US open source software platform Grafana Labs has acquired a Russian-founded startup called Amixr. Launched in 2019, this company has developed an incident management platform that allows DevOps and SRE engineers to âoptimize channels, recipients, and contentâ and solve IT problems more rapidly.  Grafana Labs provides a monitoring solution for databases, featuring âbeautiful, flexible dashboardsâ to âcreate, explore and ⊠Russian-founded incident management tool Amixr acquired by US major Grafana... Read more âș
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Sber, the Russian state-controlled financial and digital giant, is joining a Council of Europe technology partnership program. âThe parties are set to exchange information, opinions, and best practices while developing interaction and partnership in high-tech fields,â Sber stated. The agreement was inked on Nov. 10 during Sberâs international AI conference, Artificial Intelligence Journey â in which BjĂžrn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of ⊠Russiaâs Sber join Council of Europe technology... Read more âș
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The minimum amount to be deposited to Telegramâs new advertising cabinet is âŹ2 million. But instead of global brands, the first ad messages promoted channels about cryptocurrencies, random news and stock exchange trading courses. The Russian-speaking audience and channel owners turned out to be dissatisfied and even outraged about the âinnovationâ â in their opinion, the ads, on the contrary, look ⊠Russian users outraged by first official ads appearing... Read more âș
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Kek Entertainment, a Moscow and Cyprus-based âgaming video creator,â has attracted $3 million in pre-seed funding to develop mobile action games. This is âthe largest pre-seed round ever in a gaming startup from in Russia or neighboring countries,â the participants in the deal claimed. The company started in September and is hiring. It was founded by two former ⊠Just-born games studio raises $3 million to address âthe most exciting... Read more âș
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Cian, a leading online real estate classifieds platform in Russia, began trading on the New York exchange on Friday, Nov. 5, under the symbol âCIAN.â At a valuation of $1.1 billion, the company offered 18,213,400 American Depositary Shares (ADS). A dual listing on the Moscow exchange was announced imminently. The ADS were priced at $16.00 per ADS, the upper limit of its indicative range. Cian shares had ⊠Online realty... Read more âș
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Sber, the Russian financial and digital, is preparing to open an R&D center in Berlin â its first one in Europe. These plans were announced by Sberâs Executive Vice President and CTO, David Rafalovsky at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon. This initiative aims to attract high-class IT developers, architects and specialists. âOur center is focused on ⊠Sber to open R&D center in Berlin âto expand horizons in machine... Read more âș
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The pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on retail and delivery markets. In Russia, e-grocery was among the most impacted industries: the number of orders in this segment increased by 174% y-o-y in the first half of 2021, according to Data Insight. Fast delivery has become one of the main trends in the food sector ⊠How the pandemic has impacted retail, logistics and delivery in Russia Read More Read more âș
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The crown jewel of Moscowâs business district, a 97-story glass tower known alternately as Federation Tower East or Vostok, is a tribute to Russiaâs post-Soviet economic influence and national strength. Promotional materials for the building, which was the tallest in Europe when it was completed in 2017 and is now number â2, boast of its ⊠Ransomware HQ: Moscowâs tallest tower is a cybercriminal cash machine Read More Read more âș
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On October 17, Russiaâs Team Spirit triumphantly lifted the Aegis of Champions. The team of five youngsters â the oldest of them only 23 years of age â looked somewhat out of place, dwarfed by Romaniaâs biggest stadium. The International 10 is no ordinary sporting event: it is the world championship for multiplayer online battle ⊠Russian team with mysterious backers wins worldâs biggest eSports prize Read More Read more âș
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Softline, an international IT solution and service provider with Russian roots, started trading today on the London Stock Exchange with a secondary listing in Moscow. New shares worth $400 million were sold at $7.50 apiece, valuing Softline at about $1.5 billion, according to a company statement cited by Bloomberg. The company initially targeted a valuation of around $2 ⊠Russian IT major Softline raises $400 million in London IPO Read... Read more âș
