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Russia to develop augmented reality technology for the military
Last month the Advanced Research Fund (FPI in Russian), a state-run organization which some compare to the DARPA in the USA, announced plans to develop a national augmented reality technology. Several...
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Russian Internet censorship: A journey into the belly of the Kremlin’s media...
This summer, for a short while, pages on Reddit and Wikipedia were technically banned in Russia. While the ban targeted only individual pages of these popular websites, roughly a third of Russian...
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Snowden criticizes Russia for crackdown on Internet freedom
Edward Snowden, the U.S. intelligence leaker granted asylum in Russia in August 2013, has criticized his country of residence for its crackdown on Internet freedom and gay rights in a speech after...
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Russian government hired people to hack the Tor browser – but they failed
A company hired by the Russian Interior Ministry to identify users of the Tor network, an anonymous Internet browser, has announced its plans to terminate its state contract without finishing the task....
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Russian firm to create new cloud platform to rival Microsoft and Amazon
Russian software company Parallels has launched a project to develop a locally built cloud computing platform, the Kommersant newspaper reported Monday. The new cloud service, used to store data...
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Moscow subway’s wireless network honored as “Best Wi-Fi Deployment in a City...
Earlier this month in San Jose, California, Maxima Telecom’s WiFi network in the Moscow subway was honored at the WBA Wi-Fi Industry Awards as the “Best Wi-Fi Deployment in a City or Public Area.” Task...
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Russia’s leading anti-corruption activist accuses the Kremlin’s Internet...
The Kremlin’s Internet Commissioner, Dmitry Marinichev, earned billions of rubles on uncontested government IT contracts, and then helped engineer a law that “blackmails” foreign companies into renting...
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‘No, thanks,’ responds Yandex to government assignment to operate in Iran
On Oct. 25 Russian and Iranian communications ministers Nikolay Nikiforov and Mahmoud Vaezi announced that Yandex, the Russian search giant, was to start operating in Iran. “We are familiar with the...
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From import substitution to autarky to military confrontation? Russia’s high...
In mid-October Dmitry Marinichev, the Kremlin’s Internet Commissioner, made controversial statements concerning Russia’s options for further technological development in the current international...
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Internet no longer free in Russia, says US watchdog
Freedom House, a US-based NGO monitoring the progress or restriction of human freedoms as it perceives them around the globe, has published its most recent Freedom on the Net 2015 report, the sixth in...
View ArticleMarchmont Capital Partners CEO Kendrick White: “Russian universities need to...
Kendrick White, director of Marchmont Capital Partners, an investment advisory firm, has worked in Russia for 22 years. In 2013, the US businessman was appointed vice rector for innovation policy at...
View ArticleRussian censors consider blocking mobile apps on iOS and Android
For the first time, Alexander Zharov, the head of Roskomnadzor (Russia’s state media watchdog), floated the prospect of blocking mobile apps sold through Apple’s AppStore and Google Play. Speaking to a...
View ArticleAlibaba resumes B2C deliveries to Crimea, helps Russian companies sell goods...
AliExpress, the B2C subsidiary of Alibaba which last year became the number one online marketplace in Russia, has resumed delivery to Crimea. Just months ago, the Chinese platform had stopped serving...
View ArticleMeet Vladimir Putin’s new Internet advisor German Klimenko
German Klimenko has officially agreed to become Vladimir Putin’s advisor on the Internet. Within a few days of accepting this responsibility, Klimenko managed to grant several interviews to the Russian...
View ArticleRussian lawmakers propose a new 18% tax on foreign-developed apps
Russian lawmakers have introduced draft legislation that would levy a tax on the purchase of content and software from foreign IT companies. In particular, the tax would apply to the App Store and...
View ArticlePresidential advisor threatens to block Telegram for “de facto helping”...
Put under pressure by the Russian authorities to put an end to the “total anonymity” of user exchanges, international instant messenger Telegram intends to keep its users’ personal data and...
View ArticleRuNet 2016: Pressure shifts from companies to citizens
A space beyond governmental control, the Internet has long been a thorn in the Kremlin’s side. The search for a solution began in 2012. Various tricks have been tried, from the introduction of internet...
View ArticlePutin’s new Internet adviser reportedly former owner of illegal torrent website
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s newly appointed Internet adviser has links to an illegal torrent website, the business daily Vedomosti reported Monday. German Klimenko is the former owner of...
View Article2015 in review: How the Russian government kept supporting innovation — and...
This week and next, East-West Digital News reviews the most important developments on the Russian high-tech scene in 2015. Today the series goes on with an analysis of government policies in the field...
View ArticleRussia looks to replace international software with domestic programs
According to a new law that comes into force on Jan. 1, Russian official bodies will no longer be allowed to use foreign software but will have to use Russian programs, and the new regulations will...
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