In an article published yesterday in the Kommersant Vlast weekly, the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has proposed a range of measures to give a “strong, appropriate and balanced response” to the information war that he claims the US and its allies are waging against Russia. The measures include imposing new restrictions on the Internet: Bastrykin …
Last week VKontakte (VK.COM), the leading social network in Russia and a property of LSE-listed Mail.ru Group, announced the settlement of its legal battle with Warner Music Group (WMG) through a confidential out-of-court agreement. Under the agreement, VK users will be provided with legal access to WMG content though UMA, a Russian supplier of music content, and other authorized platforms. …
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On behalf of taxi drivers, the Federation of Russian Car Owners (FAR) has filed a complaint with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev over the low prices dictated by taxi service aggregators, the RBC news agency reported Tuesday. The complaint by FAR said that the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) had refused to initiate legal action against Uber, …
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Virool, a San Francisco-based video ad startup founded in 2011 by a Russian team, has closed a Series A round of $12 million. The funding, which comes from Menlo Ventures, Yahoo Japan, 500 Startups and Flint Capital, will accelerate the company’s North America, Latin America and Europe plans. The company also aims to develop across the APAC region “with the strategic sense of …
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Android Auto is now available in 18 new countries, including Russia, Brazil and India, TechCrunch reported earlier today. These countries are among the fastest growing auto markets in the world. The other countries enjoying Google’s in-car operating system include Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Uruguay and Venezuela. …
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The 10th edition of Midemlab, the leading international music startup competition, will take place on June 3-6, 2016 in Cannes, France, in partnership with East-WestDigital News. This is an opportunity for startups from Russia and other CEE countries to find new business partners, raise funding, gain international visibility and recognition from the industry.
Google has been dealt a blow in its ongoing battle with European regulators — the Internet giant has lost its anti-monopoly appeal in Russia. The Moscow Arbitration court has upheld a previous ruling from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) that found Google had abused its dominant market position and broken anti-competition legislation. The crux of the complaint …
Sports.ru is in the process of acquiring 90live.org, a Belorussian developer of mobile apps for football fans, reported Vedomosti earlier this month based on exchanges with the portal’s general manager Dmitry Navosha. The details of the transaction, which is not completed yet, have not been disclosed. Founded in Minsk in 2013, 90live.org has developed more than …
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A Russian blogger has filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, challenging the sentence he was handed for the republication of extremist texts online, the Kommersant newspaper reported Wednesday. Konstantin Zharinov, a blogger and activist from the Urals region of Chelyabinsk, was convicted in 2015 for sharing a post on …
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Place your two thumbs on the sensors of this iPhone cover and you will get an electrocardiogram (ECG) and transcription in five minutes thanks to a special algorithm. The results can then be sent to a doctor using an app for iPhone or iPad. Created by Russian startup CardioQVARK, this system was fully developed and will be …
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VKontakte (VK), the leading social network in Russia and a property of LSE-listed Mail.ru Group, has won a legal battle against Universal Music and Warner Music. In two verdicts handed down on March 2 and 3, the Saint Petersburg & Leningradsky Region Appeal Court overturned an earlier ruling that VK must implement effective technology to stop infringements …
Earlier this week Neumob, a California-based company developing app acceleration solutions, announced that it has launched in Russia to continue building out its global network. The company is already present in 50+ metropolitan areas across Europe, North America and Southeast Asia. “We came to Russia to support the exploding local mobile ecosystem. We can speed up load times and …
