It is proposed to ban mining in residential buildings, where to invest with an income of 60 thousand rubles: the main thing 26 January

Peace

• The Czech “daughter” of the Raiffeisen Bank bans transfers to Russia and Belarus from February 15. The decision was explained by the risks of violating the sanctions policy.
• The South African Zimbabwean authorities have begun seeking investors to build a new state capital. The project is estimated at $60 billion: it provides for the creation of a new city “Cybercity” on the site of a village 18 km from the current capital.
• SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle into orbit with a payload mass unprecedented in launch history. The total weight of 56 Starlink satellites was 19.4 tons.

Russia

• Fragments of the source codes of Yandex services and programs leaked onto the network. The files are dated February 24, 2022. The company confirmed the leak, but said that we are talking about an old version of the repository, which is no longer used in the services.
• Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered an experiment to identify “lags”. If the test is successful, in the future, cash registers will begin to block the sale of inappropriate products during the scan.
• The drop in demand for consumer goods has broken an eight-year record. Overall, the market grew nominally, but sales declined in real terms. This was influenced by the drop in the real income of the population.
• Customs duties on imports of electronics and equipment to Russia fell by 40%. Experts cited the departure of foreign suppliers and the incompletely legal activities of resellers as the main reasons for this drop.

Finance

• The analyst “Vse Loans Online” told where to invest with an income of 60 thousand rubles.
• The State Council Energy Commission proposed to the government to ban mining in residential buildings to prevent fires.
• The state and companies, through the placement of OFZ and corporate bonds on the stock market, borrowed a record 2.3 billion from the population in one month. This is the highest indicator in the entire history of observations of the Moscow Stock Exchange, which has been carried out since 2009.

Business

• The main Russian distributors are included in the parallel import of alcohol brands, the supply of which was suspended by the manufacturers. Beluga Group may start selling Jagermeister liqueurs and Johnnie Walker whiskey.
• Chinese companies Honor and Xiaomi have started posting vacancies for hiring employees at their Russian offices. All posted vacancies are dated December 30 and after, Izvestia learned.
• Magnit will transfer the supply of vegetables and fruits to long-term contracts, writes IZ. Under this model, the chain pays part of the money up front to the farmers, even before they put their products on the shelves.
• Recruitment portals note an increase in the number of vacancies for IT specialists, Kommersant reported. Several companies have already begun to reduce “remote employees” and open new vacancies, while others, on the contrary, register legal entities abroad in order to retain and register employees there.

• MegaFon bought InPlat, a developer of solutions for banks and financial organizations, from USM structures. The operator decided to actively develop the fintech direction.

• Dmitry Sergienkov will become the new CEO of HeadHunter and will take office on February 1. Mikhail Zhukov, who holds the position now, will become the company’s president.

Technologies

• The draft law on compulsory licenses of objects of copyright and related rights, which includes “unfriendly” software, will have two mechanisms: for old licensees and for new ones. An updated version of the bill is planned to be submitted to the State Duma in early February, Vedomosti learned.

Transport

• French electrical equipment manufacturer Legrand will leave Russia. The company has been operating in the country since 1993, it has two factories here, writes RBC.