A Russian YouTuber known for his film reviews has hit out at his country's Ministry of Culture with allegations of censorship, RIA Novosti reported.
In a video which has been viewed almost 4.5 million times, Yevgeny Bazhenov, known as BadComedian on YouTube, revealed he is currently being sued for copyright infringement...
Russia’s largest internet company, Yandex, has refused to turn over encryption keys that would give the country's law enforcement the ability to decode its entire e-mail traffic, RBC reports.
Yandex did not refute or deny reports of pressure from Russian authorities, and instead issued a statement saying that it could...
More than a quarter of Russians (27%) have paid for movies and TV series they watched online in the past six months, compared to 12% two years ago, Kommersant reports citing data provided by consultancy BrandScience.
Market participants say the paying audience is growing particularly because of the Russian government’s...
Chinese telecom major Huawei has purchased the rights to facial recognition technology developed by Moscow-based security technology firm Vocord, according to Vedomosti.
The acquisition, which is reportedly priced at $50 million, will see employees as well as the technologies of Vocord being transferred to Igl Softlab, a new firm set...
One of the world’s most popular dating apps, Tinder, is now required to provide user data to Russian security agencies under a controversial data law, the Associated Press reported.
The country's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, said Monday that the app was included on a new list of online services operating in...
One of Russia’s richest men, billionaire businessman Alexey Mordashov, will split his sanctions-hit power engineering business, Power Machines, into four companies as part of a new strategy, Reuters reports.
Mordashov’s company, Power Machines which spans engineering and manufacturing equipment for thermal, nuclear and hydropower plants, was hit by U.S....
Russian companies developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions are set to get a significant boost from foreign investors, after the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) raised $90 billion rubles ($2 billion) from foreign investors to support, Vedomosti reports citing an RDIF report.
The state-owned wealth fund prepared the report for...
Russian ride-hailing service Yandex.Taxi is considering adding helicopters to its fleet of vehicles in Moscow for an on-demand service, Vedomosti reported on Thursday.
Several companies offer air taxi services in the Russian capital, one of which offers hour-long helicopter rides for around $700.
Yandex.Taxi is in four-way discussions with Moscow...
Russia’s Mail.ru Group has entered the international cloud services market with a new U.S. service planned to attract 1 million users until the end of the year, Kommersant reports.
The company did not reveal the level of investment, but according to experts, it may amount to at least $10 million. Russian...
Russian tech conglomerate Yandex announced on Thursday the appointment of Tigran Khudaverdyan to the newly created position of Deputy CEO of Yandex group, the company said in a press release.
Founding CEO ArkadyVolozh will continue to serve at the position, while Greg Abovsky will continue to serve as Chief...
