
Finance
- Bank “Trust” can file a bankruptcy lawsuit against the company “Russian Standard” Rustam Tariko. The non-core bank said Tariko’s structures systematically fail to pay the balance of the restructured loan. The “Russian Standard” said that they pay regularly, writes RBC.
Business
- The total income of the Russian self-employed grew by 53% in the first half of the year. On average, such employees receive 100 thousand rubles a month from domestic companies, Vedomosti reported.
- Many Russians have long dreamed of starting their own business, primarily reselling products, opening their own production, or taking up a franchise. At the same time, only 23% have education in the field of entrepreneurship.
- The authorities decided to make it more difficult for foreigners to leave Russian businesses and created a new list of requirements that parties must meet to conclude a deal. There are only 10 items on the list, Vedomosti discovered.
- AvtoVAZ will transfer a 40% stake in the United Automotive Technologies (OAT) holding company, the largest Russian manufacturer of spare parts and components, to the KAMAZ group, writes RBC.
- A large Japanese truck and bus manufacturer, Isuzu Motors, has decided to completely exit the Russian market. The company will transfer shares in its subsidiary to Russian automaker Sollers, Kyodo reported.
Technologies and services
- Microsoft will change the default font in Office for the first time in 16 years. The Aptos font was designed by Steve Matteson.
- Tele2 has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm to analyze passenger traffic on Russian roads. It calculates the number of people passing by, and also allows you to understand the sociodemographic characteristics of this audience.
Author:
RB team
Source: RB
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