A Russian business group describing itself as an “Entrepreneurs Association for the Development of Business Patriotism” is asking Russia’s Parliament to introduce mandatory government registration for Internet access, TASS reports.
The head of the Avanti organization, Rakhman Yansukov, proposes that anyone who wants to go online in Russia should verify their identity...
The Kurchatov Institute National Research Center has obtained a patent for the system capable of converting thermal energy into electric power, including for a lunar base, according to the invention’s description released by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property on Tuesday, TASS informed.
"The stated invention deals with the technical...
A system to issue short-stay, single entry e-visas to foreign nationals has been set up in Russia but its launch date will depend on the coronavirus situation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, Tass informed.
The project initially started in 2017 but e-visa holders were only allowed to enter Russia through...
Sergei Konyakhin, Director of the Production Modeling Department of JSC Sheremetyevo International Airport, gave a presentation at the Artificial Intelligence Systems 2020 conference on November 24 showing how Sheremetyevo International Airport uses artificial intelligence (AI) systems to effectively manage the airport.
The conference was part of the online forum TAdviser...
Food goods are the fastest growing sector in Russia's e-commerce business, Kommersant writes. According to Infoline projections, online sales of food items will exceed 400 billion rubles (over $5 billion) this year, and will approach 1.1 trillion rubles (over $13 billion) by 2024, with the 10 largest firms accounting...
In order to comply to a controversial new law on storing data, Russian telecom operators will have to use foreign technology, two industry sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
The development comes despite President Vladimir Putin telling his government to ensure local companies produced the equipment, the sources...
A Rossiya Airlines Boeing 777 cargo plane made an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Friday due to a problem with an engine control sensor, the airline said, Reuters reports.
The plane was a 15-year-old 777-300ER, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, which means it has General Electric engines.
Those...
Yandex has switched its Internet search engine to a new text analysis technology based on transforming neural networks. The company notes that this is the most significant event for this product over the past 10 years, ICT Moscow reported.
YATI technology (Yet Another Transformer With Improvements) allowed Yandex search engine...
The number of 5G base stations that provide access to super-fast wireless networks is set to more than quadruple across China in 2020, its industry and information technology ministry has revealed to local media, Russia Today reported.
Around 250,000 units are currently operating in the country, offering services to over...
A Progress MS-16 cargo spaceship has been launched into orbit with the aim to deliver an additional nitrogen supply to the International Space Station (ISS) for oxygen regeneration and a repair kit to seal the air leak aboard the orbital outpost, TASS reports.
The Progress MS-16 has blasted off atop...
