Competitor of Yandex and Uber. Mail.Ru buys the largest taxi service

The holding of Alisher Usmanov enters the taxi market. This can lead to a new round of price war.

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Alisher Usmanov. Photo: kremlin.ru /( cc by 4.0 )

The United Company Yandex.Taxi and Uber may have a serious competitor. Mail.ru Group is negotiating the purchase of the largest taxi of the Russian Taxi Service, RBC said .

• Negotiations are going on the purchase of Mail.ru Group by the non -Central share “lucky” for several tens of millions of dollars. Subsequently, the holding of Alisher Usmanov is interested in the redemption of control in the company, say sources of RBC.
• The group of companies “Vesus” - a combination of Russian taxi services with strong positions in the regions, it formed after the merger of Fasten and Rutaxi aggregators. The largest shareholder of the company is the UFG Private Equity Foundation.
• In terms of the number of trips (more than 1 million daily), “lucky” takes first place in Russia, but only 20-25%, about the same as the whole in the Russian market, accounts for online orders through the application.
• By 2022, the share of online taxi orders in Russia will grow to 85%, predicts UBS. Now the unconditional leaders of this market are Yandex.Taxi and Uber, which control it 69%. In July, the companies announced the merger of business in Russia, and Yandex will receive control in a united company. This week, the deal must approve the FAS.

What am I to me?

Taxi prices in Russia fell for several years thanks to the rigid competition between online services. After the news about the unification of Yandex and Uber, everyone prepared for price increases. But the appearance of a new player, with the support of one of the largest Internet holdings, will certainly lead to a new price war, profitable for passengers. “To expand the share in the market, the company may start dumping,” Raffazenbank analyst Sergei Libin said RBC.

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