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New law aims to relieve bureaucratic burden on Russian citizens

October 6, 2011

New federal legislation on administrative electronic exchange, which went into effect on October 1st in regard to federal agencies, could radically simplify the exchange between private citizens and Russian administrative bodies. Under the new law, federal officials will no longer be able to request documents or information from private citizens already available in the databases …

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Fastlane Ventures launches ambitious real estate listings site

October 5, 2011

Fast Lane Ventures, a Western business incubator operating in Moscow, announced earlier this week the launch of Domgeo.ru, an online database of real estate available for purchase or rent. Domgeo’s properties come from as many as 50 agents and developers who have agreed to list their properties on the site on a pay-per-inclusion basis, the …

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Krasnoyarsk region aims to “link government, science and business” in new innovation system

October 1, 2011

Lev Kuznetsov, governor of the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, approved an innovation development strategy last week slated to run to 2020. “Reaching agreement between government, science and business on this issue is of utmost importance. The system we are building has to address two existing weaknesses in Russian innovation: insufficient coordination as well as weak …

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Painful week for Yandex on NASDAQ after market share drops and patch up work goes wrong

September 30, 2011

The share price of Russian search giant Yandex, introduced on NASDAQ in May, hit a historic low yesterday at $21.17 before closing at $22.6 – well below the company’s IPO offer price of $25 and almost two times below the peak level, $42.01, reached shortly after the stock was listed. Investor defiance peaked on Wednesday …

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Russia goes for DVB-T2

September 29, 2011

Russia has decided to opt for the DVB-T2 standard for its digital terrestrial services and will now set up pilots in eight cities. Several local reports say the decision was made last week by a government commission chaired by Igor Shuvalov, the deputy PM.

US-Russian programming contest offers tools to improve e-democracy

September 29, 2011

Code4Country, a two-day jointly sponsored US-Russian programming contest, or “codeathon,” took place on 24 -25 September, pitting national programmer teams against each other in a battle to produce innovative tools that enable greater transparency and more open government.

Digital radio and TV launched in North Caucasus

September 28, 2011

Digital radio- and tele-broadcasting have been launched in the North Caucasus for the first time, TASS-Telecom reported last week. The launch ceremony took place in Vladikavkaz in the Republic of Northern Ossetia-Alanya and was attended by Igor Shchegolev, the Minister of Communications and Mass Media.

SES and Intelsat satellites repositioned to better cover Russian territory

September 22, 2011

Global satellite operator SES and Russian satellite operator Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) announced the formation of a strategic partnership last week to provide additional satellite capacity to serve the Russian market. Under the agreement, SES has repositioned its ASTRA 1F satellite from 51 degrees East to 55 degrees East, reported Telesputnik, a Russian publication covering …

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Mail.ru doubles investments in its own search engine

September 22, 2011

Russia’s Mail.ru Group, which leads the Russian-speaking Internet in terms of traffic, plans to double the number of developers working on its own Internet search mechanism, Russian business daily RBС reported on Tuesday, based on information provided by Mail.ru Group. Mail.ru plans to increase its share of the Russian Internet search market in the future, …

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Microsoft and 1S to develop cloud projects with Rostelecom

September 21, 2011

Russia’s national telecom operator Rostelecom, US software giant Microsoft, and top Russian enterprise software publisher 1S signed agreements to jointly develop cloud computing projects. Appointed in March by the Russian government to develop a national cloud computing platform by 2015, Rostelecom announced its intention to invest more than ten billion rubles (approximately $357 million) into …

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VimpelCom to drop DVB-H project due to regulatory complications

September 21, 2011

VimpelCom, a leading Russian mobile operator and international telecom company, intends to abandon its project for the creation of a mobile digital television system on the DVB-H standard, Vedomosti reported last week. Among the main obstacles to developing the business have been regulatory complications – including licensing issues as well as equipment use authorizations – …

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