Markets news | Press review: Ozon, X5 Group, Gazprom - 12/11/21

Gazprom storage facilities in Europe empty

Despite the growth in physical supplies of Russian gas to Europe,the level of reserves in gas storage facilities "Gazprom»Not only does not increase, but even decreases.Three of the five UGS facilities - Jemgum, Haidach and Bergermeer - are currently sampling gas. Gazprom explains that the indicators of net withdrawal from UGS facilities are not objective, since not only the Russian monopoly stores gas in these storage facilities. In any case, the filling level of the company's own storage facilities in Europe remains three times lower than the EU average, and this year it is physically impossible to catch up with this lag.

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5066360

 

Ulan Bator counts years until Power of Siberia-2

Mongolia, through which a gas pipeline from Russia to China can pass, for the first time named the possible start date for the construction of the pipe - 2024. V "Gazprom"Did not begin to confirm or deny this date, but Kommersant's sources note that Moscow must first agree on gas supplies with Beijing.

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5066309

 

X5 Group ceded leadership in online product sales

X5 Group, announcing plans for the IPO of operators of their services ine-commerce, promised to increase the turnover of its online business in preparation for listing on the exchange. But according to the results of the third quarter of this year, the company dropped from first place immediately to third, yielding to Sbermarket and Vkusvilla. Analysts explain the castling by the fact that X5 initially relied on purchases for future use, which later turned out to be less demanded by consumers than express delivery. The company itself claims that it deliberately "does not overheat" the growth rate of its online business.

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5066259

 

Head of MTS AI Alexander Khanin on the role of the state for IT business

Alexander Khanin, CEO of MTS AI (part of MTS), told Kommersant how government programs for digitalization affect IT companies. In what directions is it currently working?MTSin terms of AI?— The first is omnichannel virtual assistants. This has long been not just chatbots and voice robots, but a complex platform for interacting with customers and employees in all channels. The second is intelligent video surveillance and video analytics. Next - distributed computing and edge computing, neurochips, recommendation systems and industrial analytics.

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5062603

 

Visa has established preferential commissions for Wildberries and Ozon for accepting cards

Visahas reduced tariffs for accepting cards for large marketplaces, RBC learned. The company changed its tariffs shortly after a dispute with Wildberries over discounts and commissions when paying through different payment systems

https://www.rbc.ru/finances/12/11/2021/618c20099a7947bd22261b4a

 

Volodin instructed to create a working group in the State Duma to regulate the circulation of bitcoin

State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin at a State Duma meeting on Thursday instructed to create a working group that will deal with issues of legal regulationbitcoinAndcryptocurrencies.

https://tass.ru/ekonomika/12896341