The number of closed companies exceeded the number of those that were opened 2.14 times.

The manufacturer of smartphones and smart devices Xiaomi is planning to launch its own contactless payment service, Mi Pay, in Russia.

A total of 211 such projects have been implemented during the year.

The Association of Internet Trade Companies (AITC) has estimated the growth of the online retail market in 2018 at 59%, as compared with 2017. This is the best indicator of growth for all the time of measurements - since 2010.

A data centre with its capacity comparable to the entire domestic market may appear near Moscow. The project under the working title “Istradigital” involves the construction of a technopark with a data centre several dozen kilometers away from Moscow, along Novorizhskoye Highway.