Norway is ready to close the Storskog checkpoint on the border with the Russian Federation, activation of SIM cards will be tightened: the main thing on November 23

World

• Former McDonald’s restaurants under the I’M brand have opened their doors in Kazakhstan. The motto now sounds like this: I am feel-good restaurants. There are currently 24 points open throughout the country.

• Norway is ready to close the Storskog checkpoint on the border with Russia. The authorities are closely monitoring what is happening in Finland and Estonia.

Russia

• The government plans to tighten the activation of SIM cards: operators will be forced to verify subscribers’ data with the Ministry of the Interior before doing so.

• Foxford, Skysmart and Umskul found that during Black Friday, users are often interested in preparing for the Unified State Exam and high school classes. Among the disciplines, the most popular are mathematics and the Russian language.

Finance

• The presence in the securities accounting chain of the structures of the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange, which were subject to American sanctions, has complicated the unlocking of assets, RBC writes.

• On November 24, Tsifra Broker will begin to forcibly close its clients’ short positions in foreign securities on the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange. Closing transactions will be carried out on the over-the-counter market at the market value formed on the New York Stock Exchange (NASDAQ) at the time of closing the positions.

Business

• The State Duma will expand state support for companies with an offshore share of more than 25%. It is proposed to extend the opportunity until January 1, 2025.
• According to the results of January-September 2023, imports of perfumes imported into the Russian Federation increased by 47.6% year-on-year to 45.5 million bottles, accounting for 41% of the market, Kommersant writes.

• The authorities can deprive large companies that do not use artificial intelligence technologies of budget subsidies. This approach will begin to be tested in 2024 by Vladimir Putin. The experiment will affect companies whose revenues exceed 800 million rubles.

• Beeline received 51% of the Callibri marketing management service. The deal also included call tracking service Gudok, which was absorbed by Callibri. The parties do not disclose the terms of the sale; Following the transaction, Callibri will retain the brand and continue to be managed by current management.

• Forbes sources spoke about a new plan for the sale of Yandex’s Russian business. The transaction is now supposed to be completed through a single structure, which will include sanctioned and non-sanctioned investors, including Vladimir Potanin and Ivan Tavrin.

• Roskoshestvo discovered pathogenic microorganisms in Domashnie dumplings of the Vkusvilla brand: it is the Listeria bacteria. And he found salmonella in the dumplings “Hot Thing”, “Myasnoy Dvorik”, “Siberian Collection”, “Restoria” and “Turakovo”. The manufacturers reported the measures taken and Vkusvill withdrew the products from sales.

• The store for entrepreneurs “Department Store” of the bank for entrepreneurs and businesses “Tochka” will be marketed offline for the first time. In collaboration with Super Socks, Department Store has launched monosocks, whose design is inspired by the works and lifestyle of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. You can buy the new product at HARD STORE.

Technologies and services

• Scientists at Tinkoff Research’s Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory have developed a new TAIW algorithm that is capable of predicting the exact moment of purchasing a specific product online. TAIW also knows in advance how long it will take for the user to run out of products and will offer to buy them at the right time.

• Yandex published the rules for traveling by taxi on its blog and explained what violations could restrict access to the service.

• Avto.ru has made dealer pages on the platform interactive: social networking functionality has appeared in new profiles. You can now publish content about the dealership’s work in post format. And site users will be able to leave comments and reactions below them.