The Russian economy may need a decade to return to pre-sanctions levels in 2021, said Sberbank, the chief executive of Russia’s largest bank, as economic sanctions cut the country in half. Western nations have imposed economic sanctions on Russia, the harshest country in modern history since its invasion of Ukraine. Russian assets were hit hard […]
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Orban wins, Patriarch Cyril removed from list, EU approves new sanctions on Russia
The European Union (EU) has given its final approval on Thursday to the bloc in the sixth round of sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine, a diplomat told Reuters. The sanctions include a partial ban on oil and will remove Russia’s top bank Sberbank from the international SWIFT platform. The sanctions come after Hungary stubbornly […]
Sberbank says its exclusion from SWIFT will not affect it
The largest Russian bank, Sberbank, announced today that its exclusion from the international financial system SWIFT, decided by the European Unionwill have only a limited impact on it, as the group had already been hit by other sanctions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We are working normally – the key restrictions are already in place,” […]
DomClick launched free apartment booking
Sberbank and the Samolet group of companies have launched the Booking of Apartments service on the DomClick service website. According to the developers of the project, the new feature will allow you to quickly and free of charge book the selected apartment for three days, as well as get a 0.5% discount on all Sberbank […]
Borrell: Other Russian banks will also be excluded from SWIFT
The European Union’s sixth package of sanctions against Russia will include the exclusion of “other banks” from the SWIFT trading system, its High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Joseph Borrell, told a news conference on Monday. granted to Panama. The sanctions will affect, inter alia, the “banking sector”, in particular “there will […]
Sber launched an online repair management service
The Sber team announced a new service, SberUslugi. According to the press service, this is the first online repair management platform online. Through the Repair with SberServices platform, you can get a loan for repairs, calculate the cost according to the parameters, create a design project, order repairs from trusted construction and repair companies, and […]
Sberbank’s unique neural network can create texts in 61 languages
The SberDevices team, part of the SberBank ecosystem, announced the launch of a multilingual version of the GPT-3 neural network — a model called mGPT can generate texts in 61 languages ​​of the world, including the languages ​​of the peoples of Russia and the CIS countries. According to the press service, mGPT is the world’s […]
Fast food delivery service Samokat closes in 15 cities
The Russian express delivery service for food and household goods Samokat, backed by Sberbank and Mail.ru, has ceased operations in a dozen Russian cities. This was reported by Vedomosti, citing sources in the market and confirmed by a company representative. According to the source, the delivery operator is leaving small towns due to insufficient business […]
Sbermegamarket app removed from Google Play
The mobile application of the Sbermegamarket mmarketplace is not available for download in the Google Play catalog. It cannot be installed or updated from there. However, the application previously installed on the smartphone works properly. “Currently, the Sbermegamarket multi-category marketplace application and the Sbermegamarket PRO seller application are not available for download and update in […]
Sber drones began to carry passengers in Moscow
The team of Sber Automotive Technologies (SberAutoTech), which is part of the Sber ecosystem, announced interesting news – unmanned vehicles began to run around Moscow and carry passengers. So far, this is not a commercial launch, but a new stage of testing. As the press service of SberAutoTech notes, as part of the pilot project, […]