OBI hypermarkets can start working in Russia under the Domus brand, about 23% of Russians began to buy local brand products more often, the X-VPN service invited users from Moscow and St. Petersburg to participate in tests for a fee and other events on August 18.
Finance
- In Russia, they propose to introduce a blockade of funds and property of a company that illegally withdraws funds from the Russian Federation. In addition, it is proposed to develop a procedure for suspending the activities of foreign companies, which will increase the level of consumer protection, Izvestia writes.
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Russian private investors filed the first claim with the Moscow Court of Arbitration against the European depository Clearstream. They demand 200 million rubles in compensation for the value of previously frozen assets and the recovery of amounts accrued but not received on them. Previously, 13 lawsuits for a total amount of more than 200 billion rubles were filed against the Euroclear deposit.
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Since August 28, UniCredit Bank introduces a 5% commission for depositing dollars and euros in cash into the account. It also introduces the need to coordinate transactions to deposit more than 100 thousand in these currencies.
Business
- OBI household goods hypermarkets can start operating in Russia under the Domus brand. The new owners of the network have applied for registration in 45 classes of the Nice Classification.
- The international investment fund Target Global and several informal investors have invested 2.5 million British pounds (GBP) in the startup fintech Communion.
- Approximately 23% of Russians began to buy local brand products more frequently, and 68% choose national brands because they want to support local businesses, reports TASS.
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Yandex.Market launched a loyalty program for companies with savings of up to 10% on purchases. Entrepreneurs and companies will receive a percentage of the amount of regular orders in the form of points. They can pay for future purchases within three months. The accumulation of points depends on the number of orders in the previous month.
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The owner of the Jameson and Chivas Regal brands, the Pernod Ricard company, closes its representative office in Russia. Most of the team has already left the office. Maintaining a representative office in the Russian Federation against the background of sanctions is risky, experts say, the company’s brands will continue to be imported into the country through parallel imports.
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VK opened up free access to its communication platform to businesses amid the blocking of Google Workspace. VK WorkSpace includes WorkMail mail, VK WorkDisk cloud storage and VK Teams super app with audio and video calls. Free access will be valid for three months.
Services
- The X-VPN service invited users from Moscow and St. Petersburg to participate in the tests for a fee. A message about this appeared in the “support” section.
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