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Virtual anti-lockdown protests mount in several Russian cities

April 21, 2020

Residents of Rostov-on-Don held a virtual rally against self-isolation restrictions on April 20, using the “Conversations” tool on the mobile apps Yandex.Maps and Yandex.Navigator. During the virtual rally, locals dropped pins near the regional government building and wrote messages about the impact of self-isolation orders, ranging from lost jobs to ineligibility for social assistance. In general, participants demanded one of …

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Robot maker Promobot raises $2.7 million to develop artificial skin in Russian Far East

April 17, 2020

Promobot, a successful Russian robotics startup, has secured 200 million rubles (approximately $2.7 million) from the Far-East High Technology Fund as it intends to open a branch in this far-flung Russian region. This local branch will develop sophisticated artificial skin and hair to enhance the look of these robots.  The fresh funding will also help …

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Mail.Ru and Sberbank to acquire food delivery service Samokat

April 7, 2020

Last week, just days after Elementaree.ru secured a $5 million round of funding, Mail.ru Group and Sberbank announced plans to acquire another Russian food delivery startup called Samokat. The tech group and the financial giant – which are both listed on Western exchanges – are committed to acquire 75.6% of the service, according to corporate statements cited …

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Technical experts and human rights activists challenge Moscow city’s QR coronavirus quarantine plans

November 12, 2020

What might have sounded like a dystopian scenario at the start of the year could become reality in Moscow very soon. Under a proposed system to fight the spread of the coronavirus, every trip outside — from buying essentials to walking the dog — will have to be approved in advance by the authorities. Mayor …

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Moscow city’s new app for COVID-19 patients allows police to monitor home quarantine compliance

November 12, 2020

On April 2, the Moscow Mayor’s Office will launching a mobile app called “Social Monitoring” designed for coronavirus patients with mild symptoms recovering at home. According to the city, there are currently about 550 confirmed COVID-19 patients who are recuperating at home, instead of in a hospital. “This [app] isn’t intended for everyone’s use. I repeat: this is …

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Mathematical modeling shows that full lockdown can prevent 100,000 COVID-19 deaths in Moscow

April 10, 2020

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has placed stringent limits on the freedom of movement in Russia’s capital to stem the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic. To model what would have happened if he had not taken those measures and what could happen now that he has, we turned to Moscow State University Associate Professor Mikhail Tamm. The …

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From Finland to Japan, Russian startup makes robotics easier to teach in schools

November 12, 2020

School teachers from the Karelia region (Finland) and the St. Petersburg region (Russia) will soon be able to integrate Industry 4.0 topics – from robotics, to 3D printing, to Internet-of-Things, to programming – to their programs.  This program is a joint effort of Lappeenranta and Lahti University of Technology (LUT University), St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), the Lappeenranta city administration, with …

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BlaBlaCar stops offering its services in Crimea to avoid EU sanctions

November 12, 2020

BlaBlaCar, the carpooling giant born in France, has stopped offering its services in Crimea, where it had been operating since 2014. The decision aims to avoid being targeted by the EU sanctions against firms operating on the peninsula, according to company representatives cited by local news website Crimea.Info. Since Russia took control of Crimea, a Ukrainian …

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Moscow deploys facial recognition in mass coronavirus quarantine

February 24, 2020

Around 2,500 people arriving in Moscow from China have been ordered to be placed under quarantine for the coronavirus and are being monitored by the Russian capital’s facial-recognition technology, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Friday. All arriving passengers from China are required to undergo a physical examination and coronavirus test at the airport, Sobyanin wrote on his website. …

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In Moscow, more than 100,000 security cameras are connected to a powerful facial recognition system

November 12, 2020

Dmitry Golovin, who leads the Moscow IT Department’s video surveillance division, has revealed during a forum called Security Technologies that 105,000 of the city’s security cameras are connected to a facial recognition system. Over the course of Russia’s New Year holidays, Golovin added, that system helped state officials arrest 34 individuals who had been wanted …

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Rambler triggers criminal case against Nginx over IP rights, then steps back

December 18, 2019

Last week in Moscow an unexpected criminal case tarnished one of Russia’s best tech success stories – that of Nginx, the world’s most popular web server, which was sold to a US industry giant 15 years after being created by an obscure Russian system administrator.  On Thursday, December 12, law enforcement raided the company’s Moscow office. Armed …

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