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Despite Russia adopting its first cryptocurrency law in January 2021, the countryâs cryptocurrency market is still largely unregulated and is associated with a lot of uncertainty, according to a local industry advocate. Yury Pripachkin, head of the Russian Association of Cryptoindustry and Blockchain (RACIB), argued that the existing Russian crypto regulations are nothing more than âhalf-measuresâ that ⊠Russia does âabsolutely nothingâ to regulate cryptocurrencies, says industry advocate Read More Read more âș
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Russian online bank Tinkoff has launched an e-commerce venture. The new platform, a constellation of services and tools designed to help entrepreneurs handle and boost their online sales, will cater to a rapidly expanding online economy in Russia, as well as to clients hoping to grow their international presence. Tinkoff has hired Ilya Kretov, formerly ⊠Tinkoff enters e-commerce race as competition intensifies Read More Read more âș
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As part of an already established trend, the past few weeks saw Russian players assert themselves again on the international express delivery scene. In early October, two Russian entrepreneurs, Yevgeny Bisovka and Razmik Sukiasov, secured a $6.1 million round to develop Tiggy. This serve offers âfree 15-minute grocery delivery with great retail prices and exceptional customer serviceâ in Vancouver, ⊠New Russian delivery services launched in London, Oman and Vancouver... Read more âș
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WowCube, a startup founded by IT entrepreneur Ilya Osipov from Nizhny Novgorod, is reinventing the Rubikâs cube. Launched in 2017, the company touts itself as âthe first-in-class innovative gaming platform where virtual gameplay is controlled by physically tilting, twisting, and shaking the device.â According to CrunchBase data, the company â now registered in Florida â ⊠Russian-founded startup raises $4.5 million to reinvent the Rubikâs Cube Read More Read more âș
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Admitad, an international affiliate network with Russian roots, announced two acquisitions this month, targeting Russian startups CheckScan and Pampadu.  The previous is a QR code scanner for receipts that allows customers to analyze their spending and compare prices across various outlets. CheckScan claims to  processes over 2 million receipts a day, serving âhundreds of thousands of consumersâ across the country. ⊠Affiliate network Admitad buys two Russian startups, opens US... Read more âș
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Russia has become one of the worldâs important locations for Bitcoin mining activity, following Chinaâs crackdown on crypto earlier this year. In August 2021, according to the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index,  Bitcoin miners in Russia account for 13.6% of the total global BTC mining hash rate distribution, bested by only the United States (26.2%) and Kazakhstan (21.9%). Energy consumption has grown dramatically in ⊠Now a top global crypto... Read more âș
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Last week the Russian government and the World Economic Forum announced Russia is joining the WEFâs Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (CFIR) Network. The agreement was inked in Moscow by WEF President BĂžrge Brende and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko. CFIR Russia will be hosted by Digital Economy, a Moscow-based non-profit created by national technology leaders to facilitate ⊠Russia and WEF to launch âCentre for the Fourth... Read more âș
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The Moscow Metro on Friday rolled out what authorities have touted as the worldâs first fare payment system based on facial recognition technology. The cashless, cardless and phone-less system, called âFace Pay,â has been fitted at special turnstiles across the Russian capitalâs more than 240 metro stations. âTo enter the metro, passengers wonât need a ⊠Moscow metro introduces âworldâs firstâ pay-by-face system Read More Read more âș
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Russian tech giant Yandex is expanding its mobility footprint in Israel with the acquisition of shared e-scooter company Windâs Israeli operations. The two are not sharing the terms of the deal, but Israeli financial newspaper Globes reported that it is estimated to have cost $40 million to $50 million. Wind is one of the top e-scooter sharing ⊠Yandex acquires Windâs Israeli e-scooter operations Read More Read more âș
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Last week Jelastic, a multi-cloud Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) company established in Silicon Valley with Russian and Ukrainian roots, announced its acquisition by Seattle-based Virtuozzo. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jelasticâs cloud services combine platform and container capacities in a single package for hosting providers, enterprises and developers. Virtuozzo is a leader in virtualization and hyperconverged software: its ⊠Russian and Ukrainian roots, US exit: Jelastic acquired by Virtuo Read more âș
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