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Russian teenager’s venture fund gives hope to child entrepreneurs

August 3, 2016

Denis Shelestov, a 17-year-old schoolboy from the small town of Elabuga in Tatarstan, already has several successful startups under his belt. Now he has launched the investment company Shelest Ventures with Kazan business angel Ramilem Ibragimov. All of the company’s $15,000 are partners’ personal money, and Denis plans to invest it in startups created by other children. Shelestov believes children can create …

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5 Russian tech innovations to look out for

July 28, 2016

On July 10-13 the city of Ekaterinburg (880 miles east of Moscow) held Innoprom, an international exhibition that gathered together technology entrepreneurs and state officials from 95 countries. Daria Kezina of Russia Beyond The Headlines attended the event and reports on five of the most interesting tech innovations she saw there: a rescue robot, a smart …

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Russian information security specialists launch exchange for hacked software

July 14, 2016

An exchange for hacked software just launched in Russia, Expocod.com, is ready to pay tens of thousands dollars for vulnerabilities in popular software such as Linux, Windows, and Adobe. Vulnerabilities are interesting to IT giants that might want to fix them, but also to unscrupulous users who could exploit them for personal gain. Andrei Shorokhov, a …

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Russian virtual reality platform Fibrum to measure itself against Google’s Daydream

July 2, 2016

Next month Russian startup Fibrum, a developer of virtual reality headsets and applications, will launch a VR platform to bring together gamers, as well as game and VR headset developers from different countries. The platform will be made available in English and Russian. Users will be able to download applications for their VR headsets directly from the Fibrum Platform. They …

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Unmanned cars could become new instrument for crime, fears Russian police

April 14, 2017

Russian law-enforcement officers fear that unmanned cars may be used as instruments of crime in the near future. “In 20 years, conventional cars will be replaced by autonomous vehicles just like they once replaced horses,” said Alexander Bykov, chief of the State Road Safety Inspectorate’s Road Patrol Service department. “However, no one has studied the potential future dangers.” …

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Russia ranked 3rd worldwide in terms of Internet network stability

June 13, 2016

Russia has been ranked third worldwide in terms of the stability of its national Internet when facing possible breaches. Only the UK and U.S. networks are deemed to be more reliable. One of the main advantages of the Russian segment of the Internet, also known as RuNet, is its extensive infrastructure: there are more than …

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Jailed for a repost: The definition of extremism in Russia gets ever looser

June 11, 2016

Russia has seen a dramatic rise in criminal prosecutions on charges of “Internet extremism” over the last few months. Yet most of these cases concern not the creation of extremist content but retweeting, liking or reposting it. Russia Beyond The Headlines, a publication owned by government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta and a syndication partner of East-West …

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Russia to launch Buddhist messenger service for 500 million users

June 2, 2016

A new messenger service that seeks to unite 500 million Buddhists all around the world will be launched in Kalmykia, a Russian region with a large Buddhist population, the NSN news agency reported on May 26. Approximately $1 million will be invested in the project. The main investor and creator of the project is the former President of …

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Russian scientists work on quartz-based data storage that can hold data forever

May 26, 2016

Glass through which we see the world may soon be used as a data storage system that can outlive mankind. A new five dimensional (5D) digital data storage technology uses nano-structured quartz glass to store information. Scientists at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology say they can make these new storage devices the size and …

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New Russian software monitors office mobile phones

April 2, 2017

InfoWatch, a company owned by Natalya Kasperskaya, the former wife of Russian cyber security guru, Evgeny Kaspersky, has developed a solution for monitoring employees’ mobile phone conversations at work. The monitoring device already has a prototype. Russian government officials, however, say this system may be used only with an employee’s consent.  Otherwise, it can be considered a violation of the constitutional right to communication privacy. Labor contracts will have …

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Making weapons, cakes and startups in Tula

May 4, 2016

Famous for weapons production and cakes, Tula – a city 180 kilometers south from Moscow – is also home to tech startups. At first glance, this is a typical sleepy Russian provincial capital, far from the world of modern high-tech. Time flows slowly here. The old merchant mansions and Soviet apartment buildings seem to keep the two million residents in a state …

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