“Vkontakte” social network has launched its own video constructor for creation of advertisements.

In 2019, the state plans to allocate up to 7.2 billion roubles for compensation of Russian banks for their lost revenues upon concessional lending to small and medium-sized businesses in priority sectors.

An average bill for the purchase of wine has amounted to 477 roubles.

The demand for fast-casual format of eateries offering high quality food and fast service is growing: in the first half of 2018, this format accounted for 2% of all expenses of visitors of eateries in Russia.

Yandex.Market has reached an agreement on strategic partnership with “Hepsiburada.com” - the largest marketplace in Turkey.

The estimate of the regulatory environment for business in Russia is in the negative area and amounts to -0.48; last year it made up -0.42.

The growth of digital economy in Russia is primarily connected with the expansion of the public sector creating and implementing new information and accounting systems in the sectors that “belong to the sphere of possible government revenues”.

Exports in the sphere of services have reached a volume of 30.9 billion dollars in the first half of 2018, showing the highest indicator since 2014.

The bill will be prepared before the end of this year.

The Head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade proposed to create a mechanism of shares with different rights in Russia, including super-voting shares for founders and majority shareholders.