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Ethiopian delegation visits Skolkovo to boost science and tech ties with Russia

March 31, 2016 March 31, 2016

Last week a delegation of Ethiopian officials visited Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, as the African country seeks to boost its ties with Russia in the field of science and technology. The delegation, which also visited the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), was headed by Ethiopian Deputy Prime …

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Science parks: Russia’s secret weapon, or Potemkin village?

March 28, 2016 March 28, 2016

In the previous five to ten years the number of science parks in Russia has grown rapidly. Officially, there are now more than 300. Experts, however, say a large number exist on paper only. For example, they might just be office buildings, and not centers of technological innovation and development that the country needs in …

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Tesco online founder, Danish marketing guru and Russian senator to speak at key Moscow retail conference (April 4-5)

March 24, 2016 April 1, 2016

The International PLUS Forum, one of the most popular events in the industry with 1,000+ professional participants, will hold its third edition on April 4th and 5th in Moscow. The main goal of the conference is to better understand the current state and prospects of the Russian and global retail industry. Projects by major market …

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Skolkovo celebrates 2015 achievements, aims to become “a true city”

March 23, 2016 March 23, 2016

This year will see Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, become a true city, Skolkovo’s president Viktor Vekselberg stated at a board meeting last week. The first residents of the hub, which had thus far remained more virtual than physical, are due to move in to brand new housing in the …

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Uber to limit Moscow service to licensed cars and share data with city authorities

March 15, 2016 March 2, 2017

Uber has agreed to limit its service in Moscow to drivers with a transportation license, Bloomberg reported yesterday. The company said it will also share traffic data with city officials, as well as the number of drivers using the app each month. Moscow’s transportation department had previously planned to ask police and a judge to …

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3D-printed Siberian satellite ready for space launch

March 15, 2016 March 15, 2016

Researchers at the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) in Siberia have “printed out” a fully-functional small satellite on a 3D printer. Christened ‘Tomsk-TPU-120,’ the spacecraft will soon be taken to Baikonur, the main Russian launch center in the territory of neighboring Kazakhstan. A cargo rocket will then take it to the International Space Station (ISS) in orbit. …

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Crimea still Ukrainian territory on TripAdvisor’s maps; Russian MP suggests to ban the US company

March 3, 2016 March 4, 2016

Last week Oleg Mikheyev, a member of the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament), requested the Prosecutor General to inquire into TripAdvisor, whose website displays Crimea as being a Ukrainian territory. This misrepresentation could be enough to ban the US company from operating in Russia, suggests Mikheyev. “In the present time, all possible …

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Pioneers Moscow offers Russian startups “a gateway to Europe”

March 1, 2016 March 1, 2016

Pioneers Moscow, the Russia branch of European entrepreneurship event series Pioneers Festival, will hold its first event in Russia on March 12, with the aim to “empower and connect the Russian and international entrepreneurial ecosystems towards a sustainable technological future.” The event will take place in Digital October in the center of the Russian capital. While other events …

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New tech tour to lead French companies to Moscow, Kazan in June

March 1, 2016 March 1, 2016

Meet Innovation Russia (MIR), a tech tour intended for French companies to connect with the Russian innovation ecosystem, is announcing its third edition from June 1 to 3, 2016. The tour will lead 20 French business executives to Moscow and to Kazan, the innovation-friendly capital of Tatarstan 800km east from Moscow. MIR aims to offer “an …

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Reading without eyes: a Russian device gives hope to the blind

February 29, 2016 February 29, 2016

Inspired by an aunt’s suggestion, a Russian engineer invented a learning device that teaches the blind by converting electronic text into Braille. This digital tutor might soon reach the international market. A little over a year was needed to create the digital tutor, See All, which converts electronic information into Braille. The device consists of two modules. One is …

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Saratov’s governor thinks his region has the ‘brains’ and refrigerator skills to manufacture the next iPhone

February 22, 2016 February 23, 2016

Valery Radayev, the governor of Saratov, has some big ideas for SEPO, the Saratov Electrounit Production Corporation. You might know SEPO for its indestructible refrigerators, which it’s been pumping out since 1939, when it was founded in the Soviet Union to show the world’s capitalist pigdogs that communism could produce consumer comforts, too. SEPO also made …

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Tatarstan teams up with Enterprise Ireland to launch Russian startups globally

February 22, 2016 February 26, 2016

Earlier this month Pulsar Venture Capital, an early-stage investment fund from Tatarstan, an entity of the Russian Federation, announced the launch of a startup accelerator in partnership with government agency Enterprise Ireland and Dublin-based early stage investor NDRC. The accelerator promises to help startups “enter the global market and find an investor or strategic partner in 100 days.” Three locations are involved: Kazan (the capital of Tatarstan), Dublin and …

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