Fintech service CarMoney changes registration, expired milk will not be allowed in the box: the main thing on January 16

Peace

• The Ministry of Finance of Belarus announced the creation of a joint tax committee with the Russian Federation in 2023. The launch of an information system for the exchange of tax information is expected in March.
• In the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, they can limit the activity of marketplaces with foreign capital participation by more than 49%.
• Most of the foreigners who bought real estate in Dubai last year were Russians. Their heightened interest in buying property in the United Arab Emirates has led to a record number of transactions in the Dubai market: in 2022, $56.6 billion of real estate was sold.
• British fintech startup Nikolai Storonsky, who previously renounced Russian citizenship, will hire psychologists to improve corporate culture at the company. The media associate this decision with the desire to speed up obtaining a British banking license.

Russia

• The mobilized Russian businessmen were exempted from submitting statistical reports. The decree was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
• Russia can introduce a visa-free regime with 12 countries, including Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and others. At the moment, a Russian passport allows you to visit 118 countries without a visa.
• Essentuki’s Beshtau Electronics produced the first Russian computer monitors under its own brand. Budget-financed institutions bought a batch of 10,000 pieces, the manufacturer did not announce the retail price of the devices.

Finance

• The volume of placements of high-yield bonds in December 2022 exceeded 2 billion rubles, equaling the total figure for the first two months of the year. At the same time, government bond yield premia, after taking off in the spring, almost returned to January-February values.
• Russia and Iran are negotiating the creation of a stable currency, with the appropriate modifications to the legislation, the project can be implemented in six months. The new currency is expected to be used in international payments.
• After the SPB Exchange report about a 69% drop in trading volume in the 2022 calendar year, the site’s shares on the Moscow Stock Exchange increased by 34% per day. Investors were encouraged by the company’s announcement that it plans to end the financial year with a profit.
• The Moscow Stock Exchange launched trading in the first Chinese yuan exchange-traded fund. You can buy shares of this fund for rubles. The site also expanded the range of options and added shares of Rosneft, Tatneft, Positive Technologies, MTS and the Moscow Stock Exchange itself.

Business

• The website of a grocery store serving Moscow pre-trial detention centers has changed its name from FSINmagazine to Sit-Eat. However, the Federal Penitentiary Service has already told various media outlets that it has nothing to do with “we sit down and eat. RF”.

• Fintech CarMoney service decided to transfer the parent structure from Cyprus to the Russian Federation. The company believes this will reduce the risks of sanctions.
• The founder of influencer marketing agency DeadLine, Roman Kolesnikov, has launched the Bushy pet products brand. Leather collars and leashes, ceramic bowls, and towels are for sale.
• In 2022, the revenue of Russian developers of artificial intelligence for facial recognition grew by 30-35%. The companies also increased their exports to the Middle East, Southeast Asia, India and South America.
• Retail chains have launched technology to automatically check the expiration date of dairy products labeled on the checkout. Magnit will test it first.
• During the year, sales of natural carbonated beverages decreased by almost 10% and their share fell to 8.5% of the market. Now companies focus mainly on the most popular positions, that is, sweets.
• The Russian network Vkusno-i Tochka has filed a trademark registration application in Kazakhstan. Previously in the republic, McDonald’s stopped working due to supply problems.

Services

• VKontakte reported that it is working on deepfake recognition technology and expects to introduce it within six months. Users will be able to independently verify the authenticity of videos and images.

• Services that allow you to rent electronic devices, at the end of 2022, noted an increase in demand for video consoles. Some owners offer set-top boxes in which, due to the departure of their manufacturers from the Russian Federation, local stores are not available, with foreign accounts already set up.