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Akademgorodok: The last Soviet utopia, or the next Silicon Valley?

April 6, 2016

Located twenty miles from Novosibirsk, Akademgorodok, which literally means ‘academic town,’ was established in 1957. It quickly became a major Soviet scientific hub, with talented researchers settling there from all the country. After the fall of communism, however, salaries and funding collapsed. But Akademgorodok managed to attract a number of foreign companies including IBM, Intel and Schlumberger, …

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Battle for Russia’s IT market: Can local developers stop global giants?

April 1, 2016

The Russian IT market is currently dominated by imports. The only exception is perhaps the IT services segment, where Russian developers account for about 60-70% of the market. When it comes to systems integration, for example, they have a better understanding of local customer needs and can adapt IT solutions to meet customer demands. As …

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A Russian video interview service hopes to shake up the HR market

March 17, 2016

According to the research company Bersin, the international market for interactive instruments used to evaluate job seekers is estimated to be worth $2 billion a year. The market recently welcomed the arrival of a new member, Skillaz, created by a former Kaspersky Lab collaborator, Andrei Krylov, and Grigory Dudash, a former employee of Nival, which is the company behind …

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Reading without eyes: a Russian device gives hope to the blind

February 29, 2016

Inspired by an aunt’s suggestion, a Russian engineer invented a learning device that teaches the blind by converting electronic text into Braille. This digital tutor might soon reach the international market. A little over a year was needed to create the digital tutor, See All, which converts electronic information into Braille. The device consists of two modules. One is …

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RBTH presents Russian Startup Rating 2016

February 18, 2016

Russia Beyond The Headlines, an international source of political, business and cultural news and analysis, has released a new edition of its “Russian Startup Rating,” featuring some of today’s most promising young companies, in partnership with East-West Digital News. Covering dozens of companies in a variety of sectors, this research shows that the recent international tensions have not …

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Six Russian tech prodigies according to Forbes

April 14, 2017

In January 2016, Forbes released a list of 300 young leaders, creative inventors and daring entrepreneurs in 10 sectors, including technology, science, healthcare, media, and others. RBTH learned more about the six young Russian tech prodigies mentioned there. Dmitry Aksenov, 23 years old, co-founder, DigitalGenious The startup DigitalGenious,  founded by Mr. Aksenov, carries on human-like conversation with …

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Russian breakthrough in quantum technology can protect banks from hackers

February 7, 2016

Until recently quantum networks were considered invulnerable to hacker attacks. Quantum connections have been used to protect data for a long time, but they work only at short distances, approximately 100 kilometers (60 miles). Furthermore, such connections are rather fragile and face problems shortly after they start functioning. Physicists at the Russian Quantum Center, however, …

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Russian software and IT services thrive in export markets

February 7, 2016

Over the past five years, Russian software and IT service exports have more than doubled, reaching about $7 billion. At the same time, demand for IT companies’ products on the domestic market has been falling. Analysts attribute it to a transformation of the Russian market, with demand shifting from hardware to services. The boom is …

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Should Google store its data in Siberia?

February 7, 2016

Yakutia is the coldest populated region in the world. Located in the northeastern part of Siberia, this semi-autonomous republic of the Russian Federation is home to the village of Oymyakon, a place known as the Pole of Cold that registers temperatures of -70 degrees Celsius. Permafrost covers a large part of Yakutia’s territory, and this is precisely …

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