Avito started blocking iPhone 14 presale ads due to high risk of user fraud, ATOR reports a boom in “dry tourism” in Europe and there may be a shortage of tin lids for baby food cans in Russia. These and other business news are in the RB summary.
World
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The European Central Bank said European countries will have to make significant “sacrifices” to cope with rising inflation. In particular, the ECB is willing to continue increasing the reference interest rate.
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Welt am Sonntag: The German authorities have created a holding company for the possible nationalization of Gazprom Germania, the former German subsidiary of Gazprom.
- Elon Musk on Twitter: “Countries should increase nuclear power production!” The billionaire considers that the closure of nuclear power plants around the world is “madness”.
- Analysts at World Potato Markets predicted a rise in prices for French fries and chips in Europe. This summer’s abnormal heat and drought led to a record potato harvest.
Russia
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Director Alexander Sokurov told RIA Novosti that without international festivals and the exchange of experiences, Russian cinema will begin to degrade into a “gray mass”.
Business
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Avito began to block ads with pre-orders of iPhone 14. As the company’s press service told Gazeta Ru, the decision was made due to the high risk of misleading users, because such ads with the sale of products that are not yet are available in Russia or in the world
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Sergei Lisovsky, a member of the State Duma Committee on Agrarian Affairs, appealed to the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, with a request to increase state support for tinplate production in the country. Due to the lack of tinplate, tinplate lids for baby food jars were in short supply.
- The largest server provider Dell Technologies has announced its withdrawal from Russia. The company is closing offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg and laying off employees on salary.
cyber security
- The Telegram channel “Information Leaks” reported a data leak of 43.9 million users of the Start online cinema. The network obtained email addresses, phone numbers, passwords, IP addresses and other personal data.
- Start confirmed the information about the leak and clarified that the database contains information for 2021, and access to these customers has already been closed. In addition, according to the platform, only email addresses and phone numbers entered the Internet, passwords and financial data of customers were not leaked.
- Senator Andrei Klishas, in response to news about the Start user data leak, announced the need to introduce billing penalties for companies that did not keep track of their customer data.
Tourism
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ATOR: The drought in Europe has caused a boom in “dry tourism”. After the excavation of the reservoirs, cultural and historical objects that had been hidden from view for a long time appeared on the surface.
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France and Germany intend to continue issuing Schengen visas to Russians “not associated with the government.” For example, students, artists, scientists and others.
- The EU foreign ministers want to break the agreement on the simplified issuance of visas to Russian citizens. If this decision is made, Russians will have to provide more documents when applying for a visa. (Financial times).
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Author:
Ahmed Sadulayev
Source: RB
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