CONSUMER BEHAVIOR  Exodus of Western women’s clothing brands from Russia forced consumers to turn to online marketplaces, primarily Wildberries and Ozon. Data from an analytics company Sellematics showed an...

KAZAKHSTAN  South Korea’s Samsung is considering the relocation of its Russia-based plant to Kazakhstan, lured by accommodating government and growing high-tech sector. Earlier, Kazakhstan’s President Tokaev...

MARKETPLACES Sales of sports goods increased 3.5 times at only marketplace Ozon in the first five months of 2022 compared to the same period of a year before. And the sales jumped two-fold at the rival marketplace...

YANDEX WATCH Russian food delivery platform Yandex.Eda, a subsidiary of a tech giant Yandex, has doubled the fees paid to ‘ethical hackers’ hunting for bugs in its software, up to $30,000 for one bug. The company moved...