A significant drop in the number of online purchases in Russia

The number of purchases made at online department stores in Russia fell by 17 percent last year – Alexei Fyodorov, chairman of the association containing the Russian online companies said on Wednesday in the Russian upper house of parliament.

However, the value of turnover in the online market grew by 7 percent and amounted to 760 billion rubles.

51 percent of the products were delivered by the Russian postal system, compared to the 39 percent of 2014. (MTI)