Wildberries Bans Smartphones at Warehouses After Drone Attacks
Employees may carry only button phones without cameras as the company cites security risks from filming during air-raid alerts and possible liability under Russian law.
- Starting today, Wildberries banned employees from bringing smartphones into its warehouses, requiring button phones without cameras instead. The company cited security concerns about employees filming air raid alerts and drone activity at warehouse sites.
- A systematic Ukrainian campaign of at least 18 drone strikes on Wildberries logistics facilities prompted the restrictions. These attacks destroyed approximately 38% of the retailer's major warehouse capacity, causing estimated losses of up to $1.2 billion.
- An internal notice warned that filming drone activity violates Russian law, risking criminal liability. The Telegram channel "Marketplace Partners Club" reported the ban, citing the company's goal to "eliminate such risks."
- Financial losses recently triggered a 10%-30% surge in consumer prices on the platform as the company canceled promotional discounts. Kyiv has previously targeted the firm for its partnership with state-controlled bank VTB.
- Concurrently, Ukraine struck Bashneft refineries in Bashkortostan and radar stations in Krasnodar. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the sinking of the Rosatom-affiliated FESCO container ship Yanina in the Black Sea.
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Russia’s largest retailer is taking cameras away from its own workers month after eight of its warehouses burned
Russia's biggest online retailer is trying to stop its own workers from filming air defenses. From 3 August, Wildberries has allowed warehouse employees to bring only button mobile phones without cameras to work, a decision taken after staff began filming drones and the aftermath of their strikes and spreading the material, Russian Telegram channels reported. The ban is a reaction to Ukrainian strikes. On 31 July, employees received a message st…
Employees of the Russian company Wildberries have been banned from bringing mobile phones with cameras into the company's warehouses since August 3, after videos appeared online showing the effects of Ukrainian drone strikes on the online retailer's facilities.
Wildberries Introduces Strict Restrictions to Protect Against Attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces,
What does the company require of its employees? Since August 3, Russia's largest marketplace, Wildberries, has banned its employees from bringing smartphones to work. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the Telegram channel "Beware, News." As it turns out, the company's management has already sent an internal message to its employees outlining the new work rules. Specifically, it states that photography and video recording are prohibited du…
Wildberry's employees were not allowed to put cameras in their warehouses and are being reported to the Watch the News and the Proceeds...
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