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Russian authorities are considering measures designed to encourage small and medium-sized businesses to use MAX instead of Telegram and WhatsApp, a source told Interfax. Possible measures include a tax deduction when paying for services in the national messenger, compensation for the cost of switching to MAX, as well as subsidies to vendors of CRM systems fo...

Rusagro

Rusagro Group paid ₽31 billion for 77.5% in Agro-Belogorye agro-industrial group. About 6 billion rubles were guaranteed for possible tax surcharges for 2021-2024.

VTB Bank

VTB's net profit under IFRS for 8 months of 2025 amounted to ₽327.6 billion, down 3.2% from ₽338.5 billion in the previous year. Net interest income decreased by 41.4% to ₽221.7 billion from ₽378.2 billion a year earlier. Commission income increased by 23.2% and amounted to ₽197.1 billion.

Sollers

Sollers has released the first batch of new Sollers ST9 pickups at the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant's production site, said Alexey Russian, Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region. In addition, in 2025, the company will launch a new pressing line, where body parts for both UAZ models and Sollers cars will be stamped. The equipment has already been installed and is be...

Arenadata

Arenadata acquired UBIC Technologies, an infrastructure solutions developer. UBIC products are used in the public sector, banking, telecommunications and marketing. Companies did not disclose the amount of the transaction. At the same time, it is noted that 49% of UBIC Arenadata was acquired from the founder of the company in exchange for its preferred share...

VK

Volume of video ad impressions on VK Video in 6 months of 2025 increased by 54%, and revenue from video ads on VK platforms increased by 71%. 42% of advertisers have increased their budgets for video formats.

X5 Group

X5 has opened a distribution center in the Gurievsky city district of the Kaliningrad region. Throughput capacity of the logistics complex with an area of 26.5 thousand square meters is 1.6 thousand pallets per day. Capacity of the distribution center allows to place more than 5 thousand items, thus ensuring the supply of up to 300 Pyaterochka and Victoria s...

Yandex

Yandex's e-commerce business is capable of reaching a break-even point within a few years, said Alexey Subbotin, Director of Investor Relations at Yandex. It includes the Yandex.Market marketplace, as well as the Food, Delivery and Lavka food delivery services. By the end of 2024, the direction's EBITDA loss amounted to 57.5 billion rubles.

Ozon Pharmaceuticals

Shareholders of Ozon Pharmaceuticals approved dividends for 6 months 2025 in the amount of ₽0.25 per ordinary share. The last day of purchase of securities to receive dividends is October 3, 2025. Dividend yield may amount to 0.48%.

X5 Group

X5 has opened a distribution center for Okolo stores in the Uspensky Technopark in the Noginsky district of the Moscow Region. On an area of 5,340 square meters, 1,700 products of the permanent assortment matrix "About" are presented, covering the basic needs of the store at home.