Credit to Yandex, VK and Ozon, difficulties in entering the software in the registry – the main thing August 4

World

• Inflation in Turkey hit a new high. It has been close to the 80% mark for the second month.

Russia

• The Ministry of Industry and Trade has adjusted the list of imported goods that can be imported into Russia through parallel imports. Imported perfumes and auto parts were added to the list, Renault cars and some medicines were excluded.

• The government has provided Yandex, VK and Ozon with a concessional loan of 130 billion rubles, the funds of which will be used to meet the companies’ obligations to their Eurobond holders.
• Getting the software into the home software registry can get more complicated. The regulations discussed may cut off the registry of developers who have entered the initial public offering.

• Since February, almost one in four companies (24%) of small and medium-sized companies has been forced to cut staff in the face of the crisis. Another 13% will do so before the end of the year.

Business

• The fast food restaurant chain Vkusno-i Tochka will resume the concept of cafeterias in Russia from August 11, they will start operating in the points where they were previously located.

• Until the end of September, Ozon compensates sellers for damage caused by burned goods in a warehouse in the Moscow region. Payments will be made in installments.

• The fire at the Ozon warehouse in the Moscow region was extinguished on Thursday morning, after almost a day. The building almost completely burned down – the fire area was 55 thousand square meters, part of the roof collapsed. 11 people were injured, two were hospitalized. The main versions of what happened are arson and a malfunction of electrical equipment.
• Russian investors after the abolition of VAT when buying gold bars increased their investment in gold. Sberbank customers alone bought almost 11 tons of gold bars in five months.
• Companies that supplied IKEA products began to sell furniture, textiles and household items on the Yandex.Market platform.

• Online cinema revenue growth in the first half of 2022 was the lowest in five years: just 5%. Total revenue from services amounted to 25.9 billion rubles. The market explains the slowdown with the departure of Netflix from Russia and the refusal of the big studios to launch new products in the country, as well as a general decrease in the purchasing power of the audience.