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Russia’s ‘iPhone Killer’ Sells Under 1,000 Smartphones in First Year

Russia’s domestically made smartphone, the AYYA T1, has sold fewer than 1,000 units since it hit the market a year ago, Vedomosti reported Thursday.

hacking and spying

Kremlin Bans iPhones for Officials Involved in Putin’s 2024 Re-Election – Kommersant

Officials in the presidential administration’s so-called “internal bloc” face an April 1 deadline to discard their U.S.-made devices.

Russia Turns to Foreign IT Workers After Wartime Brain Drain

Russia’s government estimates that 100,000 IT workers — or 10% of the nation’s tech workforce — left the country following the invasion of Ukraine...

bucking the trend

Russian Tech Giant Yandex Sees 2022 Revenues Jump Despite Sanctions

Russian tech giant Yandex announced on Wednesday that its revenues climbed 46% last year following a corporate restructuring amid unprecedented Western...

digital crackdown

Facial Recognition Systems to Be Introduced at Russian Land Borders

The Russian authorities have invited tenders for a contract worth 830 million rubles ($11.3 million) for the provision of facial recognition technology...

Russian Tech Giant VK Orders Workers to Return From Abroad – Report

Updates with clarification from VK source. Russian tech giant VK Group is demanding its employees based abroad return to the country as lawmakers consider...

clearing the ranks

Russia’s Ruling Party Uses AI to Purge Anti-War Voters – Reports

Russia’s ruling party is purging its ranks of opponents to the war in Ukraine with AI and algorithms that track voters’ social media activity...

Yandex Co-Founder Bids Farewell to Partitioned Russian Tech Giant

The co-founder of Yandex, Arkady Volozh, announced on Friday that he was leaving the Russian tech giant, addressing a farewell letter to the firm&rsquo...

Yandex Registers New Companies to Bypass Sanctions – RTVI

Russian tech giant Yandex has registered holding companies in Armenia and the U.S. in order to bypass international sanctions on Russia over the invasion...

short-lived localization

Apple Seeks to End Lease on Russian Head Office – RBC

Apple is in talks to terminate a lease on its Moscow office that the U.S. tech giant had opened less than a month before Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian...

restructing plan

Putin Ally Alexei Kudrin Set to Run Tech Giant Yandex – Reports

Alexei Kudrin, a longtime ally of President Vladimir Putin, is expected to assume a leadership position in the restructuring of Russian tech giant Yandex...

Russia Eyes Domestic Alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, Zoom

Russian software developers have submitted early versions of homemade alternatives to Instagram, TikTok and Zoom, the RBC news website reported Thursday...

increasing income

Tech Giant Yandex Reports Rising Revenues Despite Sanctions

Russian tech group Yandex announced on Thursday that its revenues continued to climb during the third quarter, despite Russia being under Western...

Dutch Owner to Sell Russian Telecoms Firm Vimpelcom

The Dutch firm that owns Russian telecoms operator Vimpelcom will sell its Russian operations, the company announced Wednesday, reportedly due to the growing...

Ericsson to Exit Russia, Cut Staff – Kommersant

Ericsson’s share of the Russian telecom equipment market is estimated at 20%.

shifting identity

Yandex Reaches ‘Binding’ Deal to Divest News Service, Homepage to VK

Yandex said it will “continue to focus” on its vast network of digital services following the “strategic exit from its media businesses.”

mistaken identity

Russian RPG-Armed Robot Dog Revealed to Be Chinese Home Bot

The robot dog's Russian developer hasn't commented on the apparent similarity with the Chinese-developed companion bot.

Russian Chess-Playing Robot Breaks Child Prodigy’s Finger

Chess officials said the child player returned the next day after his finger was placed in a cast.

Parallel Imports Cut Russian Keyboard Supplies – Kommersant

Demand has doubled for laser engraving services to change keyboard layouts into Cyrillic script.

isolated sector

Putin Says Russia Will Overcome 'Colossal' High-Tech Problems Sparked By Sanctions

"It's clear that we can't develop in isolation from the whole world, but this will not be the case," Putin said.

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