Saturday, May 24, 2025
Until the end of the year, a new research and production complex, CSCO System Solutions, will be put into operation in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Technopolis in Moscow’s Zelenograd district, Zelao.ru reported. The complex, built by investor and developer GDC Energy Group, has a total area of 32 thousand...
The term ‘cryptocurrency’ has presented plenty of headaches for lawyers, who’ve been recently attempting to create new legal definitions for the industry in Russia. According to Izvestia, lawmakers have removed the mention of cryptocurrency altogether from the latest version of the bill. Russian traders and investors in cryptocurrencies have been...
Russian manufacturers of telecommunications equipment have asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to take measures to increase their share of the domestic market, which now hovers at 6-8%, Kommersant reports. The issue includes quotas for the purchase of Russian equipment, not only by the government but also by commercial...
The number of Russians who shop online every day has dropped from seven to two percent over the past four years, a poll conducted by the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) reveals, according to Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The pollster says 81% of Russians use the Internet on a regular basis...
Russia banking giant Sberbank and international accelerator 500 Startups are launching a joint development program for Russian IT start-ups, working in areas such as E-commerce, Digital Medicine, and Advertising Technology, according to Gva.vc. The 25 strongest teams will be selected for the accelerator. Each start-up will receive seed investment of up to...
Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles has taken an emergency action to stop the activities of a cryptocurrency-related scheme involving Russian companies, Coin Telegraph reports. The Commissioner entered a cease and desist order against Coins Miner Investment Ltd., a cryptocurrency investment promoter operating in Russia. Coins Miner was found to have...
The U.S. Coast Guard is “seriously underfunded” and lacks the heavy icebreaker fleet that Russia and possibly China might deploy to dominate polar sea lanes, Democratic Congressman from California John Garamendi told the U.S. state’s maritime executives, according to the American Journal of Transportation. The Coast Guard has only one...
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has restructured its Russian business and entered a new strategic partnership with a number of Russian firms, Reuters reported from the Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East. The deal includes the sovereign wealth fund of Russia, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), alongside mobile...
Russia’s tech conglomerate Yandex has launched its new intelligent public cloud platform, Yandex.Cloud, which according to the company will “enable companies to develop and support web apps and services using Yandex’s advanced technologies and infrastructure.” According to Lenta.ru, the company said it aims to establish competition to similar services by global...
With more than 300,000 employees, global fast food chain KFC faces a challenge when matching training technologies to the many nations and cultures in which the brand operates globally. In an interview with Qsrweb.com, KFC’s global Chief Digital Officer Ryan Ostrom said the company is now testing voice-activated training technologies in U.S....