In Wildberries, sales of hobby drones in January-March increased almost 20 times, up to 26.7 thousand units, in Ozon – 15 times, up to 17.6 thousand units. In monetary terms, sales increased tenfold: at Wildberries – up to 88 million rubles, and at Ozon – up to 57 million rubles. The average check within the top 20 was 3.4 thousand rubles at Wildberries and 5 thousand rubles at Ozon
Child models and amateur photography are the most popular, Moneyplace noted, Kommersant reports.
Neither the closure of summer areas in some regions, nor the increase in the number of fines for uncoordinated drone launches, have affected interest in them.
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On May 3, a ban on the launch of UAVs was introduced in several regions of Russia, in particular in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. This was preceded by an incident with a drone strike on the Moscow Kremlin.
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About a month ago, a bill was submitted to the State Duma giving law enforcement the right to shoot down drones.
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karina pardaeva
Source: RB

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