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Hearst Shkulev Media acquires regional online media network Rugion

June 17, 2015

Hearst Shkulev Media (HSM), a major Russian media group co-owned by Hearst Corporation, has acquired a controlling stake in Rugion, a network of city sites across Russian regions, in a bid to strengthen its existing regional activities. No details of the transaction have been disclosed, but Russian business daily Vedomosti learned from “a source close to one of …

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Russia and China decoded encrypted Snowden files, MI6 forced to pull spies out of hostile countries, say UK authorities

June 22, 2015

MI6 has pulled its spies out of ‘hostile countries’ and America’s intelligence agencies are on high alert after Russia and China cracked encrypted files leaked by fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden. The top-secret documents contain information that could lead to the identification of British and American spies, according to senior officials in Downing Street, the Home Office and …

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Yandex launches new media player service “Yandex.Radio”

February 18, 2016

Last week Yandex presented its new media player service christened “Yandex.Radio.” With more than 100 stations, Yandex.Radio allows users to tune in to a variety of music styles – energetic, sentimental or fun; music for travel, jogging or a romantic date; songs from the 1950s, or timeless hits from different decades. Yandex.Radio comes as Yandex’s second …

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Roman Abramovich invests $500,000 in Russian-Israeli medical consultation startup

November 12, 2015

Earlier this week Russian-Israeli startup Medviser announced that it has received half a million US dollars in investment from Roman Abramovich. The transaction was made via an undisclosed entity belonging to the Russian billionaire. It valued the company at $1,7 million post money, with the investor receiving a 30% stake. Medviser was founded in mid-2014 by Anna Danishevskaya, …

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New protest monitoring system to track Facebook and Twitter

June 8, 2015

A new protest monitoring system was launched in Russia on May 18, 2015. It is called Laplace’s Demon, in honor of Pierre-Simon Laplace’s 19th century mathematical experiment. The system’s author is scientist Evgeny Venedictov, the director of the Center for Research on Legitimacy and Political Protest. Venedictov does not hide the fact that his creation was inspired …

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US social networks, blogs allowed back into Crimea

June 8, 2015

The United States on Friday announced that U.S. companies can still give users in Crimea access to a range of free online communications services, despite an earlier U.S. ban on providing any services to the region after it was annexed by Russia last year. The decision will allow U.S. Internet companies such as Apple and Google — who previously announced that they were cutting off service to Crimea — …

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New Yandex browser offers rich search suggestions while “protecting user privacy”

May 22, 2015

Yandex unveiled yesterday new features of its Yandex.Browser, now in beta testing, including a “high privacy level” for its users. Unlike other browsers, says the Russian company, the private version of Yandex.Browser does not send users’ information to the developer by default: “We do not get any stats or browsing data.” “Sharing users’ information helps developers …

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Russian-made GPS dog tracker spots your pet’s location and monitors obesity

May 19, 2015

A group of Russian developers has come up with a gadget that many dog owners have been dreaming of. Spotty, a sleek 4.5-centimeter aluminum chip attached to a dog’s collar, identifies a pet’s location using GPS coordinates and a 3G modem, monitors its physical activity with the help of accelerometer and transfers real-time data to …

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Online fundraising for oppositional report: PayPal more restrictive than its Russian competitor

June 9, 2015

Last week PayPal blocked a Russian account that was intended to fund large-scale publication of a critical report about Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis. Released on May 12, the report was initiated by opposition leader Boris Nemtsov before he was murdered earlier this year. The US company explained that its service “does not offer the option of using its system to receive …

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Are Facebook moderators “pro-Russian?” Ukrainian president and Facebook founder involved in online controversy

May 18, 2015

Is Facebook’s moderation team pro-Russian? Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and Mark Zuckerberg in person got involved in the controversy last week after thousands of Ukrainian users accused the social network of taking down or blocking posts and accounts from Ukraine. These takedowns were politically motivated and the posts were being reported for violations by masses of “Kremlin …

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Ahead of Apple: Russian-Canadian startup launches connected watch to measure and manage stress

May 18, 2015

Last month Darta Systems, a Russian-Canadian biomedical startup, launched the Emvio Watch, a gadget that “measures stress and makes everyday stress management easier ” In contrast to ordinary fitness bands, the device lets users know when they overreact to such negative situations as disagreements with people, waiting in line or bad news. According to its …

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