Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Russia’s legal online betting industry could be in for a shakeup as legislators announced plans to abolish the self-regulatory organizations (SROs) that represent licensed bookmakers’ interests, KalvinAyre.com reports. This month, gambling affiliate Betting Business Russia reported that the Ministry of Economic Development was preparing legislation to abolish the country’s three SROs...
The US government has not yet granted Orbital Sciences LLC authorization to acquire Russian-made RD-181M rocket engines, according to Vladimir Ustimenko, spokesman for Russia's State Space Corporation Roscosmos. "Unfortunately, mistakes do occur. So, there was an error in yesterday's report, which said that Roscosmos had been granted permission to export...
Russia’s RT television network is going off the air in the Washington, D.C., area, one of the channel’s most coveted markets in the United States, Bloomberg reported. The pro-Kremlin English language news channel, described by U.S. intelligence agencies as part of Moscow’s “state-run propaganda machine,” will still be available via satellite,...
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...
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...
Two Russian nationals are wanted by the FBI for widespread malware attacks that robbed dozens of entities nationwide of $70 million, Business Insider reports. Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev are accused of being members of a long-running conspiracy to employ widespread computer intrusions, malicious software, and fraud to steal millions...
Russia will simultaneously use the International Space Station (ISS) and its new orbital outpost for several years, Roscosmos Executive Director for Long-Term Programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko told reporters at the Energia Space Rocket Corporation on Friday, Tass informed. "The joint period will last several years. This depends on a...
Russia will launch its first Amur reusable methane-fueled rocket in 2026, State Space Corporation Roscosmos Executive Director for Long-Term Programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko told TASS on Monday. Roscosmos and the Progress Space Rocket Center signed a contract on Monday on the conceptual designing of the Amur-SPG space rocket center...
Internet major Yandex has revealed a plan to spend 5 billion rubles ($78 million), dramatically expanding education programs in Russia, the company said in a statement. Yandex plans to train 500,000 teachers and 100,000 IT specialists by 2022, and ultimately support almost every other teacher in Russia through their...
Russia’s Energia Space Rocket Corporation signed a contract on creating the Baiterek launch compound for Soyuz-5 next-generation carrier rockets at the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency Roscosmos reported on Thursday. "The Energia Space Rocket Corporation and the Baiterek Joint Venture signed a contract in the town of...