Amazon and SoftBank were interested in the purchase of a share in Ozon’s Internet retail, and six months ago the head of the Russian retailer Alexander Shulgin even went to meet with Jeff Bezos, said the owner of the AFC, Vladimir Yevtushenkov. The interlocutor who was familiar with the details of the negotiations previously told about the interest of the American IT giant, but, according to him, they did not agree to anything specific.

Nike plans to change its sales strategy, writes Bloomberg: due to the fall in demand in stores caused by the coronavirus, the company is going to move half of its sales online. Because of this, it will face a wave of layoffs, Nike head John Donahue warned employees. The company plans to create a clear electronic trading platform and increase the share of online sales from 30% to 50%, quotes Business Insider Donahue.

Ilon Musk called Jeff Bezos a imitator after it became known that Amazon bought a ZOOX startup, which produces conapilot cars. This transaction will be the largest investment of Amazon in self -governing cars, and Bezos and Mask will have a new market for competition. We made the main business media in the country, now we are doing better-subscribe to the email newsletter of The Bell!

Pioneer CEO Andrey Grudin was found dead in the company's Moscow office. According to preliminary data, the businessman committed suicide, in the suicide note it was written about the high debt load of the company. We made the main business media of the country, now we are doing better - subscribe to The Bell email newsletter! The incident was first reported by the Mash Telegram channel, the information was also confirmed by a RBC source.

In Russia, the number of business jets is growing, while regular and charter air traffic is suspended. From April to mid -June, the number of private sorties doubled, writes RBC. The Ministry of Transport hopes to open an air traffic for everyone in July. We made the main business media in the country, now we are doing better-subscribe to the email newsletter of The Bell!

Hello! This week our top story is on the start of voting in Russia’s constitutional referendum that will pave the way for Vladimir Putin to remain president until 2036. We also look at Putin’s fantastical plan to turn Russia into an IT hub and why TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak’s social media posts on Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S. led to allegations of racism.

The threats of the Kremlin sources about increasing income tax for the middle class were exaggerated. Vladimir Putin announced such an increase in personal income tax that he will not be noticed by either taxpayers or budget. The Kremlin is also not worth counting on a long populist effect. But this decision will not pass without a trace.

The charitable organization "Rus Sitting", which helps prisoners, will be closed, its founder Olga Romanova announced on her Facebook page. Romanova explained that Sitting Rus lost a lawsuit with the former director of its St. Petersburg branch, Dinar Idrisov, who accused the organization of illegal dismissal and obtained compensation of 1.3 million rubles. “We don’t have that kind of money, now all our accounts are frozen and we are closing.