INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Group.Wildberries and Russ Groupannounced a merger last month to create a joint digital trading platform called RWB, which the Kremlin said
received the personal approval of President Vladimir Putin
figures.Timati, whose real name is Timur Yunusov, weighed in on the merger a week after Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov accused Russ Group of
founder Tatiana Bakalchuk.Last week, Bakalchuk announced her divorce from Vladislav Bakalchuk, who she claimed was present during the RWB
She accused her husband of misleading the public by characterizing the deal as a corporate raid.Timati, seated next to Vladislav Bakalchuk
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