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Industry leaders to discuss Russian and global e-commerce trends at Moscow conference

February 25, 2016

East-West Digital News is proud to announce the upcoming e-Days E-Commerce Conference, Russia’s first internationally-oriented industry event. The second edition edition of this annual event will be held in Moscow on June 4 and 5, in association the chambers of commerce of France and Great Britain and online marketing agency BuzzFactory joining EWDN as co-organizers and …

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Government decree simplifies the hiring of foreigners at Skolkovo

April 17, 2015

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has simplified the process of hiring foreigners at Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow. Medvedev, who signed the original decree on the creation of Skolkovo as president in 2010 and sits on its board of trustees, has included all of the project’s legal entities …

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Russian online travel market still appealing to investors

February 25, 2016

Illustrating the appeal of the Russian online travel market — which is estimated at $3.8 billion last year — an industry conference and startup contest will take place on April 28 in Moscow. The event, christened Travel Up!, is organized by Qiwi Universe, the startup acceleration program of Russian payment giant Qiwi, in partnership with two …

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Fourth cohort of Volga tech projects trained in Maryland

February 25, 2016

A new group of Russian tech start-ups and university projects arrived in Maryland last week to participate in a two-week training program and meetings with potential investors and partners. This is yet another dimension to cooperation between Russia and the United States in technology innovation, an area which the Western sanctions against Russia do not …

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US sanctions block Crimeans from World of Warcraft, Diablo III

February 25, 2016

Crimean gamers were locked out of playing popular online multiplayer games World of Warcraft and Diablo III last week, as the game publisher was forced to suspend the accounts in compliance with Western sanctions. Major US Internet and tech companies such as Apple, Google and PayPal have suspended services to Crimean users over the last year. The United States in December barred US-registered companies from investing in Crimea or providing …

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Skolkovo startup offers users faster access to web applications

February 25, 2016

Skolkovo’s IT cluster startup unveiled the solution of software publisher Startpack, whose new program Startpack Launcher offers desktop users faster access to web applications. A window that pops up on demand much like the Windows ‘Start’ button and displays shortcut icons to the user’s most frequently visited cloud-based apps such as Google, Yandex, Facebook, Wikipedia and …

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Internationally-oriented hardware startup accelerator launched in Nizhny Novgorod

February 25, 2016

Nizhny Novgorod-based investment company Open Innovations, the RVC Seed Fund and DI Group, a Tomsk-based high tech group, have set up a new “fund-accelerator” for hardware startups in Nizhny Novgorod – following a similar initiative earlier this year in Tomsk, Siberia. The fund is starting with 33.4 million rubles (approximately $585,000 at the current exchange rate) under management. The …

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Siberian startup launches auction-based hotel booking platform

April 2, 2015

A resident of the KRITBI innovation business incubator in Krasnoyarsk, in Siberia, has come up with a new IT project called “TourBazaar,” which enables users to book Russian hotels, tourist and recreation centers online. TourBazaar’s developers have demonstrated a fairly unorthodox approach to organizing a service in this highly competitive market segment. For example, TourBazaar collects …

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Russian upper house speaker wants “Silicon Valley” in Crimea

December 4, 2018

The speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament has proposed the creation of a Russian “Silicon Valley” in Crimea. Valentina Matviyenko said at a session devoted to Russia’s regions that the project could be implemented “taking into account the business experience of Russia’s regions.” Matviyenko said “it is necessary” to work on the creation …

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Foreign software giants struggle to keep market share in Russia as government favors domestic providers

February 25, 2016

Russia’s Ministry of Telecommunications recently developed a draft decree limiting the procurement of foreign software. The ministry intends to establish a register of domestic software developers and oblige state agencies and state-owned companies to buy software only from those on the list. If the registry is missing the necessary software or it does not fit …

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GVA LaunchGurus aims to introduce Silicon Valley practices to Russian startup ecosystem

February 25, 2016

Earlier this month GVA LaunchGurus launched the eighth edition of its accelerator program, the “GVA Accelerator – Startup Academy,” with the participation of 26 high-tech professionals and entrepreneurs. The 10-week program aims to strengthen their projects by providing new skills, business connections and fund-raising opportunities. Among the teachers and business coaches involved in the program …

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Wedding startup from Tatarstan secures $400,000 from business angels

February 25, 2016

Russian wedding startup Wedvice, a resident at the business incubator of the Naberezhnye Chelny IT park, in Tartarstan, has received 25 million rubles (a little more than $400,000 at the current exchange rate) in investment. The investment came from Moscow businessman Alexander Borobyov, CSKA Basketballer Vitaly Fridzon and fellow IT park resident DoctorNet.pro. Among the service’s …

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