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growing from RUB10bn in 2017 and RUB8bn in 2016, and estimated to increase further to RUB14bn and RUB15.6bn in 2019 and 2020, respectively (as estimated by Forester Russia, counting Infrastructure as a service IaaS services volume).
The carsharing market in Moscow could triple to 30,000 by 2025 , according to a PriceWaterhouseCoopers forecast cited by RBC business portal on September 13. In August 2018 there were 10,500 cars available for carsharing in the capital under various platforms, but the market will expand due to paid parking and expensive maintenance of personal vehicles, as well as support from the authorities. Currently there are 16 carsharing operators in Moscow, with Delimobil, Belka Car, You Drive, and Yandex.Drive controlling 94% of the market. Delimobil estimates that the carsharing park in Moscow already reached 12,000-13,000 vehicles.
Russian Post in the next five years can increase the number of parcels delivered to Russia from China 5-fold . The new infrastructure of the company will also allow developing exports from Russia to China, General Director of Russian Post Nikolay Podguzov said on Tuesday in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel. “At the moment, we deliver around 200 million parcels from China to Russia. In the next five years we can increase this volume 5-fold, while the infrastructure created by Russian Post is aimed not only at imports but also exports of goods from Russia to China, and here, I think, the potential is even greater," Podguzov said.
9.1.10 Metallurgy & mining sector news
In the next five years, the total losses of companies operating in the field of ferrous metallurgy, from the preservation of existing infrastructure constraints and the adoption of new encumbrances, may amount to about RUB500bn . This is cautioned by the association "Russian Steel", which unites the largest metallurgical companies in Russia - Severstal, NLMK, MMK, EvrazHolding, etc. The Association reports that the amount of possible losses is two-thirds of all investments of the Russian ferrous metallurgy over the past five years. "These funds metallurgists could invest in new capacities, the best available technologies, including environmental, innovation and infrastructure projects that the country needs and create new jobs," Russian Steel said in a statement. The association was reminded that its companies provide about 4% of Russia's GDP and a significant part of foreign exchange earnings, and createmns of jobs.
9.1.9 Tourism sector news
The Georgian separatist republic of Abkhazia was the second most popular destination for Russian tourists in the first half of this year, attracting 1.75mn Russian visitors, according to a report from tourism agency Turstat. Abkhazia saw a 5% increase in arrivals, putting it second only to Turkey, which attracted 2.28mn Russians, up 40%. Other popular destinations included Finland, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and China. Abkhazia is officially still seen as part of Georgia under international law, but has been de facto independent since the early 1990s, and was controversially recognised as an independent state by Russia in 2008, shortly after the 5-day war between Russia and Georgia over another breakaway republic, South Ossetia. Both receive financial and military support from Russia. The tiny, largely
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