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How e-health could revolutionize Russian healthcare: the Netherlands shares its experience

May 12, 2016

Policymakers, doctors and scientists from both the Netherlands and Russia gathered in Moscow last month under the auspices of the Russia-Netherlands bilateral health working group to exchange ideas and share expertise about e-health solutions. “In the Netherlands, the healthcare sector is aware of the necessity to join forces for smart solutions for sustainable healthcare. This can …

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Russian police might be involved in hacking Telegram accounts, says Pavel Durov

May 4, 2016

Russian police have apparently begun pressuring mobile phone operators to intercept authorization text messages generated by the messaging app Telegram, according to the service’s creator, Pavel Durov. Durov said in a characteristically colorful statement published on the radio station Echo of Moscow that such policing measures are usually adopted by the “cannibalistic regimes that don’t care about …

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Mail.ru Group eyes Iranian market as ICQ gains popularity in the country

May 4, 2016

Unlike Yandex, which a few months ago declined government invites to enter the Iranian market, Mail.ru Group, a leading, LSE-listed Russian Internet group, is “engaged in a marketing investigation and research” of this market. In particular, young Iranians have shown great interest in ICQ, an international messenger service that belongs to the group, with about 35,000 users having already downloaded it, reports Sputnik. In an exchange with the online …

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Award-winning Russian face recognition technology used to harass young women and track pyromaniacs

September 29, 2020

A face recognition app called ‘FindFace‘ is sparking controversy in Russia over the destructive power of new technologies with regards to user privacy. Released in February by NtechLab, a startup established last year in Moscow, FindFace helps put names to faces on a picture. Combining facial recognition software with neural networks, the app will automatically match the image to people’s social media pages on Vkontakte, …

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Yandex’s browser protects users from DNS spoofing and router hijacking

April 22, 2016

Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian Internet search company, announced today an update of its in-house browser to include a built-in domain name system protection feature – DNSCrypt. DNSCrypt is a protocol that authenticates communications between a browser requesting a DNS address of a website and a DNS server offering this address. “Provided by renowned DNS security expert, OpenDNS, …

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Russian taxi drivers complain over Uber’s pressure on prices

March 2, 2017

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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Russian startup Timescenery secures $600,000 to provide “all trip plans” to travelers

April 10, 2016

Timescenery, a Russian startup that offers “a new approach to travel, leisure, personal and business time management,” has raised $600,000 from RIO, a Moscow-based asset management company. The investor has received a 15% stake in the company, which has been valued at $4 million, Rusbase reported last week, citing representatives from the startup and from …

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Russia’s GS Group celebrates exit from Cambodian pay TV joint venture

March 31, 2016

Last week GS Group, an internationally-oriented Russian technology company active in a variety of industries, announced the sale of its controlling stake in Cambodia’s One TV, the leading local pay-DTT company. The Cambodian partner, The Royal Group of Companies, has become the majority shareholder of One TV. Launched in 2012, One TV became “one of the first successful examples worldwide …

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Moscow man sues Yandex for publishing so much bad news his hair fell out

March 28, 2016

Bad news makes some people want to rip out their hair. But one Russian man claims reading it caused his to simply fall out. A Moscow resident, who says he’s suffering permanent stress and is losing his locks after reading too many negative news stories is suing Russia’s Yandex News for 1 million rubles (around $15,000). Roman Maslennikov argues …

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Yandex.Direct launches extended geo-targeting

March 29, 2016

Earlier this month Yandex.Direct announced a new addition for advertisers’ geo-targeting options that will show ads to users worldwide who enter a specific location in their search query. Previously, Yandex geo-targeting capabilities only targeted users that were physically located (or were using an IP address) in a location an advertiser selected to target in their …

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Yandex reveals the early results of the ‘right to be forgotten’

March 26, 2016

Since Russia’s new law on the “right to be forgotten” took effect on January 1, 2016, Yandex — Russia’s most popular Internet search engine — has received 3,600 takedown requests from 1,348 people. The company says it has complied with 27 percent of these requests, rejecting the rest. Yandex says its high rejection rate has …

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