Turkish Troy instead of “Mir”, real estate investment – the main thing for business October 5

World

• EU countries agreed on the eighth package of sanctions against Russia. Part of the new package is an agreement to impose maximum prices on Russian oil. It also provides for a ban on the provision of legal and IT services to Russian companies.

• The first version of a unified standard for smart home devices Matter was released, and the Connectivity Standards Alliance announced the release. Apple, Google, Amazon, Yandex, Sberbank and other companies worked on the document.

• US President Joe Biden signed a law that prohibits the US Treasury Department from participating in transactions involving the exchange of special drawing rights (SDRs) held by Russia and Belarus.
• The ambassadors of the EU countries agreed on the eighth package of sanctions against Russia: it will include limiting the price of Russian oil, Politico has learned. The final document must be adopted on October 5.

Russia

• Russia launched the platform “efficiency. rf” to help companies in the digitization of business. Platform experts will help you choose the right software and automate a number of processes.

• The Ministry of Digital Development plans to implement a bug bounty program before the end of the year to strengthen Gosuslug’s security. Department head Shadayev noted that the portal had been the target of cyberattacks on more than one occasion.

• Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified the treaties on the admission of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions to Russia. Putin also signed federal constitutional laws on the admission of these territories into the country.

• The Russian Book Union asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to introduce a postponement of mobilization for the printing industry: staff shortages are increasing in printing houses and the call for employees may lead to downtime or the complete closure of the companies.

Finance

• Ankara and Moscow are discussing the possibility of using the Turkish payment system Troy as an alternative to Mir – Aydınlık.
• The Czech Republic and Spain stopped accepting UnionPay from Russian banks. Most often, problems arose with the ATMs of KB Bank and Euronet, Kutxabank, ING.

Business

• Russia’s only meter of television and Internet audience Mediascope was left without foreign shareholders. Kantar’s research group divested its stake in the company and transferred the assets to Mediascope’s management.

• Ozon has paid compensation to 25,000 businessmen for burned goods in a New Riga warehouse. This is 70% of the total number of sellers whose goods were stored in burned blocks.

• Magnit launched coffee production in Tver. The retailer opened a coffee roasting and packaging shop on the basis of his own company.

• Sales of vodka and other spirits fell 15% in six months. The average price of an imported bottle has dropped from 439 to 420 rubles, which is still much more expensive than domestic spirits, whose average price is 245 rubles.
• The total volume of investments in Russian real estate in the first three quarters of 2022 amounted to 334 billion rubles. This is 41% more than in the same period last year.
• Avito has launched a buyback for its smartphone users, which it will repair and resell with its own warranty.
• The companies have asked the government to extend the moratorium on inspections for two years, until 2024. Authorities do not yet see the need to extend the moratorium and plan to stick to the decision to exempt low-risk companies from inspections.