Business challenges, highlights of Iranian cars February 9

Finance

• In 2022, the Bank of Russia identified about 5 thousand companies in the country with signs of illegal activity against 2.7 thousand a year earlier. About 2 thousand of them are pyramids, which is 2.3 times more than in 2021. According to the Central Bank, such an increase is the reverse of the rapid development of technology. In turn, the regulator’s representative clarified that the statistics show the number of cases or projects identified, and not companies as such.

• The average monthly rental cost of an apartment in Russia in January 2023 was 25,000 rubles, Avito Nedvizhimost analysts found out. The indicator increased by 25% compared to January last year. The three ruble note was the one that grew the most in the year.

• The banks extended the term of the guaranteed loans to a maximum of four years. Lenders are also talking about the likelihood of growth in terms of loans this year, especially in the secured loan segment.

Business

• Runet’s main headhunter Alena Vladimirskaya launched a free project for young professionals in Uzbekistan – Ustoz (Uzbek teacher, mentor). All listeners who have passed the selection will enter a closed Telegram channel, where broadcasts, practical cases and career inquiries will take place. The project will run throughout 2023. You can participate from any city in Uzbekistan.

• In 2022, more than 50% of senior managers faced market uncertainty, adapted to the high speed of change, and learned to make decisions quickly.
• Developers in Moscow, the Moscow region, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, the country’s largest housing construction markets, received a total of more than 2 trillion rubles from apartment sales last year, writes Kommersant .

telecommunications

• In Russia, about 10% of families are forced to pay for Wi-Fi and television at home at rates that are too expensive by a third. Internet at home costs an average of 450 rubles per month.
• Mobile operators are testing equipment from India, China and Israel: ZTE and Huawei, JRC, HTC and Telrad, writes Kommersant.

Transport

• Iranian automaker Iran Khodro plans to deliver 2,000 cars to Russia by the end of March, while the Saipa company aims to supply more than 20,000 cars a year, Ambassador to Tehran Alexei Dedov told RIA Novosti.

Technologies

• The developers of the Opera web browser plan to integrate the ChatGPT chatbot into their products. Details about how and when ChatGPT will be used in Opera are not yet available. Opera is not the first high-tech company that in recent days has announced the integration of ChatGPT into its product or the development of its own chatbot analogue.

• VK Play has launched an investment division “VK Play Investments” – it will invest in studios that create projects for personal computers, consoles and mobile devices. 300 million rubles were allocated for the development of Russian developers in 2023.