While foreign insurance companies leave the Russian Federation, housing rental prices rise, mergers take place in the IT sector, Elon Musk again makes a bold statement about the introduction of robotaxis, Apple opens access to AppStore for retro and RB game emulators follows the most interesting news from the business world.
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- In February, the United States imported the maximum amount of fertilizers from Russia since June 2023: $158.5 million (RIA Novosti).
- Türkiye canceled the visa-free regime for citizens of Tajikistan.
- Ethiopia is interested in the International Lunar Station project with the participation of the Russian Federation and an unmanned space mission to the Moon, scheduled for 2028.
- The Moscow Stock Exchange proposed that the Central Bank of the Russian Federation encourage issuers to conduct IPOs by extending the national project “Small and Medium Enterprises” until 2030 and expanding its coverage to SMEs with revenues of up to 10 billion rubles.
- The Government of the Russian Federation has submitted to the State Duma a bill to extend the SEZ regime to the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions.
- The average price of long-term rental housing in Russian cities increased by 31% over the year, and that of long-term rental housing by 16% (TASS).
- Forbes: Russian cloud solutions provider ITKey and human resources holding company Ventra have merged their assets.
- French insurer BNP Paribas sold the Cardiff company to a group of investors from the Russian Federation, and Kommersant notes the widespread departure of foreign insurance companies from the Russian Federation.
- The investment group Tiltech has withdrawn capital from the Startech entrepreneurship ecosystem.
- The national educational holding company Ultimate Education (Bang Bang Education, Fashion Factory School, XYZ, etc.) bought 100% of the International Institute for Integrative Nutrition from its founder Natalya Gonchar (Forbes).
- After the backlash, Snapchat disabled its “Solar System” feature, which showed the “closeness” of relationships with followers.
- Social network X has opened access to xAI’s Grok chatbot to premium subscribers.
- Apple has allowed retro game emulators to be placed on the App Store, but with a number of conditions.
- The company also announced it would lay off more than 600 employees after abandoning its electric vehicle project, the most since the pandemic.
- Elon Musk said he will unveil Tesla Robotaxi on August 8. Experts believe that for this reason the company abandons the economic project of the electric car.
- At the same time, a new lawsuit was filed against Tesla, for non-payment of overtime and sick leave.
Author:
Ekaterina Alipova
Source: RB
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