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Rest of World is an international nonprofit journalism organization. Its website documents what happens when technology, culture and the human experience collide, in places that are typically overlooked and underestimated. Rest of World believes the story about technology is as big as the world that’s using it, and that everyone — from those building technology to those using it — can benefit from a broader global perspective.

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Fleeing Putin, Russian tech workers find a home in Armenia

July 26, 2022

In the weeks and months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Zvartnots International Airport in Armenia’s capital Yerevan was flooded with Russians leaving their country, among them a growing number of tech workers. Fearing flight cancellations, exit bans, and border controls, many booked their tickets at exorbitant prices, wiped their phones, and arrived in the small country nestled in …

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Nothing could slow inDriver’s rise from Siberian startup to global Uber competitor. Then Russia invaded Ukraine

May 24, 2022

In 2021 inDriver, a ride-hailing app founded in Yakutsk, Siberia, back in 2012, announced it had achieved unicorn status. Its valuation reached $1.23 billion, following a funding round of $150 million earlier that year. This startup seemed set to continue its rollout into new locations around the world, including plans to expand into Australia. In …

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Russian influencers desperately scramble to maintain their followers — and livelihoods

April 5, 2022

As waves of wartime sanctions by foreign governments and private companies hit Russia, the country’s creator economy is in flux. The state ban on both Instagram and Facebook, Google’s ban on most YouTube monetization in the country, and restrictions on the ability of Russian users to upload videos to TikTok have instigated a mass platform …

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Fighting brain drain and creeping authoritarianism in Russia’s techno-utopian village

April 30, 2021

Founded in 2015 near Kazan, Tatarstan — some 800 km east from Moscow, — Innopolis provides a glimpse into what technocrats within Putin’s regime hope will be the vision of a future Russia. As the government looks for ways to make the country less dependent on hydrocarbons and to build up the national tech sector, which is …

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