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The Russian government has plans to use of artificial intelligence increasingly in the framework of its digital transformation. On November 12, the heads of digital transformation of seven federal...
View ArticleRussian government prepares to launch coronavirus contact-tracing app
Russia’s Digital Development Ministry is finishing work on a new mobile app designed to combat the spread of COVID-19. Its working name is ‘Stopcoronavirus. My contacts.’ The contact-tracing app, which...
View ArticleRussian government approves $2.6 billion 5G deployment plan until 2024
Last week a government commission “on digital development, the use of information technologies for improving the quality of life and the conditions of doing business” approved a 5G deployment roadmap...
View ArticleRussian government launches Covid contact-tracing app
As announced previously, the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation has launched an application called ‘Gosuslugi. Covid Tracker’ to track contacts with coronavirus patients all...
View ArticleSweeping reform to liquidate Bortnik Fund, Rusnano, RVC and Skolkovo as...
Earlier this week, according to media reports, the Russian government adopted a reform of the country’s sprawling network of 40 development institutions, including key players of the innovation...
View ArticleMoscow government experiments AI in local healthcare system
Launched almost a year ago, a Moscow city experiment to use artificial intelligence and computer vision technologies in the local healthcare system has involved more than 20 solution providers offering...
View ArticleBellingcat’s investigation into Navalny’s poisoning reveals extravagant...
While identifying FSB agents reportedly involved in Alexey Navalny’s Novichok poisoning, international investigation group Bellingcat revealed today how deep and worrying are the implications of...
View ArticlePro-Kremlin trolls invade TikTok as Chinese network gains massive popularity...
This material is a shortened version of an article which appeared in The Moscow Times Whether you live in Moscow, Berlin, New York, Tokyo, Delhi or Buenos Aires, chances are you still think TikTok is...
View ArticleOleg Dubnov of Skolkovo Energy Cluster: “Green is not contradictory to...
After holding top positions across the Russian energy industry for more than a decade, Oleg Dubnov has been heading Skolkovo’s energy cluster since 2017. He shared with East-West Digital News fresh...
View ArticleRussia threatens to block YouTube and Facebook for “discriminating content”...
On December 25, the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, approved a bill against “censorship” of Russian media and other illegitimate restrictions to content distribution on the...
View Article“Better than India and Ireland:” Tax relief for Russia’s software developers...
Following amendments to the Russian tax code which were adopted in July 2020, Russian software developers may, starting from Jan. 1, benefit from significant tax cuts. The new tax regime provides:...
View ArticleAs Navalny’s video on “Putin’s palace” breaks records on YouTube, Russian...
Just days after Alexey Navalny’s arrest in the Moscow airport and the publication of his killer video on “Putin’s palace,” a digital rebellion is underway in Russia, involving millions of teenagers and...
View ArticleRussia to fine social media giants for keeping up pro-Navalny videos
Russia will fine seven social media companies for not removing pro-Navalny videos ahead of last Saturday’s nationwide protests, the country’s communications regulator said Wednesday. “Facebook,...
View ArticleRussian tech amid the pandemic: Impact and response
Since the COVID-19 shockwave hit Russia in March 2020, East-West Digital News has been following closely the impact of the pandemic on the country’s tech industries. These articles highlight the best...
View ArticleRussian foreign ministry makes first steps on TikTok to counter teenagers’...
After Russian social network aficionados, including millions of teenagers, transformed TikTok into a digital rebellion hotspot, the Russian Foreign Affairs ministry opened an account on the Chinese...
View ArticleRussia restrains Twitter’s speed and sues other social media over illegal...
The Russian Internet and telecom regulator Rokomnadzor announced today first steps to disrupt Twitter’s speed within the country for failing to remove banned content. These measures are said to affect...
View ArticleRussia’s pursuit of Internet sovereignty backfires, again
A Kremlin attempt to slow down Twitter caused government websites to crash and raised new questions about its ambitious plans to regulate the internet. Wednesday last week was supposed to be a big day...
View ArticleRussia plans to require foreign IT companies to open local offices and pay taxes
The Russian government plans to create a “digital residency” system for foreign IT companies. According to this initiative, Russia will adopt legislation by the end of 2021 that will oblige foreign...
View ArticleRussia considers opening patients’ medical data to AI developers
The Russian Ministry of Digital Development considers providing AI developers with access to anonymized medical data of Russian citizens. As reported by business daily Kommersant, patients’ data could...
View ArticlePutin spokesman on Western social media platforms: “We’d like to hope it...
While Russian authorities have in recent months ramped up pressure on foreign social media and video hosting platforms, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today he hopes Russia will not be forced to...
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