The average annual exchange rate of the ruble, AFK “System” has acquired a dealer: the main thing January 30

Finance

• The price of Sberbank cards on the black market has risen to 100 thousand rubles – we are talking about “plastic”, which is used to withdraw funds stolen by phone scammers.
• The annual average exchange rate of the ruble in 2023 will be about 70 rubles to the dollar, it is a balance for the Russian economy, Ilya Torosov, first deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, told Izvestia.

Business

• Rostelecom is negotiating the acquisition of MegaFon from USM Group. There are other contenders for the operator.
• Due to a drop in demand for logoparks in Moscow and the Moscow region, the commissioning volume of such real estate in 2023 may be reduced by at least 18%, Kommersant writes.
• AFK Sistema, owner of MTS, created Guru Electronics, which will distribute consumer electronics and small appliances.
• Senator Arsen Kanokov, who bought the first-class supermarket chain Globus Gourmet from the Sindika holding, has a partner in this business.

Media

• In Russia, they can allow the distribution of foreign films without the consent of copyright holders in an enlarged version – the Ministry of Justice considers it necessary to introduce a practice, including in online cinemas.
• The family film “Cheburashka” again became the leader in film distribution in Russia and the CIS countries, having collected 480 million rubles over the past weekend, TASS reported.

Transport

• Aeroflot, according to Kommersant, in its new strategy plans to occupy half of the Russian transport market by 2030, while cutting passenger traffic expectations in half compared to pre-crisis plans – to 65 million people.