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Russia Beyond is an internationally recognized source of political, business and cultural news and analysis. It offers original, on-the-ground coverage of Russia from professional, independent journalists who are passionate and knowledgeable about the country, and opinion pieces from commentators who hold a wide range of views about Russia’s leadership and direction. Russia Beyond is produced by Rossiyskaya Gazeta, a leading Russian daily published by the Russian government.

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New technology for bank card protection: breakthrough or scheme of the century?

May 27, 2015

“A Russian scientist made a breakthrough”: this is how many global media outlets have described the new quantum key protection technology for bank cards developed by Viktor Petrik. The scientist seemingly proposed a brilliant solution for the problem of data leakage. According to Petrik, the magnetic strip and the electronic chips are the weakest link in the …

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Russian-made GPS dog tracker spots your pet’s location and monitors obesity

May 19, 2015

A group of Russian developers has come up with a gadget that many dog owners have been dreaming of. Spotty, a sleek 4.5-centimeter aluminum chip attached to a dog’s collar, identifies a pet’s location using GPS coordinates and a 3G modem, monitors its physical activity with the help of accelerometer and transfers real-time data to …

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Honey, I printed a thyroid gland: Russia’s quest to master 3D-printed organs

February 25, 2016

In March, 2015 Vladimir Mironov, the head of the Moscow based 3D Bioprinting Solutions lab, has successfully printed a mouse’s thyroid gland. Now scientists are getting ready to transplant artificial organs to living mice. If successful, the experiment could pave the way for the production of 3D-printed human glands. Russia Beyond the Headlines, an international source …

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Last-minute booking app HotelTonight enters Russian market

February 25, 2016

HotelTonight, a mobile booking application that helps travelers reserve hotel rooms at the last moment, is coming to Russia, the US company announced via Twitter earlier this month. “We invest in markets where people are ready for spontaneous travel and adapt well to new technologies,” said HotelTonight CEO Jared Simon. “Russia was ideal. Russians don’t plan one …

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Russian startups look westward

February 25, 2016

Even though Russia’s internet-related businesses make up just 10 percent of the country’s GDP, more e-commerce and discovery commerce startups are looking at the U.S. market for ample investment and opportunities for growth. 2for1, a fledging Russian-Ukrainian startup is one such company that has tailored its project for the U.S. market.

Russian scientific research centers benefit from partnerships with global firms

February 25, 2016

Over the past two years several technology transfer centers have been established and began operations at Russian universities in partnership with private international firms. Their task is to use the scientific potential of universities to create an innovation infrastructure around them and help attract further investments. Thus Russian universities have recently started conducting research and …

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Visa and MasterCard join Russia’s National Card Payment System

February 25, 2016

On April 1 Visa and MasterCard joined Russia’s newly-created National Card Payment System, which was launched in response to US sanctions against Moscow and can be considered the first step towards the creation of an autonomous financial system in Russia. “The national system has already been introduced, quickly and at a little cost, and it has fully …

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Russian programmer discusses fitness bracelets and ‘smart watch’ security

April 15, 2015

Roman Unuchek, an expert on mobile threats from the Kaspersky Lab, has been able to break into dozens of fitness bracelets while testing their security. He spoke about his research and the possible consequences for users of the devices on his blog. A special application for mobile devices that employs Bluetooth LE technology is used for …

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Russian startup sets new trend in global yacht rental market

July 9, 2015

Well known and practiced in the fields of car and apartment sharing, the booming sharing economy also applies to the global yacht rental market. Pioneering this trend is Anchor.Travel, a Russian startup launched last year by Russian entrepreneurs Sergei Medvedev and Stanislav Kharlamov. Competing with the American Boatbound.com and the French Sailsharing.com, Anchor.Travel has a database interface that uses a …

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Russian startup helps users learn European languages in just one minute a day

April 14, 2015

According to Facebook statistics there are more than two million Anglophones in Brazil that would like to learn Portuguese. In Mexico there are almost 2.5 million Anglophones that would like to learn Spanish. In the U.S. there are more than 1.6 million Spanish speakers that need English and almost three million people that would like …

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Russia’s weirdest applications

February 26, 2016

RBTH has already written about useful applications, such as the ones that will keep you from getting lost in Russia. In this piece we will highlight some of the most unexpected and unique apps created by Russian programmers. Three of them are dedicated to the Russian President: “Putin Speaks,” “Putin Simulator,” and “Like Putin.”

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