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the territory of Russia, data processing must be carried out only with their use.
The company is obliged not to comply with the sanctions of foreign states. She
is obliged to report on the methodology and the results obtained to the Federal
Antimonopoly Service. The service, in turn, will maintain a register of consumer
market researchers. Foreigners will be able to keep more than 20% in a
Russian legal entity, but only subject to the approval of a government special
commission and good behavior (including the absence of “gross or repeated”
violations of research rules in Russia or public approval of sanctions). The
“stick” in case of violations will be the loss of control and the transfer of the
right to “directly or indirectly dispose of more than 50% of the total number of
votes” to the state or another organizer of research on the structure of the
consumer market.
● War
Ukrainian drones successfully attacked the business center in Moscow.
Russia says that Ukraine targeted the capital of Russia with several drones on July 30, the latest in a series of attacks that have brought the Ukraine war to Russia’s capital. The Russian defence Ministry said three drones were intercepted, but a business and shopping development in the west of the capital was hit. The fifth and sixth floors of a 50-story building were damaged, and no casualties were reported. A spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force said the latest drone attacks on Moscow aimed to impact Russians who had felt that the war was distant since the Kremlin invaded Ukraine in February 2022. "There’s always something flying in Russia, as well as in Moscow. Now the war is affecting those who were not concerned,” the spokesman, Yurii Ihnat, said on Ukrainian television.
The Kerch Strait Bridge connecting Russia and Crimea was hit
July 17. As a result of the explosions, two spans of the bridge were damaged,
again on
and two Russians were killed. Rail service along the bridge resumed later on
Monday, but drivers were advised to use alternate routes. This is the second
time that the bridge has been targeted since Russia launched its full-scale
invasion of Ukraine last February. In October, an explosion caused part of the
bridge to collapse. The Crimean bridge is strategically important to the Kremlin
because it serves as a supply route for Russian goods to the illegally occupied
peninsula. It has also been an important channel for reinforcements and
supplies to the Russian military forces. Lastly, the bridge has symbolic
meaning as a physical connection between Russia and Crimea.
Ukraine drones struck two non-residential buildings in Moscow. On Monday morning, one of the drones that were spotted in Moscow was brought down near a Russian Ministry of defence complex. Russian media footage showed damage to one of its buildings. Russia reported Ukrainian drone attacks early Monday that targeted Moscow and Russia-occupied Crimea.
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