Since the COVID-19 shockwave hit Russia in March 2020, East-West Digital News has been following closely the impact of the pandemic on the country’s tech industries. These articles highlight the best of Russian innovators’ response to the virus, the high-tech approach of the authorities to manage the crisis, online retailers’ reaction to demand surge, and much more.
2021
2020
- December 25: Botkin.ai leverages medical image analysis against Covid-19
- December 10: Moscow Covid-19 patients affected by huge data leak
- December 8: Amid the pandemic, online education platform UCHi.RU gets huge funding boost
- December 4: Moscow City’s anti-Covid digital solutions awarded with ‘Runet Prize’
- November 25: Russian government launches Covid contact-tracing app
- November 19: Russian government prepares to launch coronavirus contact-tracing app
- November 17: Russia’s BioFoodLabs health food is flourishing in times of pandemic
- October 31: Digital epidemiology: How to chart Covid-19 using search engine queries
- October 20: Moscow city authorities mandate night partygoers to register with QR codes or SMS
- October 19-21: Open Innovations 2020: Leveraging tech for survival economy and human-centric society
- October 13: Russian startup entrepreneur creates new mask against Covid-19
- October 12: Russia among top 5 countries for transition to cashless payments during pandemic
- October 7: Intel-backed telemedicine service protects Russian medical workers from Covid-19
- September 23: Russian venture trends: The impact of Covid-19 and the rise of open innovation
- September 11: Ozon posts record turnover growth as pandemic fuelled online shopping in Q2 2020
- August 12: Russian entrepreneur brings social distancing to bus transportation
- July 16: UK, US and Canada allege Russian cyberattacks on Covid-19 research centers
- May 28: Tinkoff’s sophisticated online tools track business activity in Russia during the pandemic
- May 22: ‘Kinky Russia’ throws Zoom orgies to overcome coronavirus quarantine
- May 13: In April, X5’s online sales increased 4.7 times year-on-year
- May 11: 3 VC investors in 4 in Eastern Europe did not cancel or renegociate their deals amid the pandemic
- May 7: Twenty sovereign funds and international institutions prepare joint response to Covid-19 pandemic
- May 4: In Russia’s regions under lock down, digital permits could expose citizens to mass data leaks
- April 30: Amid the epidemic, new legislation opens way for online pharmacy activity
- April 23: Covid-19 patient data leaks out of hospitals and police stations across Russia
- April 21: Yandex launches covid home testing and online school
- April 21: Virtual anti-lockdown protests mount in several Russian cities
- April 17: Sberbank combats COVID-19 with disinfection robots, AI-powered medical tests and giant e-commerce loan
- April 14: Russian defense firm develops a new antivirus suit
- April 10: EBRD provides rescue financing to Travelata and other Russian portfolio companies
- April 9: How COVID-19 is shaking Russia’s online and offline retailers
- April 2: International hackathon aims to fight pandemic and build more resilient societies
- April 2: Technical experts and human rights activists challenge Moscow city’s QR coronavirus quarantine plans
- April 1: Moscow city’s new app for COVID-19 patients allows police to monitor home quarantine compliance
- March 31: Mathematical modeling shows that full lockdown can prevent 100,000 deaths in Moscow
- March 24: Russian Internet majors join government COVID-19 response initiative
- March 24: Russians urged to reject cash to slow coronavirus spread
- March 24: Russian PM orders to design a national warning system based on COVID-19 patients’ geolocation
- March 23: Ozon caps prices for the most sought-after goods to prevent gouging
- March 23: St. Petersburg clinical software developer offers free EDC for all COVID-19 trials
- March 18: Russian culture, education and entreprise software available online for free in times of quarantine
- March 16: Russian tech majors switch to home working amid mounting coronavirus fears
- February 21: Moscow deploys facial recognition in mass coronavirus quarantine
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Analysis, Biomedicine, International, Moscow, News, Policies, Regions & cities, Skolkovo
