{"id":30707,"date":"2026-08-04T15:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/?p=30707"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:37:11","slug":"after-a-wave-of-attacks-wildberries-shifts-part-of-its-logistics-operations-to-kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/?p=30707","title":{"rendered":"After a wave of attacks, Wildberries shifts part of its logistics operations to Kazakhstan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian online marketplace <strong>Wildberries<\/strong> is expanding its logistics network in <strong>Kazakhstan<\/strong> by building two major distribution centers with a combined area of more than <strong>260,000 square meters<\/strong>. The announcement was made by Kazakhstan&#8217;s Minister of Trade <strong>Arman Shakkaliyev<\/strong>, according to <strong>The Moscow Times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the minister, the company plans to complete construction and launch both facilities in the <strong>first quarter of 2027<\/strong>. One warehouse, covering <strong>160,000 square meters<\/strong>, is being built in <strong>Almaty<\/strong>, while another, measuring nearly <strong>100,000 square meters<\/strong>, is under construction in <strong>Astana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shakkaliyev said the project is part of the planned expansion of Wildberries&#8217; operations in Kazakhstan. At present, the company leases around <strong>46,000 square meters<\/strong> of warehouse space in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, the minister noted that the Kazakh government has not yet received any new official requests from the company to build additional logistics facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite Wildberries&#8217; large-scale investment, Kazakhstan&#8217;s authorities are encouraging consumers to support domestic e-commerce platforms. Shakkaliyev stressed that choosing local marketplaces is an example of economic patriotism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also urged Kazakh businesses to carefully assess the risks of working with major online platforms, including potential disruptions to logistics, supply chains, and product storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <strong>Kazakhstan E-Commerce Entrepreneurs Association<\/strong>, around <strong>200 of its 300 member companies<\/strong> were affected by the attacks on Wildberries logistics hubs in Russia. Preliminary losses are estimated at <strong>1.6 billion tenge<\/strong>, although the minister described that figure as provisional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier reports said that <strong>Wildberries<\/strong> lost around <strong>20% of its warehouse capacity<\/strong> in Russia following Ukrainian drone strikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian online marketplace Wildberries is expanding its logistics network in Kazakhstan by building two major distribution centers with a combined area of more than 260,000 square meters. The announcement was made by Kazakhstan&#8217;s Minister of Trade Arman Shakkaliyev, according to The Moscow Times. According to the minister, the company plans to complete construction and launch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30739,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30707\/revisions\/30739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}