An inaugural launch of a Glonass-K2 satellite for Russia’s global Glonass orbital navigation system is scheduled to be held late this year, CEO of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company (the satellites’ producer) Nikolai Testoyedov told TASS on Thursday.
"We are launching our first Glonass-K2 satellite this year," Testoyedov said....
Russia will fine U.S.-based tech giant Google because it failed to integrate a mandatory blacklist of sites into its architecture, as Russian law states that search engines are not to provide links to banned sites, Radio Liberty in Russian reports.
Google’s failure to abide by the rules, which was reported...
Russia is preparing to export its new Yenot (Racoon) system for tracking civilian-use drones to South Korea, Mail.ru reports citing a statement from the country’s Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The details of the deal were not disclosed, but according to the president of the Korea-Russia Business Council, Johngho Park,...
The Moscow metro has launched a fare payment system based on face biometrics, ICT Moscow reported.
At the first stage of the test launch, the Face Pay system will be available for 1000 passengers at the stations of the Filevskaya metro line. Turnstiles supporting this fare payment method are marked...
The U.S. decision to supply weapons to Ukraine can be termed as a move that could create new tensions in the region as it encourages the local government to use force in eastern part of the country, Russian officials have said.
Late last month the U.S. State Department said the...
One of the most highly anticipated projects in the blockchain world, the Telegram Open Network (TON), is gaining momentum and is now in beta testing mode, Bloomchain reported.
Messaging service Telegram, the company behind the project, released a test client for TON last month, according to an email to investors,...
The Russian Health Ministry on Thursday approved changes in storage conditions for the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine and allowed its transportation and storage at temperatures from +2 to +8 degrees Celsius (+35.6 to 46.4 °F), Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said, as reported by Sputnik.
The minister specified that batches of...
Internet major Yandex has revealed a plan to spend 5 billion rubles ($78 million), dramatically expanding education programs in Russia, the company said in a statement.
Yandex plans to train 500,000 teachers and 100,000 IT specialists by 2022, and ultimately support almost every other teacher in Russia through their...
FaceApp, the Russian-made mobile application that went viral this year, is a potential national security threat to the U.S., the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has said, according to BBC News.
The app, which takes photos and adds effects that can make people look older or add a smile to...
UK-based tech company Travelport has said in its first quarter filing that its plans to go private have been delayed by regulatory authorities in Russia, Bloomberg Law reported.
On March 15, shareholders of the company approved a takeover by financial firms Siris and Evergreen Coast Capital, a unit of...
