In 2021 “Chinese Uber” will be launched in Kuban

In 2021 a taxi ordering service DiDi will be launched in Krasnodar region. The service is available in Krasnodar and Novorossiysk.

The registration in the service of drivers and taxi parks in Krasnodar and in 19 cities of Russia starts since March 16.

The Chinese company DiDi Chuxing owns DiDi taxi aggregator. As early as in 2017 Kirill Dmitriev, Chief of the Russian Foundation for direct investments (RFDI), commented that the service may operate in Russia too. In December 2019 DiDi Chuxing registered a legal entity in Russia – LLC «DiDi Mobility Rus».

In Russia the service started working in August 2020. The first city was Kazan. Currently, DiDi is available in 16 cities of Russia.

Based upon RBC materials