Premium Chery cars will be produced in the Russian Federation, 99% of Wildberries sellers do not know the rules of the site: the main thing is June 24

World

• The EU, in the fourteenth package of anti-Russian sanctions, prohibited European companies from connecting to the national analogue of SWIFT, the system for transmitting financial messages. Companies must also ensure that their subsidiaries do not participate in circumvention schemes. In addition, the EU has banned the transit of Russian LNG through its ports.

Russia

• Three defendants in the case of mass poisoning with botulinum toxin appealed the preventive measure in the form of house arrest. The appeals were filed by lawyers of the general director of “District Kitchen”, Anton Lozin, the head of the quality department, Elena Mashkova, and the director of the “Savon-K” bean manufacturer, Vladimir Shin.

Finance

• The Russian subsidiary of the Chinese Bank of China suspends its operations with Russian banks on the US SDN list since June 24 due to sanctions. Work with other credit institutions will continue.

• PJSC Softline announced the results of the acceptance of the offer on the possibility of purchasing shares of the company at a fixed price of 140 rubles per share. In total, more than 400 thousand shares were sold through accepted offers. In the last SPO, participants could acquire a total of 1 million shares.

  The funds raised will be used to implement the company’s mergers and acquisitions strategy.

• The court accepted Sberbank’s claim against the British subsidiary Sberbank CIB for 12 billion rubles. The Russian bank’s statement of claim is related to the requirement to collect debt from four loans issued in February 2022.

Business

• The co-owner of Russian Funds and the first investor of Rambler, Sergei Vasiliev, was detained in the Tver region, RBC reports citing sources. Interlocutors of the publication claim that the arrest is related to the case of businessman Yevgeny Novitsky.
• FAS fined Sber 500 thousand rubles for violating advertising legislation. The credit institution reported an interest rate on the deposit of 16% per year. At the same time, information about the conditions affecting the size of the bet was placed in a difficult-to-read font.
• Vkusville has installed hydroponic modules in its stores to extend the shelf life and preserve the freshness and presentation of potted vegetables. In two months, the retailer increased sales of fresh herbs at individual outlets by 200%, while losses tripled.
• 99% of Wildberries sellers make mistakes in the site knowledge test, a market representative told RB.RU. The platform reached these conclusions after analyzing the results of a market knowledge test. The test consists of 51 questions: from product packaging to promotional opportunities on the site.
• Samsung’s Kaluga plant launched its first manufacturing contract. M.video-Eldorado plans to launch a batch of televisions under its own Hi and Carrera brands.
• Kaspersky Lab said the US sanctions will not affect the sustainability of its business. Neither the company, nor its subsidiaries, nor its CEO are included on the US Treasury list.
• 99% of Wildberries sellers make mistakes on the site knowledge test. The company noted that ignorance of the rules of work on the site leads in practice to depersonalization of products, fines for sellers and low conversions when using advertising tools.

• The top manager, who has already closed several dozen companies with foreign participation, headed IHerb ru, the Russian structure of the American market for health and beauty products iHerb. Experts believe that an experienced liquidator will finally be able to close this LLC.

• Roskomnadzor sent a notice to Russian telecom operators prohibiting calls from numbers that are not uploaded to Antifraud. Some market participants have not yet had time to test the necessary software and connect to the system, but have already encountered blocking of customer calls.

• The developer of functional prostheses “Motorika” attracted an investment of 900 million rubles. The terms of the deal and the investor are not disclosed; they may be announced later. The funds will be used to develop a digital ecosystem for users of Motorika devices.

Transport

• In Esipovo, near Moscow, premium cars from the Chery concern will begin to be assembled in July at a former Mercedes plant. Dealers will receive the first batch in August.

Technologies and services

• Russian Post has introduced a new service for its customers: express postal transfers to Uzbekistan, the company reported. Thanks to the PosTransfer service, funds can be received instantly at any of the 1000 Uzbekistan Post branches.
• Lamoda has implemented its own machine learning model that identifies defects between products. The tool doubled the speed of processing returns after customers tried it out, the company said.

• Perekrestok started using PUDU robotic washing machines in its supermarkets. They clean up to 10 times more space than cleaning staff in the same time. In August, the company will summarize the results of the pilot and make a decision on expansion.