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Ozon is a major Russian e-commerce marketplace, often called the "Amazon of Russia," offering a seller platform and online retail across categories.
Russia's Finance Ministry paid some staff in digital rubles on Oct. 1, after 2025 budget trials worth nearly 16 million rubles. Payroll transfers are free on the central bank's platform through 2026, so the state carries the cost of moving its wages over.
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Russia fired 267 drones and at least two missiles overnight. But the 37 dead in Myla came from ammunition detonating in a chain reaction beside dozens of homes. Ukrainian prosecutors are now asking who approved the storage.
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Named telecoms and marketplaces begin taking the state's digital ruble on September 1, and a phased law makes acceptance compulsory by 2028, while paying with crypto stays illegal.
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Russia's two dominant marketplaces say they will accept digital rubles from September 1, with wallets opening inside existing bank apps. The mandate for large chains is dated a year later.
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Ozon and Wildberries disagree about identifiers, batch semantics and how failure is signalled. In one Go codebase, the only shared machinery on show is the transport.
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