JDE Peet`s (owner of the Jacobs brand) will stop selling the Tassimo and Moccona brands in Russia, a biometric payment method will appear in Azbuka Vkusa, X (formerly Twitter) will disable the blacklist function and other news on August 19 .
World
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In the social network X (formerly Twitter), it will not be possible to add users to the blacklist, said the owner of the company Elon Musk. When asked why he plans to remove the blacklist, the businessman said such a feature “doesn’t make sense.”
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Donald Trump’s team announced the willingness of the politician and businessman to turn himself in to the Fulton County, Georgia jail, reports CNN. It is noted that his appearance will occur at the end of next week.
Russia
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The Liberal Democratic Party launched the official Telegram bot of the world’s first digital political algorithm “Zhirinovsky”, writes TASS.
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Private Russian space company Steelspace will deploy a constellation of nine Steelsat remote-sensing satellites by 2028, TASS reports. The first satellite will be launched next year in partnership with China.
Business
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Tea and coffee maker JDE Peet`s (Jacobs) will stop selling the Tassimo and Moccona brands in Russia, writes Kommersant. The company’s chief executive, Fabien Simon, said he would be succeeded by the Monarch brand.
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Keh Armenia, a company associated with Avito, linked the salary of employees in Armenia to the ruble exchange rate, Vedomosti found. This will affect the salaries of employees working in Armenia, they will decrease.
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Sollers will invest 600 million rubles in the production of transmissions at the Zavolzhsky Motor Plant site. It is planned to produce 7,000 transmissions at the new production facility in 2024, with a subsequent increase to 50,000 units per year.
Finance
- The OKX cryptocurrency exchange, which shut down some of its features for Russians in June, has restored user access to the okx.com platform, RBC has learned.
Technologies
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Sberbank has launched payment by biometrics in the Azbuka Vkusa network, the bank said. New payment terminals have been installed in the retailer’s stores, allowing them to accept payments via NFC, QR code and biometrics.
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