A blockchain-powered platform built by IBM and Maersk and designed to facilitate international trade is to launch in Russia, according to CoinDesk.
A June 6 news release from Maersk, the Danish shipping and logistics giant, shows that an agreement has been reached with Russian authorities for the TradeLens platform to...
Chinese telecom company Huawei is seeking alternatives to keep its smartphones working after U.S. tech giant Google cut the company off its Android operating system, a source close to negotiations between Huawei and the Russian government told TASS news agency.
Last month, the Trump administration banned Google and a number...
In yet another move seen as part of Russia’s plans to isolate itself from the global internet, the country is set to crack down on virtual private networks (VPN) used by local bettors to access internationally licensed online gambling sites, Gizmodo reports.
The head of Russia’s telecom watchdog Roskomnadzor, Alexander...
The growth of pirated content watched online in Russia stood at 10% in 2018, which was the lowest figure in recent years, and down compared to the 12% seen in 2017, Vedomosti reported citing estimates by cybersecurity company Group IB presented at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
However,...
The world’s largest container ship and supply vessel operator, Denmark’s Maersk, and the Russian government have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch the carrier’s blockchain solution – TradeLens – in the country, according to Maritime Executive.
In a signing ceremony yesterday involving Maersk chief executive Soren Skou and deputy transport...
Russia’s biggest bank, Sberbank, and the government of Luxembourg are going to help Russian high-tech firms to get established in European Union markets under an agreement signed on Friday, Emerging Markets reports.
The agreement applies to high-tech firms that are members of Sberbank Group, which brings together more than 20...
An “adult recreation center”, the second of its kind in Russia, has opened this week in the country’s biggest northern city of St Petersburg. Instead of girls, intimate services at the Dolls Hotel will be provided to visitors by massagers and robot sex dolls, Vesti.ru reports.
The first Russian franchise...
Chinese tech giant Huawei has signed a deal with Russian telecoms company MTS to develop a 5G network in the country over the next year, BBC News reported.
The agreement was signed on the sidelines of a meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow....
Russian internet giant Yandex has unveiled what it touts as “Russia’s first smart home ecosystem,” powered by Alice, the brand’s smart assistant, which Yandex launched two years ago, RNS reported.
“Alice can now turn on lights, adjust a thermostat, control a TV, or even make coffee,” claims Yandex, which...
The term “digital assets” should be included in the Russian Civil Law, a judge at Russia’s Supreme Arbitration Court has said on Tuesday, according to state-run news agency Federal Press.
Lyudmila Novoselova, chairman at the Court for Intellectual Rights of Russian Federation and a judge at the Supreme Arbitration Court, has introduced the institution’s plans for...
