Payment and e-commerce professionals from Eastern Europe are cordially invited to the international Merchant Payments Ecosystem (MPE 2017) conference and expo, which will take place in Berlin, February 14-16, 2017. MPE 2017, is the Top European merchant payments, CX, POS and card acquiring event featuring 300+ CXOs and MDs, 150+ speakers, 1000+ of participants from …
With cyber.Fund using Steemit as a template, Voice is intended to cater to the uniqueness of the Russian people, as contributions to the Steemit website are primarily in English, although there are posts in a few other languages. In an official release by Bitcoin Conference Russia, cyber.Fund stated that they looked to create a decentralized social network for authors, bloggers and …
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Russian apps Artisto and Prisma made a splash over the past couple of months with their cloud AI-powered effects apps for photos and video. But Facebook, too, is in the running, reports The Next Web. In an interview at The Wall Street Journal’s WSJDLive conference, Facebook’s Chief Product Officer Chris Cox demonstrated an app the …
Facebook is working on its own Prisma-style art effects app for video Read More
Roskomnadzor, the Russian telecom and Internet regulator, has initiated a legal procedure to block access to LinkedIn from Russia, should the US site not comply with the new legislation on personal data storage. This legislation, which came into force in September 2015, requires to store Russian citizens’ personal data only in databases located on Russia territory (see white paper by EWDN and EY). Many …
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Innovative companies from Russia and neighboring countries are invited to pitch their projects to the board of jury of international investors as part of Belgrade Venture Forum. The event claims to be the largest forum of innovations, entrepreneurship and investments in the South East Europe region. It will be held on December 5 – 7 in …
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A memorandum of understanding signed yesterday sees Russia’s National Settlement Depository (NSD) and the China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (CDSC) – both their respective countries’ central securities depositories – partner to develop blockchain applications in the post-trade space. The partnership was announced yesterday by the NSD, which has also engaged in a similar endeavor to develop blockchain solutions …
After South Africa, Russia’s Central Depository partners with China over blockchain Read More
The London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has finally decided not to resume operations in Russia next year. The matter had been discussed internally during the summer, as the profitability of the EBRD’s Russian projects was found to be higher than the average, while the state of mind of some of the bank’s shareholders …
EBRD will not resume funding for Russian projects in 2017 Read More
Russian Railways (RZD) and Russian Post, have agreed to transport mail between China and Europe by interstate rail transport, the railways company reported earlier this month. The agreement, which was signed in the form of a roadmap at Sochi-2016, an international investment forum, on September 30, aims to address the growing demand for international shipping of letters and …
Russia to develop direct rail transport corridor from China to Europe Read More
During three days in mid-October Colombia 4.0, an international event dedicated to digital content industries, took place in Bogota, attracting more than ten thousand participants. The latest trends in animation, video games, web, mobile development, digital advertising, monetization, digital media, music and entrepreneurship were highlighted through lectures, panels and workshops involving more than 190 national and international …
Russian crowdsourced courier service Dostavista has raised $800,000 and entered the Indian market, Russian tech blog Firrma.ru reported last week, citing exchanges with the company. The deal, which took place in the spring of this year, involved several unnamed Russian individual investors who had already put money in the company. Before this round, Dostavista had raised 22 million …
Crowdsourced delivery service Dostavista raises $800,000 and develops internationally Read More
Ziyavudin Magomedov, a top businessman from Dagestan, took part in Hyperloop One’s latest $50 million round of funding and became a member of the US startup’s board of directors, Russian business daily RBC reported last week. The Russian billionaire had already participated in two previous rounds of the company. The latest one, which amounted to $80 million, …
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As Russia has been “pivoting to the East” over the past few years, a study released earlier this month aims to describe the two countries’ innovation ecosystems, and analyze the new links being established between them. The report, named “China and Russia: Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” is a joint project by the Skolkovo Foundation on the …
Pioneering report highlights Chinese and Russian innovation systems and their growing ties Read More
