Investments in gyms are growing, large companies criticize the bill on fines for billing: the main thing on July 22

Russia

• The Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI) has released a new ranking of Russian universities that train the best AI specialists. The list included 207 universities from 69 regions of the country.

• The creator of Runet and former Deputy Minister of Communications Alexei Soldatov was sentenced to two years in prison for “IP address theft.” According to media reports, the reason was that the rights to the .SU domain were transferred to the “national domain zone.”

Investments and finances

• Investments in opening new fitness clubs increased by 70% over the year, reaching 11 billion rubles in January-June. This does not take into account construction and budget investments.
• Brokerage firm SPEC Investment (formerly a subsidiary of Bank of America) plans to transform into a boutique brokerage. The company is now actively attracting top managers, considering candidates from across the market.

• The Russian private aerospace holding SR Space has opened an order book for raising capital within the framework of a pre-IPO on the OTC platform of the Moscow Stock Exchange. The volume of raising capital amounted to 1.528 billion rubles.

• The Moscow Stock Exchange has officially launched a platform for conducting Pre-IPOs. The first issuer of Moex Start was the private space company SR Space, which will place 10% of the shares in a closed subscription format as part of an additional issue.

Business

• Analysts of the audio service Zvuk Business, at the request of RB.RU, studied information on how much background music would cost for different companies in Russia. For example, for a restaurant in a large city with an area of ​​100 sq. m, with a summer area of ​​50 sq. m it will cost 11 thousand rubles per month, and for a bank branch with an area of ​​80 sq. m – 3 thousand rubles.
• VkusVill has launched its own payment service EshPay. You can pay for goods by scanning a QR code via the network’s mobile application. The company notes that the new method allows reducing customer service time at the checkout by 20-25%.
• The State Duma has proposed to control the quality of online courses and seminars of influential people. Many of them are not related to education, but enjoy tax benefits established for this field.
• Representatives of Russian Railways, Aeroflot, Avtodor, the Russian Union of Travel Industry Markets and others have criticized the draft law on fines for money leaks. They are calling for mitigating responsibilities and delaying the entry into force of the amendments.

• Oracle’s Russian subsidiary has not yet paid any creditors from the Russian Federation. The company’s debts amount to 1.43 billion rubles, and its creditors include Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, Megafon, Force Development Center and others. Oracle itself explains its actions as politically motivated.

• Legal entities and individual entrepreneurs with a high “red” risk of violating anti-money laundering legislation will be able to challenge inclusion on this list directly to the Central Bank. Now such complaints are being considered by an interdepartmental commission.

• Against the backdrop of massive power outages in the south of Russia, enterprises in these regions began to actively purchase equipment for backup power supply. The demand for diesel generators, lithium batteries and solar panels has increased several times.

• Businessman Eduard Gurinovich registered the Hamster Kombat trademark with Rospatent. He also became the exclusive partner of the app in Russia, acquiring the rights. Gurinovich’s team will be responsible for advertising sales in the Russian region.

• Wildberries and Russ have created a single media department. It will promote the brands and unite all segments of “outdoor advertising”. The general director of the new department will be the former commercial director of Russ, Boris Peshnyak.
• Ozon’s logistics infrastructure will be expanded with a warehouse in Novy Moscow with an area of ​​200 thousand square meters. The construction will be carried out by the Granel Group of Companies and its completion is scheduled for autumn 2025.

Services and technologies

• Yandex Market has introduced tips for employees of pick-up points. To drop off orders, customers need to scan the QR code and select the amount. RB.RU sent a request to Ozon and Wildberries about plans to introduce such functionality.
• Microsoft has released an official recovery tool to resolve the global outage caused by the CrowdStrike software update. Before this, there was only a step-by-step guide that required manual intervention.
• Yandex Travels has launched a new section – “Weekends”. With it, it will be easier for users to travel to a neighboring city or to a new place.
• Tesla will begin mass-producing humanoid robots in its production in 2025 and launch mass production for the overseas market in 2026. Tesla will unveil its first humanoid robot, Optimus, in 2022.