The Ministry of Labor proposed to increase the cost of living in 2025, the Russian Federation plans to tighten the procedure for selling SIM cards to Russians, former top managers of Svyaznoy will create a new retailer Svyaz.ON and other news on May 16.
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World
- Generative AI developer Anthropic has hired Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger as chief product officer. He will oversee all future developments of the company.
Russia
- The Ministry of Labor proposed increasing the cost of living in 2025 by almost 15%, up to 17.7 thousand rubles.
- Russia plans to tighten the procedure for selling SIM cards to Russian citizens. Options include limiting points of sale to telecom operators, MFC and Russian Post, mandatory biometrics and digital signatures.
Business
- Former top managers of Svyaznoy will create a new retailer Svyaz.ON through Promsvyazbank. Hundreds of points of sale for electronics, communication services, banks and insurance companies are planned to open in the regions of the Russian Federation throughout the year.
Transport
- Kamaz retires 23.4 thousand vehicles. The reason is the lack of a device for calling emergency services, writes Prime.
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