Education & HR

GVA LaunchGurus aims to introduce Silicon Valley practices to Russian startup ecosystem

March 24, 2015 February 25, 2016

Earlier this month GVA LaunchGurus launched the eighth edition of its accelerator program, the “GVA Accelerator – Startup Academy,” with the participation of 26 high-tech professionals and entrepreneurs. The 10-week program aims to strengthen their projects by providing new skills, business connections and fund-raising opportunities. Among the teachers and business coaches involved in the program …

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Telecom regulator Roskomnadzor cuts off staff, decreases salaries while fields of responsibility expand

March 23, 2015 February 25, 2016

Last week, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) announced that the salaries of its staff are being reduced this year “from 23% to 54%, depending on the region,” news agency TASS reported. For example, “a Roskomnadzor employee who received last year 50,000 or 55,000 …

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Acceleration program advances US-Russia innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization

March 18, 2015 February 25, 2016

Washington, D.C. – Three education technology startups from Russia traveled to the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore regions on March 2-12 as part of the U.S.-Russia Innovation Corridor (USRIC) program. Administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the US-Russia Foundation, USRIC connects Russian startups to universities, scientists, business development experts, industry associations, and …

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‘Future Academy’ blends online and offline to bridge Russian, US educational systems

February 19, 2015 April 14, 2015

Last month the fledgling Russian online education industry saw the launch of a new, internationally-oriented project. Using both online and offline teaching methods, The Future Academy offers fully accredited secondary education programs to Russian kids 12 to 17 years of age. The school has been backed at the seed stage by Russian venture fund Digital Ventures, …

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Half of Russian IT specialists would seek work abroad

January 20, 2015 March 1, 2016

The Luxoft Personnel company conducted research on attitudes toward emigration among Russian IT specialists in the fall of 2014. It was seen that 65% of the 4000 participants in the survey consider moving to another country a possibility, and 18% are prepared to do so in the near future. There were also participants (17%) who, …

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Tomsk university and US firm to open joint scientific center in Siberia

December 11, 2014 March 1, 2016

The Tomsk University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics (TUSUR) and Keysight Technologies, a US company, have plans to open Siberia’s first scientific and educational center in Tomsk in early 2015, portal Globalsib.com reported. TUSUR is reported to have already launched this past fall its new master’s degree program focused on the automation of the …

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International online recruitment service Zartis launches in Russia

December 8, 2014 March 1, 2016

Last month international online recruitment service Zartis.com announced the launch of its platform in Moscow. Zartis provides employers with access to pre-screened IT professionals in an online marketplace making it quicker and cheaper for companies to hire tech talent. The service, which started in Ireland, is available in Dublin, London, Berlin and now Moscow – …

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US and Russia still developing scientific and technological ties

November 21, 2014 March 1, 2016

Although the relations between the two powers have reached historic lows, US-Russian cooperation in scientific and technological fields is still alive. “The Russian government is not imposing any sanctions whatsoever against the USA in the field of scientific interaction,” Gazeta.ru reported earlier this month, citing Russian ambassador to the USA Sergey Kislyak.

Nizhny Novgorod to host youth innovation festival with support of Richard Branson

November 7, 2014 November 7, 2014

During three weeks, from November 18 to December 12, InnoFest will bring together more than 1,000 young scientists from among university students and postgraduates, as well as research fellows representing research institutes from the Nizhny Novgorod region. High-level government officials and business people from both the domestic and international entrepreneurial communities are also expected. Put …

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Are Steve Jobs and Tim Cook dangerous gay propagandists?

November 7, 2014 December 10, 2020

The destiny of an electronic monument in memory of Steve Jobs in St. Petersburg has attracted public attention this week after its owner, a Russian company named “West-European Financial Union” (ZEFS in Russian), withdrew it in an expression of its radical anti-US and anti-gay stance. The monument had been placed last year in the yard of the St. …

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Microsoft scraps Russian schools tablet program over Rotenberg blacklisting

November 3, 2014 November 3, 2014

Microsoft has suspended plans to provide tablets to Russian schools under a deal expected to benefit a textbook publisher headed by Kremlin ally Arkady Rotenberg, citing “concerns” over Western sanctions, a news report said. According to an agreement signed in late September, Microsoft would “provide free of charge, to [publisher] Prosveshcheniye, the same type of technical assistance that [it] provides at no cost to thousands of schools and publishers worldwide,” Microsoft said …

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Russian brain drain saps talent as sanctions hit financing

October 27, 2014 October 27, 2014

Artem Kulizhnikov, founder of a startup designed to help musicians annotate music, is packing his bags to leave Moscow in December. His destination: Dubai or Singapore, where he sees a better chance of securing funding for his second company. “Russian venture-capital funds want to invest their money only in Russia, but we want to build an international business and …

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