Hanse Mina<p>A state-owned Russian bank <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Promsvyazbank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Promsvyazbank</span></a>, linked to the defence sector is in talks to buy Russian consumer electronics retailer M.Video-Eldorado as Putin is calling for the defence sector to make more civilian consumer goods to help diversify the economy.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/russian-state-military-bank-talks-buy-electronics-giant-newspapers-say-2025-01-28/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/markets/deals/russ</span><span class="invisible">ian-state-military-bank-talks-buy-electronics-giant-newspapers-say-2025-01-28/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a></p>