Igor Ashurbeyli is the Azeri-Russian tycoon behind Asgardia, a project launched three years ago to establish “permanent peace in space”. In 2017, the group sent a satellite – Asgardia-1 – into low-Earth orbit and declared sovereignty over the space it occupies. The outlandish ambitions do not cease there, but...
Russian authorities have given the green light for a new casino project that will see the development of a hotel with a casino and entertainment center in the Siberian Coin gambling zone, Kommersant reported.
The project’s investors Alexey Sakvarelidze and Anton Bykov are promoting the venture, which is valued...
Russia’s largest lender, Sberbank, has conducted a blockchain-based pilot transaction for the supply of West Siberian oil in collaboration with Singapore-based multinational commodity trading company Trafigura, CoinDesk reports.
According to a press release last week, the transaction involved Sberbank buying receivables owed to Trafigura from a large Turkish buyer....
Hungary-based end-to-end broadcast and content owner service provider iKO Media Group has announced a partnership with Russian TV services company Ostankino Telekom, the two companies said in a press release.
This deal will complement iKOMG’s boutique, tailored services model to further expand and strengthen its presence around the globe, and...
Russia’s top social network, VKontakte, is launching its own dating app Lovina, RIA Novosti reported.
Users can register with Lovina through an account on the social network or by phone number. Right after registration, the app’s algorithms will offer suitable matches. Acquaintances in the new service will occur through video...
European telecommunications vendor ADVA announced on Wednesday that Russia’s largest cloud service, Inoventica, has selected its FSP 3000 platform to meet soaring data demand from enterprise and carrier customers, the Valdosta Daily Times reports.
Inoventica is one of Russia’s leading IT service providers and data center operators. It will leverage...
The office of U.S. tech giant Apple in Russia has announced that the sales of its new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max will begin in Russia on September 20 with prices beginning from 59,999 rubles ($916), Lenta.ru reports.
"Customers in the U.S., Puerto Rico, the...
Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has announced its new solution for protecting fair play in eSports, Kaspersky Anti-Cheat, to help tournament organizers combat in-game cheating, BusinessWire reported.
eSports, or electronic sports, is a group sport played online, where the players compete against each other using video games. The eSports...
One of the top 10 smartphone makers in the world, South Korea’s LG, could abandon this segment of the Russian market amid fierce competition from Chinese brands, Kommersant reports.
A successful line of devices helped the company to occupy a prominent place in the market in 2013, but then...
Russian authorities are at odds with internet giants Google and Facebook, as communications watchdog Roskomnadzor accused the two companies of allowing political ads during regional elections on Sunday, Forbes writes.
Despite the companies being warned on Friday about a ban on running ads both during the vote and the day...
