As Russia prepares to issue hard-and-fast regulations on cryptocurrency, ICOs and more, a new research by the Bank of Russia said that the “risks” associated with them would only increase should the industry greatly expand, CoinGeek reported.
“Regardless of their high volatility, at present crypto assets do not constitute a...
The first international online forum Smart Cities Moscow had 86 speakers from Russia, China, Switzerland, Canada, Spain, the United States, Sweden, and others, while more than 193,000 people participated in the panel discussions and sessions.
"Recent years have especially shown how important it is to develop the IT infrastructure of...
Russia's Sberbank will soon open the first institute in Russia to study artificial intelligence, said bank CEO Herman Gref said at the AI Journey conference on Thursday, TASS informed.
"In the near future, we will open the first AI institute in Russia with the involvement of leading domestic and world...
The first regiment of Avangard hypersonic missile systems that went on combat alert in late 2019 in the Orenburg Region will assume its full strength in late 2021, a source in the domestic defense industry told TASS on Wednesday.
"The first regiment of the Yasny division of the Strategic Missile...
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov, who was initially expected to fly on Soyuz MS-18 in April, is one of the first Russian candidates for the flight onboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, Head of Russia’s Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Pavel Vlasov said, TASS informed.
"Sergey is one of the first...
The total volume of written cyber insurance premium in Russia does not exceed several million dollars, but may increase several times in the coming years, according to experts interviewed by TASS.
"Many insurance companies are getting accustomed with this market because there is not enough statistics, there is no infrastructure...
One of Russia’s richest men, Norilsk Nickel’s billionaire chief Vladimir Potanin, is planning several digital platforms, including using crypto tokens for trading palladium, Bloomberg reported.
Nornickel, the world’s top palladium producer, is in talks with Swiss authorities about issuing tokens by its Switzerland-based palladium fund, and may eventually expand the concept...
Moscow has been selected as one of the pilot regions to implement the global policy roadmap for the responsible use of digital technologies. Cooperation with members of the G20 Smart Cities Alliance will allow Moscow to share its accumulated experience and analyze the world's best practices in the use...
Russia’s decision to let China’s Huawei lead an ambitious project to implement 5G technology in the country is a show of solidarity with Beijing against the U.S., but also shows a drive to bring ultra high-speed internet to Russian tech users, analysts told AFP.
The Chinese telecoms giant was banned from the U.S....
Two U.S. senators have denounced Venezuela’s planned cryptocurrency in a letter addressed to the U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Eth News reports.
In an open letter, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Robert Menendez demanded to know what the U.S. government was doing to foil attempts by rogue nations in leveraging...
