Thursday, March 28, 2024
According to Alexander Morozov, deputy director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, production of three electric vehicle brands – Zetta, Kama-1, and Motorinvest – will commence in Russia over the next two to three years, Vedomosti writes. “I think the Lipetsk project (“ Motorinvest ”- Ed.) will be the...
Kommersant learned about a phishing assault on authorities from Russia and many nearby countries, which was recently revealed in the study carried out by specialists from British information security firm Cyjax, Kommersant writes.  These organisations, which include Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Turkmenistan und Uzbekistan, are...
According to the Precision Instrument-Making Systems research and manufacturing company (part of the state space corporation Roscosmos), non-request measurement stations of the SM-Glonass satellite navigation system will be placed in Brazil, China, Indonesia, India, and Angola, TASS reports. "Another six non-request measurement stations will be installed overseas in the near...
According to Navalny's allies, Apple and Google removed imprisoned Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny's applications from their internet stores after Russian authorities threatened their workers with jail time, Moscow Times writes. The decision comes as parliamentary elections begin, overshadowed by an unprecedented assault on the opposition. During the September 17-19 election, the...
The Russian government has approved a strategy to enhance the environment for the development of the IT industry, TASS reports. According to the Russian government's press office on Tuesday, this is the second package of support measures for this industry. "The action plan was developed in collaboration with leading Russian...
According to the "Strategy for the Development of the Russian Financial Market until 2030," developed by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank in collaboration with federal authorities, business representatives, and the scientific community, the digital ruble will be launched in Russia until 2030, Vedomosti writes.  "One of the...
According to the information on the government  procurement site that Kommersant learned of, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued a tender for 112 hardware-software systems to assess the physical and mental well-being of schoolchildren in the regions. The lot's original price was 392.8 million rubles, thus one complex...
Salvador is the first nation to recognize  bitcoin as legal currency. According to Vedomosti, quoting international media, Salvador's president said previously that it would help the country's people save about $400 million in commission fees each year. There are about 2.5 million Salvadorans that live and work in the United States....
According to Kommersant, the Moscow Department of Information Technologies (DIT), in cooperation  with the city's Department of Education and Science, plans to implement a face recognition system in schools by 2022, citing DIT head Eduard Lysenko's opinion on a proposal government decree prepared by the Ministry of Digital Science and...
Dmitry Peskov, the country's press secretary, told reporters at a briefing that Russia is not ready to accept bitcoin as an official currency, Vedomosti writes. “It is clear that Russia is not prepared for such measures, and there is no compelling need to take such steps at this time.” Nonetheless,...