Decrease in the number of unemployed in the Russian Federation, increase in the number of flights from China – the main thing for business February 18

In Russia

• The number of registered unemployed in the Russian Federation at the end of 2022 amounted to 564 thousand people (30% less than in 2021).
• The Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development reported that in 2022, 1.5 thousand entrepreneurs became participants in the Made in Moscow program and presented more than 10 thousand goods produced in the capital on the media resources of the project.
• The Central Bank of the Russian Federation, together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Digital Development, is considering a possible option for filing an application for theft of funds by bank account fraudsters through the State Services.
• Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing Gazprom Neft to acquire Shell’s stake in the Salym Petroleum and Khanty-Mansi Oil and Gas Union projects.

• The Central Bank of the Russian Federation reported on the success of the dense launch of money transfers to Belarus through the FPS. This means that this year the major banks will start testing transfers by phone number to neighboring countries.

In the world

• The G7 countries at the summit of the heads of the Foreign Ministries agreed to increase the pressure of sanctions on Russia.

• Bloomberg: The era of “golden visas” in Europe is coming to an end. Although countries want to attract investment, they cannot allow the emergence of a privileged layer of foreigners until many problems of the local population are resolved.
• The Chinese ambassador in Moscow said that China intends to increase the number of scheduled and charter flights to Russia, including through its own fleet.

• Since February last year, Germany has seized Russian assets worth 5.32 billion euros, which includes both the property of individuals and companies as well as the assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

• Raiffeisen Bank has been asked to report its activities in the Russian Federation to the US Sanctions Office. Sources say the investigation will also affect specific customer accounts, but the bank denies this.

• ESA will create the NEOMIR telescope to search for dangerous asteroids near the Sun. The observatory is expected to go into space in 2030.

in business

• Microsoft is limiting Bing Chat to 5 responses per session and 50 questions per day to prevent “inappropriate interactions” (the chat has been found to be abusive and manipulated during long conversations).
• Twitter has closed two of its three Indian offices to cut costs and staff are being asked to work from home.

• Two-factor authentication via SMS on Twitter will no longer be free. The changes will take effect at the end of March.

• Telegram has become the second most popular messenger in the world, according to Pavel Durov, referring to Fortune.

• Italian startup Cap-able has launched sales of clothing that fools facial recognition cameras, mistaking a person for an animal.