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Internet-of-Things highlighted this week at Moscow conference

February 12, 2016

The Internet of Things already surrounds us, with the number of connected devices is increasing every moment – from medical gadgets, to energy technologies, to a diversity of devices in the fields of education, transportation, and the environment. As Russia’s IoT community is emerging, the second yearly exhibition and conference “The Internet of Things” will take place this Thursday, Oct. …

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International startup accelerator launches first program in Moscow

April 5, 2016

NUMA Moscow, an internationally-oriented startup accelerator in Moscow, will launch its first 6-month startup acceleration program on October, 29. Announced in March 2015, NUMA Moscow has been selecting a dozen of projects from all other Russia since June. NUMA announces that more than 300 mentors and experts from Russia and Europe will participate in the …

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Russian players are welcome to trade in China, say Chinese e-commerce platforms

February 12, 2016

Earlier this month in Moscow East-West Digital News with is partners industry association NAMO, Chinese platform OSell and US publication Internet Retailer held the first China-Russia E-Commerce Summit. The conference started with a presentation of the key figures and trends of this fast-growing market. Last year Chinese online retailers and marketplaces accounted for at least …

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Russian tech companies consider entering Latin American market via Cuba

February 12, 2016

Hundreds of Russian innovative companies are considering entering the Latin American market, primarily the Cuban market, TASS reported last month. The Russian news agency cited top executives from Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, who attended an international workshop on nanotech sciences and nanotechnology in Havana, Cuba. According to Skolkovo VP for External Communications Alexander …

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3D-scanner, e-marketing personalization technology and “Uber for private jets” honored at Seedstars Moscow

March 2, 2017

Twenty of the best startups in Russia were invited yesterday to pitch at the Moscow edition of Seedstars World, a global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets. Texel was named Russia’s best startup. This Moscow-based company presents its 3D-scanner technology as “a breakthrough in the fields of 3D digitization,  automatic eta processing and generation of 3D models …

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Russian police investigate Apple for “propagating homosexuality”

October 13, 2019

Officials in Russia’s Kirov region have brought an administrative case against Apple, the maker of the iPhone, for illegally promoting homosexuality, according to police documents published by the Russian news site Gazeta.ru. The evidence against Apple is the set of emojis included with iOS 8.3, which contains several images depicting families with same-sex parents, gay pride …

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Online classifieds service Prodai.ru secures $500,000 from wood industry businessman

February 14, 2016

Russian online classifieds site Prodai.ru has raised half a million US dollars from an unnamed investor from the wood industry, online publication Rusbase reported earlier this month. The funding will be used for expansion across Russia, with the Siberian regions of Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk and Chita targeted in the short term, Valery Vorobyev, the site’s founder, told …

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20 Russian startups to compete in global seed-stage contest in Moscow

February 14, 2016

Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is returning to Russia on October 1st, 2015. Continuing on its goal to put the spotlight on entrepreneurs from emerging countries, Seedstars World expanded its competition to more than 50 countries for 2015 up from the 36 countries of the 2014 …

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AliExpress temporarily excludes Crimea from list of shipping destinations

February 14, 2016

Chinese online retail giant AliExpress left the disputed territory of Crimea off its updated online order form, frustrating residents of the Black Sea peninsula, the local Crimean news agency Krym Media reported Friday. Initial reports of the order form change suggested that AliExpress, part of China’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba Group, was complying with Western …

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Novikov Group teams up with Skolkovo business school to support restaurant startups

September 16, 2015

Novikov Group, a leading player in the Moscow restaurant scene, and Moscow School of Management Skolkovo, are teaming up to support start-ups in restaurant business, Russian tech blog Firrma.ru reported. At the end of their 11-week training program, students will present their projects to Novikov Group founder Arkadiy Novikov. The best projects will be developed in partnership …

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Skolkovo opens branch in Russia’s Far East

February 14, 2016

As announced earlier this year, Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, has opened a new branch in the Far East and selected its first batch of local startups. Skolkovo’s experts have granted the status of resident companies to seven early-stage companies, the Skolkovo Foundation reported, claiming to have received in …

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Four years of innovation: An interview with Skoltech President Edward Crawley

February 14, 2016

Launched under the leadership of then-President Dmitry Medvedev in 2011, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) was intended to be a beacon of hope for Russia’s scientific community. The idea was to create a new university in Russia to attract domestic and foreign talent into the fields of science and technology and serve …

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