For the first time, total spending on Internet advertising in Russia was more than spending on television advertising. Online spending from January to September 2017 amounted to between 115 and 116 billion rubles (approximately $2 billion), up by 23% from the previous year, according to a survey by the Association of Communication Agencies of Russia …
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As the blockchain craze continues in Russia, the government has announced the first project based on this technology – converting the land and property registry of all Moscow property to a blockchain. The pilot blockchain project will run from January to July 2018, focusing on verifying information from the property registry, which is normally run …
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The presidential administration plans to use encrypted and anonymous Telegram channels to collect and monitor voter sentiment in the Russian regions, RBC daily reported on October 10 citing the draft of the project developed by a third-party contractor. Kremlin would turn Telegram from foe to friend, as previously the privacy-minded brainchild of exiled Russian tech …
Russia is the world’s third largest financial technology market and bankers at the annual sector conference in St Petersburg this year said they are continuing to roll out new cutting edge services as the need for digitization is becoming urgent. Russian President Vladimir Putin made digitization a centerpiece of this year’s St Petersburg International Economic Forum (Spief), …
A massive cyber attack wrought havoc on energy, transport and government computer systems in Ukraine and Russia on June 27, and appeared to be spreading rapidly beyond these countries, with reports of disruptions also in Denmark, Romania, Spain and the UK. A Moscow-based cyber security firm, Group-IB, said it appeared to be a coordinated attack …
