The Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, commonly known as Rospatent, told Sputnik on Wednesday it had granted the Vector research center patents for its COVID-19 vaccine. Earlier in the day, it was announced that Vector had finished the clinical trials of its vaccine against coronavirus.
"The Research Center of...
Russia launched on Thursday a manned spacecraft with three astronauts onboard which were to dock to the International Space Station (ISS) later in the day, CNet reports.
The Soyuz MS-16 spaceship blasted off at 11:05 Moscow time (0805 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian state space corporation...
Russia will give a tit-for-tat response to the European Union’s sanctions against its citizens and organizations allegedly responsible for cyberattacks, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday, TASS reported.
Naturally, the European Union’s unfriendly act will not stay unanswered. As you know, everything is mirrored in diplomacy," the ministry said.
The...
A Russian state-owned tech conglomerate is considering the production of clothes made of electrically-controllable material that can change its color, developed for Russia’s army, Zvezda TV reported citing the company’s press service.
Initially, Roselectronics holding (part of Russian state corporation Rostec) developed the material for military camouflage coating. But it...
Russian internet companies Yandex and Mail.ru Group, the country’s Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), have announced the creation of an alliance against the coronavirus, Kommersant reports.
According to a press release from Moscow, the main objective of the alliance is to ensure “operational...
As Russia prepares to issue hard-and-fast regulations on cryptocurrency, ICOs and more, a new research by the Bank of Russia said that the “risks” associated with them would only increase should the industry greatly expand, CoinGeek reported.
“Regardless of their high volatility, at present crypto assets do not constitute a...
The National Payment Card System (NSPK, operator of Mir cards) has certified the technology that allows its users to pay any amount in stores by placing the Mir card on the merchant's smartphone.
The NSPK has developed security requirements for SoftPOS technology, which allows using a smartphone as a...
Two space tourists will be launched on a rocket to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) in late 2021, their names will be revealed early next year, the press service for the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, told TASS.
"In accordance with the agreement with Space Adventures company, specializing...
European nations are on the lookout for possible Russian cyberattacks on energy installations, after the United States last week warned that Russia has hacked into a number of public and private companies in the energy sector, including power plants.
A spokesperson for the European Commission told Forbes that while they cannot...
Russia’s Oryol latest spacecraft will be able to fly to asteroids and Mars as part of an inter-planetary system, Oryol Chief Designer Igor Khamits said in an interview with the Russian Space magazine published by the federal space agency Roscosmos, TASS writes.
"The technical specifications do not stipulate a flight...
