While Biden grants citizenship to immigrants married in the United States, in Russia they report a tourism boom, accompanied by staff shortages, reduce grain export forecasts and discuss Zhelonkin’s resignation from the post of editor-in-chief of Kommersant. . RB.RU continues to follow the developments in the economy and entrepreneurship on June 15.
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World
- US President Joe Biden’s administration plans to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, CBS reported citing sources. Foreigners will receive work permits and be protected from deportation if they are married to U.S. citizens or have already lived in the country for more than 10 years.
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Messenger Slack warned Russian users about suspending work within 30 days. The Russian Federation is no longer included in the list of states from which services can be paid. The company explained this decision by the need to comply with US sanctions.
Russia
- The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) has been raised by 3.5 km to prepare for the arrival of the Soyuz MS-26 manned spacecraft and the landing of Soyuz MS-25 in September 2024. According to Roscosmos, the altitude The station’s average orbit has increased to 418.38 km.
- The Ministry of Justice recognized five more people as foreign agents, including journalist Stanislav Kucher and comedian Danil Poperechny. Both responded to information platforms provided by foreign agents, opposed the SVO, and live outside Russia. Igor Artemyev, Alexey Komlev and Albert Ratkin, who spread messages from other foreign agents, are also recognized as foreign agents.
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New US sanctions on IT services in Russia, which will come into force on September 12, could lead to an increase in hacking cases and will also force companies to invest in their developments or cooperate with India and China. Experts interviewed by RB.RU believe that the plans of a hostile state to limit the use of software for design and production will not be a disaster for Russian companies.
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SberAnalytics studied the finances of vacationers in Russia and came to the conclusion that 1.8 trillion rubles were spent on vacations within the country during the year. The main recipients of the funds are hotels, restaurants, cafes and entertainment venues.
Business
- During the month, the Grain Exporters Union reduced its estimate of wheat exports in the new season by 14.7%. The consensus forecast for total grain exports is 53.5 million tonnes, down 9.5% from the May forecast. The new season starts on July 1.
- The Vedomosti publication reported on the possible resignation of Vladimir Zhelonkin as editor-in-chief of the Kommersant newspaper. The top manager himself, in an interview with TASS, refused to comment on his departure from Kommersant, but it is already known that the new editor-in-chief will be the deputy general director of the publishing house, Mikhail Lukin. Interfax, citing a statement from the publisher’s board of directors, reported that Zhelonkin has been combining three positions in the publishing house for five years: editor-in-chief, general director and vice-president of the board of directors.
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Starting June 17, it will no longer be possible to obtain an IT mortgage from VTB. The bank reported that the limit had been reached. Since 2022, almost 16 thousand IT specialists have signed contracts with the credit institution. The mortgage rate for IT specialists is only 6% per year and the program is officially valid until the end of 2024.
Finance
- Belgian depository Euroclear has suspended all asset services involving the National Settlement Depository (NSD) following its inclusion on the new US sanctions list on June 12. RBC writes about this with reference to the depositary’s letter to clients. Customers who wish to recover their investment in licenses already issued will wait for a “new notice.”
Services and Technologies
- The tourism industry in Russia has doubled in size in the last 10 years and by 2030 the number of trips will increase to 140 million, requiring 400 thousand additional employees. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Tatyana Ilyushnikova at the forum “Travel.” “We see several areas of activity to attract workers. First of all, it is necessary to introduce robotics and artificial intelligence methods: thanks to this, productivity in the hotel sector will increase by 26% until 2030,” said the deputy minister.
- Russian legislation does not regulate the use of combat systems by civilian companies to combat unmanned aerial vehicles, writes TASS, citing Dmitry Kuzyakin, general director of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions. It is proposed to submit the issue for discussion in the State Duma.
- In Russia they are developing a service that will begin to make diagnoses from patient photographs. According to NTI Healthnet expert Sergei Chudakov, this will reduce the cost of working with patients.
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