There are not too many Russians who participated in the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, this year, but this one is hard to miss. Yuri Milner, a Facebook investor and the founder of DST Global investment fund, was interviewed by Vanity Fair contributing editor Bethany McLean. During the interview, Milner predicted that …
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Seventeen-year-old Kirill Chekanov has created a start-up which he called “Twitter for investors.” The project, which is still beta testing and seeking both new investors and a customer base, is competing in a narrow niche. Chekanov claims Hippflow steps up investor communications, while critics say it allows investors to publically transmit what they prefer to exchange …
Experts say cyber viruses are no longer a threat only to home networks, but are increasingly being used as dangerous weapons aimed at state networks. In this context, the Russian Ministry of Defense has decided to create a specialized network command to protect the information structures of the Russian state. According to media reports, Russia’s …
Gov2People was launched in February 2011 as the brainchild of Alyona Popova, a Russian public activist and expert on e-government and startup businesses. A wave of protests in the winter of 2011 and the spring of 2012 has pushed many people (not all of which are necessarily opposition-minded) to take action. Citizens have realized that …
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For a long time, the Russian IT business had been most prominent in the country’s two capitals – Moscow and St. Petersburg. Lately, though, a surge of startup companies has been observed in a number of smaller cities, as well. One example is Yekaterinburg. The city is home to such projects as online accounting platform …
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Parallels, a global provider of desktop virtualization and cloud enabling solutions founded by a Russian team in 1999, and the Novosibirsk State University are working on a joint project to develop a scalable software platform to host cloud applications for small and medium-sized businesses. The company is expected to invest more than 300 million rubles (about $10 …
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Kaspersky Lab has identified an elusive cyber espionage network that targets diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organizations in several countries, a company statement revealed. The network has been christened Red October, and there is a chance that the malware may have its origins in a Russian-speaking country. Cybercriminals focusing on Russia, the former Soviet Union, Eastern …
Attracting an array tech investors, startup entrepreneurs, and professionals from Russia and abroad, the annual TechCrunch Moscow conference took place for the third time on December 9 and 10 in Digital October, a major venue for tech events and educational programs. This year’s topic was ‘War and Peace,’ with 44 projects involved, representing a variety of …
Forty-four Russian startups highlighted at TechCrunch Moscow Read More
Russia Beyond the Headlines (RBTH), together with Digital October and PricewaterhouseCoopers’s Center for Technology and Innovation in Russia, has introduced their Russian Startup Rating. The goal of the Russian Startup Rating is to provide an objective assessment of the development level and dynamics of young technology companies established in Russia. The role of RBTH is …
RBTH features Russia’s best startups and new rating Read More
Paul Myners, a former commercial secretary to the UK Treasury, is to join the board of directors of Russian mobile phone company MegaFon. The matter will be discussed at a general meeting of the company. Lord Paul Myners, who was made a life peer and entitled to a seat in the House of Lords in …
For Russians like Georgy Pachikov who grew up in Soviet times, fixing broken-down machines was often a test of ingenuity and improvization – not to mention sheer determination. Back in 1989, when the whole country was literally grinding to a halt, he had a broken washing machine. As competent repairmen were then thin on the …
The first building for the innovation city (‘Innograd’) of Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion near Moscow, will be officially unveiled later this month, boasting an impressive number of innovative and environmentally friendly features. The word “hypercube” is often associated with Andrzej Sekuła’s movie thriller of the same name. In the film, characters are …
First Skolkovo building to be unveiled in late September Read More
