The Russian government approved the draft budget for the next three years, there was a massive disruption in the operation of TikTok in Russia, travel aggregators opposed limits on BNPL services, while tourist flow between Russia and Belarus increased several times. RB remains attentive to the main developments for entrepreneurs.

Detsky Mir hack, limits on BNPL services, TikTok failure: the main thing on September 29
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World

  • The Thai authorities have launched a program to distribute money to the population. On the first day, 3 million citizens received 300 dollars.
  • The vote on the introduction of tariffs on the import of Chinese electric vehicles into the EU has been postponed until October 4. European parliamentarians had to agree before September 25 to approve an increase in rights for five years.

Russia

  • The Government of the Russian Federation approved the draft federal budget for 2025-2027. According to the plan, in 2025 state revenues will increase by 12%, up to 40 trillion 296 billion rubles.

  • On Sunday night, TikTok experienced a technical issue in Russia. Most complaints were recorded between 23:00 and 01:00 Moscow time.

  • On October 1, five bills to tighten immigration policy will be submitted to the State Duma. The Chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, spoke about this.

Business

  • The investigator is investigating the theft of certificates from Detsky Mir. Using numbers, hackers gained access to 4.5 thousand gift certificates.

  • Binance founder Changpeng Zhao shared his plans after being released from prison. Investments, charity, Giggle Academy and autobiography, but not Binance.

  • Telegram users will be able to send paid gifts to each other. The recipient can put the gift on their profile or convert it to 85% of the “stars” of the gift value.

Tourism

  • Travel aggregators opposed capping the free quota limit for BNPL services. Industry representatives are confident that the limit of 15 thousand will reduce the availability of recreation for Russians.

  • Passenger traffic on flights between Russia and Belarus in 2024 increased by 4.6 times compared to 2021. From 2021 to 2023, this figure increased by 2.5 times.

  • In addition, from 2025, trips to Belarus will be equal to domestic tourism. This was announced by the president of the Republican Union of the Tourism Industry of Belarus, Philip Guly.

  • A Chinese visa center will open in Kazan in 2025. Over the weekend, direct flights between the capital of Tatarstan and Shanghai were opened.

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Author:

Akhmed Sadulayev

Source: RB

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