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Russia considers mandating foreign IT companies to open local representative offices

September 17, 2021

A draft law has been submitted to the Russian State Duma that will oblige foreign IT companies to open full-fledged representative offices in Russia. Hosting providers, advertising systems operators, and “online information distributors” are concerned as well.  Should such a law be adopted, foreign companies with a daily traffic of 500,000 users from Russia or more will …

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Russia gives Google 24-hour ultimatum to remove banned content

May 25, 2021

Russia’s internet regulator has threatened to slow down Google services in Russia if it does not comply with requests to delete content within 24 hours. According to Roskomnadzor, Google has failed to remove 20-30% of links to content which are prohibited in Russia — a controversial category which includes content promoting drug use and featuring …

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“All transport on earth will be electric,” says Elon Musk to Russian students

May 24, 2021

Last week Elon Musk spoke remotely at a Russian state-sponsored education forum, spending 40 minutes answering questions from students. The tech celebrity said he received a personal invitation from President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov. Among other speakers at the event were Steve Wozniak, on the international side, and a bevy of tech CEOs …

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Russian neurotech startup raises $7.4 million to “accelerate computer-integrated human evolution”

June 2, 2021

A Moscow-based startup called Neiry is developing “human-friendly neural interfaces” applicable to a variety of daily tasks — from gaming and entertainment, to medical therapy, to training, to business. Supported by Russian state innovation programs, this startup believes it can “improve and restore human abilities and functions that were previously unattainable,” and contribute to “the acceleration …

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Russian-founded food delivery services make their way in western markets

June 21, 2021

In this second coronavirus spring, Russian-founded food delivery services are making their way in western countries. One of them is Getfaster.io, a German fresh product retail and delivery company launched in 2020 by former X5 executive Dmitry Bergelson alongside with Georgy Skalsky, Kirill Solonitsyn and Anton Zakharov.  After starting operations in Düsseldorf in January 2021, the company …

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Mapping the routes of the Internet for geopolitics: The case of Eastern Ukraine

May 19, 2021

A team of French and US researchers has just published a paper about the geopolitical significance of data routing, through the analysis of Eastern Ukraine. Their paper proposes “new methodologies to understand and represent the new forms of power rivalries and imbalances that occur within the lower layers of cyberspace.” “We [selected] Eastern Ukraine as …

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Startup report highlights 100 “unicorns-to-be” from Eastern Europe

May 17, 2021

Emerge, a major conference held last week to highlight the startup and venture scene of the ‘New East,’ has published a selection of 100 promising startups from the region. Touted as having a unicorn potential, these startups were selected according to a variety of criteria — in particular, company maturity (up to three years of age), …

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A new wave of funds: Russian investors assert themselves on the domestic and global markets

May 21, 2021

The Russian venture scene is tiny, but vigorous: several new funds were announced over the past few weeks, targeting a variety of sectors and geographies, sometimes with very specific approaches.. 10 billion rubles for Russian tech startups One of these new funds was announced by TealTech Capital, a PE/VC firm owned by Yury Alasheev, Andrey Ivashchenko and Andrey …

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Apple challenges $12 million fine in Russian court

May 11, 2021

Apple has filed a lawsuit against Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), challenging a $12 million fine. The Moscow Arbitration Court has accepted the claim and scheduled a preliminary hearing for June 21.  On April 27, the FAS fined Apple 906 million rubles (around $12 million) for abusing its dominant position in the apps market.  According to a previous …

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BBC decodes the tech world of Russia

May 11, 2021

BBC has launched a radio series on “The Real Internet Giants” covering leading tech scenes across the world. Following China, the second instalment of the series looks at Russia. This episode uncovers who the movers and shakers of Russia’s internet landscape really are, finds out where the country is leading on cyber innovation and consider …

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YouTube deletes hyperlinks to Navalny voting initiative

May 7, 2021

YouTube has started deleting hyperlinks to Alexey Navalny’s ‘SmartVote‘ project — a strategic voting initiative designed to identify candidates with the best statistical odds of defeating politicians from Russia’s ruling political party, United Russia.  On Thursday, the media outlet Sota Vision reported that YouTube removed its SmartVote hyperlink from a video streamed in August 2019 during opposition protests …

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