Growth in recycling collection of agricultural machinery, news on sick leave, forecast for the gaming market: the main thing for companies on November 3

In Russia

• The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes to increase the recycling rate of agricultural machinery five-fold in 2025. From 2026 to 2030, the rate is expected to increase by 15% annually.
• Ministry of Digital Development: The list of pre-installed software on domestic smartphones must include two video services. That is, in addition to the obligatory Rutube, you must select a second popular application for viewing streaming content (specific proposals are not announced).
• The Ministry of Health wants to force doctors to transfer to the medical commission medical documents about a patient with too frequent sick leave (more than four in six months). The agency says this is necessary to detect “early symptoms” of “certain diseases.”
• The head of the Russian Association of Electronic Communications, Sergei Grebennikov, predicted a mass launch of domestic games. Predicts peak launches in 2025.

• The head of the RAEC also announced the need to create the IIDF-2. This should solve the problem of lack of startups in the country.

in the world

• Sergei Lavrov said the BRICS had begun to create an alternative payment mechanism, which was “the key result of the Russian BRICS presidency.” The world needs “parallel structures” “in case of aggressive use of the dollar.”
• In autumn, Japan brought to Russia a record volume of roasted coffee in the entire history of mutual trade: 25.6 tons worth 325.2 thousand dollars (RIA Novosti). Compared to last month, six times more in weight and cost.

• Roscosmos: The Crew Dragon spacecraft with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov was “reparked” from one ISS docking port to another. This is necessary to free up space for the Cargo Dragon for the SpX-31 mission.

• Uber offers discounted trips to the polls on election day in the US. In this way, the company wants to encourage participation on November 5, which is not declared a holiday in the country.

in business

• Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume reiterated the need to cut costs. This time he highlighted that we were talking about German territory and mentioned the transfer of part of the capacity to other countries (Bild am Sonntag).

• Delimobil will participate in an electric car sharing pilot project in Kaliningrad. The agreement with the regional authorities was also signed by the Rosatom subsidiary and Avtotor.

• Former head of AGI at OpenAI, Miles Brundage, explained his departure from the company as a desire for “independence.” He is also confident that soon AI will be able to do on a computer everything that a human can do.

• Google’s cloud business grew 35% in the third quarter. And thus it surpassed its largest competitors, Amazon and Microsoft, in growth rates.

• A batch of “seafood” made from aquarium fish was discovered in the Pskov region. Rosselkhoznadzor accuses the Udmurtakvaresurs company of deliberately introducing potentially dangerous and low-quality animal products into circulation.

• Kommersant: Attendance at shopping centers in Russia at the end of October decreased by 4% year-on-year. And renters and landlords don’t expect a new surge in interest even with the upcoming November sales.

• Judging by Superjob surveys, there will really be no peak: 74% of respondents consider the November promotions and various Black Fridays to be a scam. Sellers raise prices in advance to lower them later, consumers assumed.

• And Elon Musk was offended by the squirrel and called the government a “heartless killing machine.” Authorities took blogger Mark Longo and euthanized the squirrel and raccoon that were illegally in his possession, prompting Musk to go on a tirade: “The authorities overstepped their authority, kidnapped an orphaned squirrel and executed it.” “, “the authorities should leave people and animals alone.”