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US investor Calvey appeals Russian embezzlement conviction

September 3, 2021

American investor Michael Calvey has launched an appeal against his controversial conviction on embezzlement charges, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Thursday. “The court has received an appeal by Michael Calvey’s defense lawyers,” a representative of Moscow’s Meshchansky district court told the news agency. The appeal is the latest twist of a legal saga that has …

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St. Petersburg startup makes handbags, fashion accessories and items of home decor from 99% repurposed plastic

August 19, 2021

Three enthusiasts and an old garage is all it took to make a plastic-processing machine and then launch 99recycle, a brand that is now renowned across St. Petersburg for its handbags, fashion accessories and items of home decor made from processed plastic and textiles. The story of how it happened told by the brand’s co-founder Anton Rykachevsky …

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Russia demands YouTube block Navalny channel

August 3, 2021

Russian authorities have demanded that YouTube block jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s popular channel that has published viral investigations into corruption and fueled anti-government protests in recent years, his senior ally said Friday.  The request comes less than a week after Russia’s internet regulator Roskomnadzor blocked 49 Navalny-linked websites and sought to ban his associates’ Twitter accounts. …

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Russia blocks Navalny’s mirror site using Internet isolation tools – but not yet his ‘Smart Vote’ site

July 29, 2021

Russian authorities have blocked jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s mirror website using the tools that help telecom providers “isolate” Russia’s section of the internet, The Moscow Times reports, citing privacy NGO Roskomsvoboda. Navalny rolled out the website navalny.app after authorities blocked his main website navalny.com alongside nearly 50 sites linked to him Monday because of “banned extremist …

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Russia blocks Navalny’s website and dozens of related ones

July 29, 2021

Russia’s Internet regulator Roskomnadzor on Monday blocked 49 websites linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny. Among these sites ar his personal website where he published investigations into alleged high-level corruption that have sparked nationwide protests in recent years. Roskomnadzor’s actions come one week after it blocked the website of a prominent legal group that …

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Why is Russia not using Pegasus spyware?

July 27, 2021

When a group of international investigative journalists and researchers broke the news that spyware called Pegasus, produced by the Israeli NSO Group, had helped repressive governments across the world spy on journalists, activists and lawyers on an unprecedented scale, the question emerged: Where was Russia? Russia’s government bodies — the secret services — are known …

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Russia points finger back at US over latest cyberattack accusations

July 2, 2021

Russia’s Embassy in the United States pointed the finger back at the U.S. Friday after its cybersecurity agencies blamed Kremlin-backed hackers for a massive hacking campaign on Western private and government entities. U.S. and U.K. national security agencies on Thursday said a cyber-unit within Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency has conducted “brute force” attacks on predominantly U.S. and European …

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Russian security forces unable to get QR codes to dine out in Moscow

July 2, 2021

Employees of Russia’s security services are unable to obtain the official QR codes necessary for dining out in Moscow under current coronavirus restrictions, a Federal Protection Service (FSO) source said Thursday. All Moscow restaurants and cafes now require patrons to present a QR code proving their vaccination, recent recovery from Covid-19 or negative PCR test …

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Russia seeks funding for Putin’s ‘genetic database’

June 25, 2021

Earlier this month  Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a series of orders to determine the needed funds and sources for Russia’s national genetic database program. The move followed a visit to the  Kurchatov Institute — a secretive research organization headed by President Putin’s close ally Mikhail Kovalchuk — which is leading Russia’s genetic research program. Putin, who has sought to transform Russia into a world leader in genetic …

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Russian urbanites embrace e-scooters

June 2, 2021

Russia is a relatively late bloomer in the market of shareable electric scooters, which are available for rent through a number of different smartphone apps.  E-scooters, fueled by billions in venture capital funding, first spread rapidly across the U.S. and quickly spread to European capitals. The vehicles, which take up less room than cars or even …

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Russian government could invest more than $10 billion for electric and hydrogen vehicles

June 1, 2021

The Russian government plans to invest 777 billion rubles ($10.5 billion) into electric and hydrogen vehicle development by 2030, according to documents obtained by the Vedomosti news outlet. In the next nine years Russia’s electric vehicle (EV) share of the auto market could grow from 0.05% to 15%, officials at the Ministry of Economic Development said. By …

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