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Government Resolution No. 760, which took effect on 1 October 2026, sets the criterion of systematic employment on a platform: more than 60 hours a month for one customer for six consecutive months. The restriction is addressed to operators of intermediary digital platforms listed in the register of the Ministry of Economic Development. Companies working with performers under direct contracts are not covered by the rule.

On 19 October, China’s first pavilion of Belarusian goods opened in Heihe. The city is positioned as a distribution hub for bringing Belarusian products to the entire Chinese market, from the Northeast to the Yangtze River Delta. For exporters from Belarus, this is the first standardised retail presence in China with the prospect of replicating the model.

A series of fires at Wildberries and Ozon warehouses since the end of June 2026 has left some sellers without stock and working capital. Many did not manage to ship goods from China in time for the November sales, as the deadline was the end of August. Logistics is already recording a decline: shipments have fallen by 7–12%. Importers selling through marketplaces risk entering the peak season with incomplete stock.

Trepzy fintech company has entered the international payments market with a multi-currency accounts platform for SMEs. The service offers transfers to 90+ countries, integration with Pix, and automatic reconciliation of transactions as an alternative to banking channels with a stated reduction in hidden currency costs of up to 6.5%.

Russia’s crypto market is moving from legal experiments to full-fledged licensing and supervision. The law has introduced two new types of entity, the crypto exchanger and the crypto depository, and set a transition period until 1 July 2027. For businesses that use cryptocurrency in international settlements, this means new requirements for documenting transactions and checking counterparties.

The September issue of the monthly study “Container Transport: Prices and Routes” has been released. The document covers transport rates for all modes, terminal services, container and flatcar rental, as well as operating indicators of the Russian Railways network. Importers and exporters can use the data for operational and strategic planning.

The State Duma has passed a law on sovereign and national artificial intelligence models. The law introduces two statuses for AI systems, sets requirements for infrastructure localisation and gives businesses a transition period until 1 March 2027, with a possible deferral until 2032 for systems already in operation. The law covers only large foundation models with at least one billion parameters.

The Port Favor terminal in Ust-Luga, which specialises in fertiliser handling, has deployed the Zabbix monitoring system to control its IT infrastructure in real time. The solution tracks the status of servers, network equipment and databases and automatically alerts the duty engineer about deviations. For fertiliser exporters, this signals more reliable cargo handling at one of the largest terminals under construction in the Baltic.

Extending the penalty-free period for using paper waybills is not being considered. The mandatory switch to electronic transport documents took effect on 1 September 2026, and fines for violations will apply from 1 March 2027. Some carriers see the grace period as a reason to postpone the transition, and GIS EPD statistics confirm this.

Chinese automakers have shortened the model development cycle to about two years, and they expect to use artificial intelligence for 18 months. It takes from three to five years for traditional foreign manufacturers to do this. The regulators of the People's Republic of China decided that the speed began to beat the quality, and turned on the control.