DiDiChinese taxi aggregator DiDi has announced that it will stop operating in Russia and Kazakhstan. The service will stop working on March 4, 2022. Discuss “leaves Russia” alt=”The Chinese “did not take out”: the competitor of Yandex.Taxi and Citymobil leaves Russia” The Chinese “did not take out”: the competitor of Yandex.Taxi and Citymobil leaves Russia />
This was reported to journalists by the PR director of the Russian office of the company Irina Gushchina. “Today, after a year and a half since the launch of DiDi in Russia and almost a year since the launch in Kazakhstan, we regret to announce our intention to cease operations in these important markets on March 4, 2022,” she said.
Earlier, the media wrote that DiDi was reducing the number of employees in Russia. The reasons given were problems in the global office of the company in connection with claims from the Chinese authorities due to entering the American stock exchange. In addition, last summer, the National Taxi Council, which includes non-profit taxi organizations, filed a complaint with the Federal Antimonopoly Service against DiDi for an aggressive marketing campaign in Russia.
Kazan, and then launched in 37 cities of Russia.
Source: Rossiyskaya Gazeta