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VK

Number of users of the national messenger MAX has exceeded 40 million people. Since its launch, users have sent more than 2 billion messages and made more than 500 million calls. More than 8000 authors from VKontakte, Zen, Telegram and Odnoklassniki joined the channel testing at MAX. In addition, in September, 39 Russian regions launched MFC chatbots in the...

Bank St. Petersburg

Board of Directors of Bank Saint Petersburg has approved a program for the acquisition of ordinary shares from the market to maintain capitalization. Maximum amount of funds that the bank can use to buy back shares is ₽5 billion. Program period is from October 06, 2025 to May 20, 2026.

Magnit

Magnit retailer has developed a new concept for its key format — convenience stores. It reflects the main advantages of Magnit: proximity to the customer, deep understanding of their needs, maximum price availability, quality stability and convenience. Design solutions in the design of retail outlets were developed by Artemy Lebedev Studio. First store in th...

Yandex

Draft federal law on regulating the movement of highly automated vehicles will be submitted to the government by the end of 2025, said the head of the Ministry of Transport Andrey Nikitin. Adoption of the law will allow launching such machines in 2027. First two drafts of the law "On highly automated vehicles" were submitted by the Ministry of Transport in 2...

Pre-IPO

brainbox_I Foundation invested ₽5 million in the HireMate recruitment service in exchange for 5.55% of the company. This is Russia's first joint investment between the fund and an investment platform within a single ecosystem. This model provides the platform with an institutional co-investor who enhances the protection of the interests of private investors...

Sollers

Sollers has started selling its flagship all-wheel drive Sollers ST9 pickups, which are being manufactured in Ulyanovsk. Pickup is equipped with a 2-liter turbobenzene engine with 224 hp. with a chain timing according to the Euro-5 standard and an eight-speed automatic transmission with a torque converter. New product is available in Premium and Ultimate tri...

X5 Group

X5 Group has announced the launch of a new stage of brand development. Company goes beyond the professional audience and becomes an open brand for millions of customers. As part of the new communication strategy, X5 dropped the Group descriptor and updated its visual style. Name became concise — X5, while maintaining the continuity of the logo and corporate...

Yandex

Yandex-Bank, which has so far lent only to marketplace sellers, is entering the corporate lending market. Experts note that the corporate lending market has long been divided between large state-owned and private banks. Therefore, starting such a business from scratch is quite a difficult task.

NOVATEK

Gas production at the Arctic LNG 2 project averaged 17.9 million cubic meters during most of September. m per day, which is the highest figure since the launch in December 2023. Increase in production was made possible by successful LNG sales to China. However, with the onset of cold weather, it will be difficult to transport LNG along the Northern Sea Route...

Gazprom Neft

Shareholders of Gazprom Neft approved dividends for 6 months 2025 in the amount of ₽17.3 per ordinary share. The last day of purchase of securities to receive dividends is October 10, 2025. Dividend yield may amount to 3.47%.