Drivee launched a service for intercity travel, Er-Telecom consolidated 100% Roomy bots: the main thing on June 27

World

• The Kazakh trading platform ITS has provided conditions for continuing work without the participation of the sanctioned St. Petersburg Stock Exchange. ITS launched its own exchange, depository and clearing infrastructure based at the Astana International Financial Center.

• IKEA is preparing to resume its activity in Ukraine. The signal for the company was the return of Inditex (H&M, Zara, Bershka) to the country, sources say. Exact opening dates have not yet been announced.

Investments

• The Moscow Stock Exchange admitted VseInstrumenty.ru shares to trading on July 5. They were included in the “first level” of the list of securities admitted to trading.

Business

• Russian telecommunications company ER-Telecom bought 70% of RPA robot developer Roomy bots. A subsidiary of the holding company owns 30% of Roomy as of 2022.
• The growth rate of the smartphone market in Russia has decreased by about ten times. At the end of the second quarter, they increased by 5% year-on-year compared to the same period in 2023, while a year ago, between 40% and 50%.

• The price range for the IPO of VseInstruments.ru will be 200 to 210 rubles per share. Trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange will begin on July 5. The proportion of free float after the IPO will be 12%. Applications are accepted from June 27 to July 4.

• The former French Legrand will continue to operate in Russia under the new Daccord brand. In 2023, IEK GROUP purchased the assets of the electrical equipment manufacturer. The new owner promised to invest one billion rubles in the company.

• Major gin and tonic producers have stopped producing the drink due to rising excise duties. With the new calculation principle, production was no longer profitable. Some companies have already sold out of their products, while others have two or three months of inventory left.

Services and technologies

• The Drivee service has launched its own platform for finding travel companions for intercity trips in Russia – Poputkee. It works on the BlaBlaCar principle.

• Tochka experienced a failure, which is why many of the bank’s services are not working. The problem occurred in one of the external data centers, Tochka said. The bank’s specialists are working to restore operations.