Oleg Kouzbit

Oleg Kouzbit is Managing Editor at Marchmont News, a bilingual resource dedicated to innovation across Russian regions. He regularly contributes articles to East-West Digital News.

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Russian data center receives highest Uptime Institute certification for the first time

November 19, 2014

Technoserv, a leading Russian systems integrator and IT service provider since 1992, announced last week that the design of its Technopark-Mordovia data center was certified as Tier IV Fault Tolerant by the Uptime Institute, a NY-based data center researcher and consultancy. Located in Saransk some 640km east of Moscow, the data center is now Russia’s …

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Rusnano ponies up $10 million to bring home sophisticated Israeli router technology

November 19, 2014

Earlier this week Rusnano, Russia’s nanotech giant with strong vested interests in overseas tech projects, bought into Compass-EOS, an Israeli start-up shipping a silicon photonics-based router. Joining a large international investor consortium in Compass-EOS’ overall $42 million funding round, Rusnano contributed up $10 million, of which $3 million is expected to finance the setup of …

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National telecom operator to keep steering Russia’s e-government ship

November 19, 2014

Rostelecom, the national telecom operator, will remain fully in charge of Russia’s ambitious $150 million e-government program for at least another two years, Russian business daily Kommersant reported last week. Seven months after the operator’s contract expired, President Vladimir Putin of Russia is reported to have personally decreed the prolongation of the Cabinet’s co-funding of …

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Mobile app enables Russian Christians to pray, request funerals, donate to the Church

November 19, 2014

In an attempt to marry thousand-year-old Orthodoxy and 21st century mobile tech, a Russian entrepreneur launched last week the first-ever application enabling the order of Christian prayers from iOS and Android powered mobile gadgets. With the new app developed by InfoShell, a St. Petersburg based IT solution provider, an Orthodox believer will be able to …

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Government seeks to curb online alcohol retail

November 19, 2014

Rosalkogol, a government agency that oversees the sale of alcohol in Russia, is seeking permission to be able to blacklist Internet sites that sell alcoholic beverages online, which is in violation of current Russian legislation. If the Russian Cabinet approves the move, the regulator will have the power to engage Roskomnadzor, another federal agency that keeps …

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Details of Snowden’s life in Russia revealed by his Russian ‘guardian angel’

November 19, 2014

Edward Snowden, the fugitive American government contractor wanted by the United States for leaking details of the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs, has now been living in Russia for more than three months. An eyesore to the Washington establishment, with his U.S. passport annulled, yet still retaining his American citizenship, Snowden has been welcomed in Russia …

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From mobile ads to motion recognition, Microsoft Seed Fund keeps backing Russian startups

November 19, 2014

The Microsoft Russia Seed Fund has recently disbursed $140,000 in grants to four Russian startups, bringing the total number of young Russian tech companies it has backed to 35. Last week, Moscow’s AdWired received $50,000 to continue developing its mobile advertising platform. Minutta, a service from Orel, in Central Russia, which has been developing an …

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Mobile app generator, 3D printer and holographic navigator honored at Russia’s largest startup contest

November 19, 2014

Last week a panel of Russian and international experts announced the winners of BIT, Russia’s largest competition of technology teams and business plans. Following a series of investment pitches, Appercode of Novosibirsk was named Russia’s Best Startup. The Siberian team has created a flexible platform for the rapid and inexpensive development of mobile apps simultaneously …

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New instant messenger Telegram protected even from spy intrusions – Pavel Durov

November 19, 2014

Telegram, a recently launched instant messenger, offers users encryption protection too sophisticated even for security agencies to overcome, the Russian business daily Vedomosti quoted Pavel Durov, a prominent Russian businessman, as saying. The founder and CEO of VKontakte, Russia’s number one social network, Durov is also the mastermind behind the Telegram project, which came online …

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Microsoft’s new Russian company to spread its business solutions throughout Europe

November 19, 2014

Microsoft is setting up a new separate legal entity in Russia. What started out in May 2012 as a Russian R&D center with just 70 employees will now become the Microsoft Development Center Rus, a 200-strong company with the mandate to develop and market Microsoft Dynamics AX solutions across the entire European continent. According to …

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Proposed legislation to encourage influx of foreign IT specialists to Russia

November 19, 2014

In a bid to decisively address the current lack of skilled IT professionals in the country, the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications is drafting amendments to Russia’s existing law on the legal status of foreign workers. Based on these amendments, Russia intends to attract “a few hundred thousand” IT-savvy migrants by 2020. The Ministry …

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Russian developer aims to put an end to “mobile slavery” with next-gen SIM card

November 19, 2014

Intersoft-Eurasia, a Russian developer of hardware and software solutions for mobile devices, has unveiled its plans to market a next-gen SIM card. Fully compatible with the standard SIM card slot, the new solution is designed to support numerous phone numbers from different mobile operators. The ultimate goal is to put an end to what the …

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