Russia’s national savings bank Sberbank has announced the launch of a risk theory and data analysis laboratory in partnership with Moscow State University (MSU) earlier this week. Dubbed “CMC-Sberbank,” the new lab will function as an R&D center focusing on statistical methods for big data analysis and machine learning. The laboratory is intended to become a leading …
Russia’s new “anti-terrorist” legislation could come into force in 2019 only (instead of 2018 as initially planned), allowing operators to implement it in better conditions. Examining this controversial legislation adopted last year, an official expert group led by Mikhail Abyzov, Russia’s Minister for Open Government affairs, has recommended that significant changes be brought to make its implementation less costly and more rational. …
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Darz, a major German data center company, has invested $1.5 million in the Russian startup Playkey. The deal, the terms of which have not been disclosed, was reported earlier this month by the Russian media and by Skolkovo, the international tech hub located near Moscow which hosts the startup. Playkey is a cloud gaming service …
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Russian social network Vkontakte is suing two data-mining companies who used its website to gather information on users without permission. The two companies, Double Data and the National Bureau of Credit Histories, will appear in the case at Moscow’s Arbitration Court. Double Data collects information on users’ place of work, study, and friends from their …
Researchers at Moscow’s Mendeleev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology have developed a five dimensional (5D) digital data storage technology uses nano-structured quartz glass to store information. This method of “everlasting data storage” uses quartz discs instead of traditional CD ones. Unlike a CD disc where data is stored on the surface, with the new quartz disc data …
Smartphone users in Russia can no longer download the LinkedIn app on iPhone or Android devices, following a similar move in China to block The New York Times app on iPhones. The demand by Russian authorities to remove LinkedIn in Apple and Google app stores comes weeks after a court blocked the professional networking service for flouting local laws that require internet firms …
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Russia’s national savings bank Sberbank has announced a “strategic agreement” with Sistema, a major Russian conglomerate, and Sistema_VC, the venture arm of Sistema, in the fields of advertising technology and Big Data monetization. Under the agreement, Sistema_VC is to acquire a 50% stake in Sberbank’s subsidiary Segmento for an undisclosed amount. Sistema_VC will also provide Segmento with expertise and …
Statsbot, a San Francisco-headquartered startup with Russian roots, has just raised $1.6 million from US funds, including Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, Eniac Ventures, Betaworks and a fourth unnamed investor. The funding will be used to enlarge the team in the company’s Moscow office. Founded in 2015 by Artyom Keydunov, Mikhail (Mike) Melanin and Pavel Tinuov, the startup …
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Russia’s biggest bank is paying up to keep the nation’s best tech talent from emigrating to Silicon Valley. To analyze 135 million customers, it needs the power of big data. Sberbank PJSC, which holds 46% of Russian retail deposits, says it’s luring experts in the field with some of the highest salaries at the state-owned …
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Earlier this month the Russian telecom regulator Roskomnadzor blocked access to LinkedIn for non-compliance with recent legislation on personal data storage. EWDN chief editor Adrien Henni analyzes the significance of this move far beyond Russia’s borders. Adopted in 2014 and applicable since September 2015, the law requires companies operating in Russia to store Russian …
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Since this morning, many LinkedIn users from Russia have not been able to access the site. Local Internet service providers have started to block access to the site following as requested by telecom regulator Roskomnadzor. In a short statement, Roskomnadzor cites a Moscow court decision from August, according to which LinkedIn has failed to comply with the Russian legislation on personal data storage. This initial court decision was …
Rejecting an appeal from the US company, a Moscow municipal court confirmed today an earlier court decision to consider LinkedIn as violating the Russian legislation on personal data storage. The news has just been reported by the Russian news agency Interfax. As a consequence, the telecom regulator Roskomnadzor — which had initiated the legal procedure against LinkedIn — will require operators …
