Musk spends record amounts on security, China advises the auto industry not to invest in the Russian Federation: the main things for business on September 14

in the world

• India has accused Amazon of unfair competition. But Indian tech giant Flipkart was also included in the abuse report.

• Reuters: Chinese authorities have “strongly advised” their carmakers not to invest in Russia. India and Turkey too.
• Italian company Avio plans to launch a new Vega Next rocket in 2032. The rocket will be a development of the Vega E launch vehicle.

• Bolivian President Luis Arce has gladly accepted an invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the BRICS summit in Kazan, Bolivian Ambassador to Moscow Maria Luisa Ramos Ursagaste told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of the BRICS Media Summit.

• Intel has confirmed it will produce specialized chips for the Pentagon. The corporation has become eligible to receive $3.5 billion in federal grants as part of the secret Secure Enclave project (Bloomberg).

• Elon Musk said Starship will “make life multiplanetary and save Earth from extinction.” “Unless bureaucracy gets in the way.”
• It has also been revealed that the billionaire has a staff of 20 bodyguards. He spends more than 2.4 million dollars on them.

In Russia

• The director of TK-Progress, Suren Grigoryan, did not admit his guilt in court. He is accused of stealing 7.2 million rubles from the Ministry of Defense.
• Kommersant: The arrest of the former first deputy chairman of the Moscow region government Ilya Bronstein in a bribery case is connected with the Prosveshchenie-Region trading house. The money was received by the company’s general director Irina Savenkova.

• Independent gas stations have sharply raised prices for AI-95 gasoline: on September 1, the difference with large vertically integrated gas stations was 0.41 rubles per liter (0.7%). The reason was high wholesale prices.

• Mash: The manager of the Chinese restaurant “WanDi” in Moscow, Ekaterina Shapovalova, was arrested for mass poisoning of guests from China. The case was initiated under points “a”, “c” of Part 2 of Art. 238CC.

in business

• Social Network X can evade the rigors of the Digital Markets Act due to insufficient revenue. EU regulators also believe that the platform does not have a serious impact on the audience.

• Sam Altman has warned about OpenAI’s imminent exit from its nonprofit division. They plan to get rid of the “unusual” structure before a new round of investments, in which the company expects a valuation of $150 billion.

• Wildberries has fixed the problem and promises to refund the money that was mistakenly cancelled due to technical issues. The marketplace also explained the complexities of charging commissions for delivery at busy pick-up points (the service has been around for several years).

• The Pro.Khinkali restaurant chain of Arkady Novinov’s Novikov Group announced its entry into the “foreign market.” We are talking about openings in Kazakhstan in 2025.

• Tinder and Elf Cosmetics introduced cosmetics “for the perfect date”. Before this, they discovered that the “deal package” would be in demand, as girls perceive the date as an opportunity to experiment with their appearance.