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Russian online marketplace Ozon started on August 2nd 2026 transferring more expensive goods of sellers from their warehouses to nearby pick up points in an effort to lower the damages from possible UAV attacks on warehouses. This is done free of charge.

Updated infographic. We are adding 7 500 jobs for the Krasny Bor Wildberries facility In late 2025 roughly 2/3rds of the facility or 95 000 square meters of the total 154 000 were launched. Again use the data as the lowest possible jobs estimate.

Since the start of 2026 in Russia 322 gas stations closed down which is 70% higher than for the same period in 2025. This is 1,89% of the total in the country. 105 or most of them were owned by large independent gas station chains.

The head of the Kazakh Ministry of Trade said that the country has not received any new requests from Wildberries for the placement of warehouses.

Wildberries' Krasny Bor facility costs investments, jobs and rebuilding costs: Jobs: 7 500 Investment: 9 billion rubles Area: 95 000 + 59 000 Rebuild costs: 15,5 billion rubles

Updated infographic. We don't have information if the final part of the Vladimir facility was fully manned. In late 2024 1/3rd of the facility or 58 500 square meters of the total 176 000 were launched. We have 5 000 jobs for late 2024. Use our data as minimum estimate.

Wildberries has banned the usage of smartphones in their warehouses on the grounds that those can take pictures of the site and nearby air defense. Only phones without cameras will be allowed from now on at their facilities. This is so people can't see their warehouses burning.

Wildberries' Vladimir facility costs investments, jobs and rebuilding costs: Jobs: 5 000 Investment: 11,5 billion rubles Area: 58 500 + 117 500 Rebuild costs: 18 billion rubles

Updated infographic. We don't have information if the final part of the Samara facility was fully manned. In mid 2025 2/3rds of the facility or 128 000 square meters of the total 176 000 were launched. We have 10 000 jobs for mid 2025.

Wildberries' Samara facility costs investments, jobs and rebuilding costs: Jobs: 10 000 Investment: 10 billion rubles Area: 128 000 + 48 000 Rebuild costs: 18 billion rubles

On July 28th the Russian regional authorities in Volgograd had lifted the fuel restrictions at local gas stations. Today after the Ukrainian attack on the refinery they were reinstated at 40 liters per person for gasoline and 60 liters for diesel. Queues are also back.

The head of Wildberries Tatyana Kim spoke on the Ukrainian attacks on Wildberries. She stated that most attacks on Wildberries were repulsed saying things I think she outright made up like that there were 200 drones that attacked the Yekaterinburg warehouse.

One of the side effects of Wildberries being vulnerable is that trade organizations like the Union of Electronic Commerce now demand reform of the e-commerce market including mandatory insurance of goods and limits on commissions which in Russia are some of the highest in the world.

The parent company of Wildberries has stopped its mergers and acquisitions program and its investment program as well. They're supposedly focused on restructuring the business, maintaining goods turnover and supporting sellers that lost goods in Ukrainian attacks.

Verstka confirms that Russians sellers who lost their goods in the destruction of warehouses are still getting tiny compensation. The second tranche of compensations are tiny and still only cover the warehouse in Electrostal. The best is 20 000 for 700 000 rubles of lost goods.

Updated infographic. Only a minor increase in this case as Wildberries in 2022 promised Volgograd to build a 100 000 square meter warehouse with 5 000 jobs to get them to invest in roads and then only delivered a 48 000 square meter warehouse with 500 jobs.

After recovering the last few days the share price of Ozon again dropped this time by 8,%4 and then recovered to be down by just 3,57% as a drone fell close to their warehouse in Tatarstan and they had to evacuate the facility.

Kyrgyzstan concluded a contract with Russia for the delivery of 100 000 tons of fuel a month till the end of 2026. The bad part for Kyrgyzstan is that the prices will be based on exchange prices which are higher then what the country used to pay.