Trade and services

Import of cars to Russia fell by 15.2% to 44.7 thousand cars in the first quarter of 2017. According to the Federal Customs Service (FTS) of Russia, in the reporting period, cars were imported to Russia for 1 million 328.6 million dollars.

Trade and finance company KAMAZ plans to sell up to a thousand of trucks by the buyback system in 2017.

KIA Motors Rus began the introduction of a new program in the field of after-sales service "Fast Service". Performing of a certain set of standard operations at an authorized KIA dealer will take only 60 minutes now.

AVTOVAZ sold 26,337 cars in the Russian market in April, which is more by 6.9% than in the year-ago period. Thus, sales of LADA cars show the continuous growth for the tenth month in a row, noted the analysts of the agency "AUTOSTAT".

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a global science and technology company, was awarded a prime contract by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to continue to provide hazardous materials management and disposal services at more than 440 airport screening checkpoints.

Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bureau van Dijk, a global provider of business intelligence and company information, for €3.0 billion (approximately $3.27 billion).

Russian dealers of KIA have started the sales of cars of a special series, timed to the Confederations Cup FIFA 2017 (FCC 2017).

Baltika Breweries, part of the Carlsberg Group, is pleased to announce the winner-participant of YGP Talent Network program. The finalist is Evgeny Bezludny, a fourth-year student of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in Moscow.

Keller Group plc has sold the freehold interest in Accolade Park, Avonmouth, Bristol for £62 million to a consortium of South Korean institutional investors.

Baltika Breweries, part of the Carlsberg Group, has launched a brand new product in Russia — kvass "Khlebny Krai White". The specialty will be sold all over the country.