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By the end of this year, the Bank of Russia plans to conduct a “calibration survey” of banks with a universal license for their readiness to apply the new rules for regulating ecosystems.

 
 For calculations, the regulator intends to apply new parameters for regulating banks' investments in non-financial and non-core assets - “assessment of immobilized assets (IA) on the balance sheets of banks, calculation of immobilization ratios for different groups of their assets, as well as the risk-sensitive limit (RFL) for each player”.

 
 The Central Bank clarified that they still intend to divide the immobilized assets (IA) of banks into three groups according to the degree of risk. At the same time, the regulator agreed to soften some of the criteria for assigning assets to a particular group:

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 <li>Non-core collateral for problem loans can be kept on the balance sheet for five years instead of three;</li>
 <li>"Redundant" offices, IT infrastructure can be excluded from the calculation of the risk-sensitive limit;</li>
 <li>A softer approach will be applied to transactions of equity participation of banks, which are of "high importance for the economic development of the country".</li>
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 The Central Bank also agreed to calculate the deduction from capital at the risk-sensitive limit differently. Less risky non-core assets will fall under it, which means that they will be “cheaper” in terms of pressure on banks' own funds.

 
 After completing the survey, the Central Bank will determine the threshold of the risk-sensitive limit for banks, as well as the value of the immobilization ratios. This will happen in the first half of 2022.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/bank-rossii-mozhet-smiagchit-podkhod-po-regulirovaniiu-ekosistem/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

Bank of Russia May Soften the Approach to Ecosystem Regulation

Moscow approved the testing of public and private driverless vehicles, including taxis, on 140 streets. On 18 of the chosen streets, as well as on the territory of the Skolkovo center, unmanned vehicles will be able to travel with passengers and luggage.

 
 According to the published list of streets, driverless tests will mainly be carried out in the south, south-west, west and in the center of Moscow: Aminevskoe, Varshavskoe, Ochakovskoe, Staromozhayskoe highway, Sevastopolsky prospect, Frunzenskaya embankment, Vernadsky avenue, Luzhniki bridge, Presnenskaya embankment, Proletarsky prospect.

 
 On Wednesday, November 24, the Moscow City Duma positively <a href="https://ria.ru/20211124/taksi-1760475566.html?utm_source=yxnews" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">assessed</a> the proposal to introduce an experimental legal regime in Moscow for testing unmanned taxis.

 
 At the end of August, it <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/moscow-soon-to-test-fully-autonomous-vehicles/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">was reported</a> that the testing of driverless vehicles without test engineers in the cabins will soon take place in Moscow.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/v-moskve-opredelili-140-ulits-dlia-testirovaniia-bespilotnikov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russia)</a>

Gazeta.ru

140 Moscow Streets chosen for Piloting of Driverless Cars

The Skyeng language school will buy 25% of the Qmarketing Academy educational platform, and within a year it plans to increase its share to 100%, but the exact terms have not been determined.

 
 The parties do not disclose the terms of the deal and the final shares. According to the sources of Kommersant newspaper, "the assessment of 100% of the company could have amounted to 1-1.3 of the revenue of Qmarketing Academy, that is, taking into account the current indicators of 200-250 million rubles."

 
 According to the co-founder of Skyeng Khariton Matveyev, the acquisition of Qmarketing Academy will allow the online school to expand its presence in the segment of additional professional education. At the same time, the showcase and brand of Qmarketing Academy will remain, but Skyeng courses will be integrated into the program of the Skypro online university of digital professions.

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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hmatveev" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Khariton Matveev</a>, co-founder of Skyeng

 
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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/skyeng/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Skyeng</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/qmarketing-academy/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Qmarketing Academy</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/skypro/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Skypro</a>

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 Qmarketing Academy, which specializes in marketing and commercial design training, was founded in 2019. According to the company's own data, 2.5 thousand people are trained on the platform.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/onlain-shkola-skyeng-priobretet-25-obrazovatelnoi-platformy-qmarketing-academy/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

Kommersant

Online School Skyeng to Acquire 25% of Education Platform Qmarketing Academy 

Cian PLC, the developer of an online real estate ad platform Cian, reported revenue growth to $20.7 million (1.56 billion rubles) in the third quarter of 2021, an increase of 44% year-on-year.

 
 Net loss increased to $3.9 million (299 million rubles), while last year's figure was $3.1 million (240 million rubles). Revenues for Cian's core business, which includes online advertising and ad placement, reached $19.5 million (1.47 billion rubles), up 41% year-on-year. Operating expenses in the third quarter increased by 41% to $24.4 million (1.84 billion).

 
 According to the annual forecast, Cian expects revenue growth in the range of 45 to 48% compared to last year, that is, up to $77-78.3 million (5.8-5.9 billion rubles).

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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/cian/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cian</a>

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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/kompaniia-cian-otchitalas-o-roste-vyruchki-na-44-v-tretem-kvartale-2021-goda/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

Cian Reports Revenue Increase of 44% in Q3 2021

Yandex, in partnership with the Ministry for Digital Development, will make it possible to log into Yandex’s services through the Unified Identification and Authentication System (ESIA). Users will also be able to reject this authorization method.

 
 Yandex experts note that ESIA can be useful in services “where additional user identification is required to boost the security of transactions for sellers and buyers.”

 
 The Ministry for Digital Development plans to introduce access through ESIA and into other Internet services used in Russia, but the exact dates and the services are not mentioned.

 
 On Wednesday, November 24, it was also <a href="https://tass.ru/ekonomika/13008039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">announced</a> that Auto.ru, HeadHunter and Cian launched authorization through ESIA. Avito will also introduce additional account identification through the ESIA. To log in the user has to have a confirmed account on the government services portal.

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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/esia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ESIA</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/avito/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Avito</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/auto-ru/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Avto.ru</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/headhunter/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">HedHunter</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/cian/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cian</a>

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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/iandeks-planiruet-vnedrit-vkhod-v-svoi-servisy-cherez-esia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

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