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Far-Eastern Shipping Company

Fesco launches an intermodal container service from Southeast and East Asia to Moscow via the Chinese port of Dalian and the Zabaikalsk checkpoint. Estimated transit time of delivery is about 30-35 days depending on the port of shipment in Asia. Cargo traffic is based on auto parts, household appliances, foodstuffs and other consumer goods.

Alrosa

Diamond mining company Alrosa plans to expand its offer of small-sized polished diamonds, which were previously produced in smaller volumes, for Russian jewelry companies in the mid-price segment. Company also intends to continue the development of investment diamond program products. Since the abolition of VAT in October last year, sales of such polished di...

Sistema

Pharmaceutical company Binnopharm Group plans to enter the markets of Southeast Asia with its products in the near future. In particular, in Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. It will take approximately 1.5 years to enter these markets.

Henderson

Men's clothing chain Henderson plans to hold an IPO on the Moscow Exchange by the end of the year, sources told RBC. Company intends to place 10-15% of shares and raise about ₽3-4 billion. Thus, Henderson expects a valuation of ₽27-30 billion. Company revenue at the end of 2022 amounted to ₽12.4 billion, profit - ₽1.8 billion. EBITDA at the end of 2023 is ex...

Nebius Group

IT company Yandex has bought Skazbuka, a platform of educational games for preschool children. On the platform you can find over 40 mini-games for the development of logic, emotional intelligence, reading, counting, drawing, etc. Application was monetized by subscription - about ₽400 per month. In Russia, the Skazabuki app was downloaded 4 million times. Tra...

Ozon Holdings

Marketplace Ozon has re-launched the sale of cars. Car is fully paid for online, and the sales contract is signed upon delivery. In 2020, Ozon already tried to launch car sales, but then the buyer could only book the goods on the marketplace, and had to pay for them at the dealer's showroom.

Lenta

Lenta Online delivery service has implemented its own online order picker scheduling system. Using the resource optimization system and the previously implemented multipicking will allow the company to reduce Cost per Order by up to 20%, increasing productivity by 17%.

VK

MK PJSC VK was included in the register of participants of the special administrative district on the territory of Oktyabrsky Island, Kaliningrad Region. Thus, the re-registration of VK from the British Virgin Islands to Russia can be considered completed.

Bank St. Petersburg

Shareholders of Bank Saint-Petersburg approved dividends for 6 months of 2023 in the amount of ₽19.08 per common share and ₽0.22 per preferred share. Last day to purchase securities for dividends is October 6, 2023. Dividend yield on common shares could be 6.56% and 0.36% on preferred shares.

Mobile TeleSystems

MTS owned developer of collaboration solutions and services Webinar Group has acquired interactive online whiteboard service Jespo. Development team Jespo became a part of Webinar Group. At the same time, a separate department for the development of this area was formed in the company. It was headed by Jespo founders Alexander and Ivan Bogatov. Webinar Group...