Russian Online Marketplace Ozon estimated that for Q3 2026 the damage from Ukrainian drone attacks was 30,1 billion rubles. That's in line with our assessment at @tochnyi for the attacks up to end of September 2026. Net profits for Q3 2026 were just 3,7 billion rubles.
The cost to produce wheat for the current harvest has reached 13 000 rubles per ton when purchase price for farmers is around 8 000 rubles per ton and farmers are losing 5 000 rubles per ton.
Russia' Demetra Holding announced that the first batch of grain shipped to Murmansk for export reached the port. 3 400 tons in 47 railway cars. I don't expect much profit on a shipment that by rail alone had to travel close to 3000 kms.
Putin at the Russia-Africa summit said he's negotiating with Elon Musk on the topic of avoiding interference between Russian and American and this includes SpaceX satellites. He also called him a genius for the number of satellites he put into orbit.
For September the Russian traffic accident continues to show a significant reduction of travel between cities while local commute routes were less impacted. This is in line with other reporting showing that long trips were most affected by the fuel shortage.
Wildberries has published a statement denying the rumors that it's canceling the sales for the end of the year due to the drone attacks on its warehouses and said there will be sales for 11.11 , Black Friday and New Years.
kommersant.ru/doc/9060802
AvtoVAZ is going to start offering tourist trips at its St Petersburg plant. It started such excursions at its Tolyatti plant in 2024.
kommersant.ru/doc/9060926
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that it is working on proposals to ensure the safety of grain exports via the Black Sea naming Turkey as one of the countries discussing such exports. However they are ruling our reviving the previous grain deal.
kommersant.ru/doc/9061002
The Russian Federal Tax Service regional department for Saratov is seeking the bankruptcy of Trassa GSM which operates the gas station chain Trassa and is the subsidiary of the troubled fuel company Evrotrans.
kommersant.ru/doc/9060724
For H1 2026 at least 320,3 counterfeit products were sold online in Russia which is a year over year increase of 57%.
kommersant.ru/doc/9059804
The share of sales of Russian produced plain whiskey in Russian retails sales for Q1-Q3 rose by almost 400% to 17,6% due to the introduction of a minimum prices for aged whiskey which drove demand for cheaper whiskeys.
kommersant.ru/doc/9059384
Tourist visas for Russians to Montenegro will cost 35 euros for adults and 17,5 euros per children under the age of 14.
kommersant.ru/doc/9060557
Russian business news 26/Oct/2026:
While the total investment in commercial real estate is dropping in Russia the volume of sales at auctions grew by 22,4% to 470 billion rubles primarily buying bankrupted and nationalized companies.
kommersant.ru/doc/9060965
With the closure of the Black Sea demand for transporting freight by roan in Russia rouse with the costs for the route from Turkey to Russia rising by 50-100% and for the Chinese one by 15-20% but due to higher taxes and fuel price it's not really more profitable.
But for Russian road transportation companies the increase in rates do not mean an increase in profitability. This is due to the increase in the tax burden, costs associated with electronic documents, higher prices of spare parts and higher fuel prices.
Domestic growth will continue which will be driven by the demand for refrigerated trucks. For the route from China to Russia the expectation is an increase in demand by 20-30%.
Source:
kommersant.ru/doc/9041455