Russia will fine U.S.-based tech giant Google because it failed to integrate a mandatory blacklist of sites into its architecture, as Russian law states that search engines are not to provide links to banned sites, Radio Liberty in Russian reports.
Google’s failure to abide by the rules, which was reported...
A lobby group of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) has recently sent its proposals for the regulation of cryptocurrencies to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, RBC reported.
The bill intends to regulate blockchain and digital assets-related activities in the country. According to local media, the Russian parliament is almost...
Two Russian firms plan to implement blockchain solutions in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent, the Bitcoin Exchange Guide reports.
The Russian National Intellectual Property Transactions Coordination Center (IPChain) and the municipal authorities of Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on copyright protection by leveraging...
Russia’s leading internet search provider Yandex has set its sights on conquering the country’s booming e-commerce market and becoming “Russia’s Amazon,” Bloomberg reports.
Yandex wants Beru, the online marketplace that it launched on Wednesday, to become one of the country’s top three platforms for locally sourced goods by the end of 2020....
The European Union’s anti-Russian sanctions have caused serious harm to Slovakia’s economy, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said on Sunday, according to news.ru.
"Slovakia has never been an advocate of sanctions but we respect the European Union’s decision ," he said in an interview with the Bratislava-based TA3 news channel....
The founder of Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has said the company's growth in regions other than the U.S. has surpassed problems brought on by a government-wide ban on Kaspersky Lab software in the United States.
“Obviously, the noise in the U.S. media and government reports over the past year...
Russia’s X5 Retail Group has opened a 'lab store' in Moscow’s central administrative district, close to a Pyaterochka outlet, to test new technologies that will enhance customer experiencе, Dairy News reports.
Engineers in the lab will conduct in-store trials of electronic shelf labelling, video analytics, smart shelves, digital information panels,...
More than 150,000 fans of comic books, video games, films and TV programs have gathered in Moscow in the past several days for ComicCon Moscow, an annual celebration of geek culture, RTVI reports.
Almost 300 businesses attended to showcase their offerings, from big names like Disney and Marvel to smaller...
The share of Chinese brands on the Russian smartphone market has reached a record of 40% in retail sales in the first nine months of this year, Kommersant reports.
The launch of the newest iPhone in late September has not yet significantly influenced the market but given Apple’s current pricing...
A Russian private equity fund, Rusnano Sistema Sicar (created by Sistema and Rusnano), and the Skolkovo Ventures industrial fund are investing $8 million into video surveillance systems developer Ivideon, CEO Andrey Yudnikov told Vedomosti.
Representatives of the two funds have confirmed the information. This is also the first deal...
