Due to restrictive measures during the coronavirus pandemic, profits VTB in April fell more than four times – up to 900 million rubles. from 3.9 billion rubles. in April last year, the bank said in accordance with IFRS. In four months, the state bank earned 40.7 billion rubles, which is 19% less than a year … Read more
The Chinese brand Xiaomi for the first time surpassed Samsung in smartphone sales in Russia and was in second place on this indicator, employees of three electronic retailers told Vedomosti. In March, Xiaomi already reached the first in online smartphone sales in Russia. – – From the materials that Vedomosti reviewed, it follows that in … Read more
Sales of smartphones in Russia in pieces in April fell by 42% compared with March and by 24% compared to April 2019. Such data are provided by the research company GfK. The decrease in the money market was 50% by March and 29% by April last year, said Anna Shebek, expert on telecommunications products market … Read more
The coronavirus epidemic and the introduction of a self-isolation regime in Moscow led to a drop in demand and a drop in rental prices. This conclusion was reached by analysts of the Yandex.Real Estate service, who compared rental rates for apartments and country houses from the beginning of the year. – – Some owners already … Read more
The first day of «phase 2» in Campania risks becoming a «free everyone» especially for walks and physical activities | CorriereTv On the evening of Monday 27 April the Lungomare di Napoli was crowded with people. Many of which did not maintain social distancing or went out on the street without masks. With a remarkably … Read more
Political Economy of the Virus: Chernobyl Vedomosti Complex.
Genotek, a Russian biotechnology company specializing in genetic research, plans to start making tests for the coronavirus COVID-19, and has also begun research on the genetic factors of resistance to this virus. The company announced this in a mailing list to its customers on April 7. – – Genotek in 2011 was founded by graduates … Read more
The service sector has suffered as much as possible from the epidemic of coronavirus infection and measures to combat it. Among those who suffered the greatest losses are food services, fitness and sports, tourism, hotels, cosmetology and spa, duty-free trade, transport, entertainment and mass sports events. This was reported in a letter to Russian Prime … Read more
Due to the coronavirus epidemic and the government’s restrictive measures, the demand for motor fuel is falling in Russia, said Energy Minister Alexander Novak on Ekho Moskvy radio. The largest decline was recorded in Moscow – by 20-30%. In other large cities – by 10-15%. The fewer restrictions on the movement of people introduced by … Read more
The Russian stock market completed growth for the third consecutive session. The Mosbirzhi index on Thursday added more than 2.5%, but by the end of the day it grew by 1.52% to 2489.97 points. RTS Index – up 3.6% to 1017.03% – – The ruble also strengthened. By 19.00 Moscow time, the dollar fell 1.17 … Read more