NEWSWATCH: “Where STEM girls at: Russian women in STEM”– Bear Market...
“Women in Russia are entering STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields at a higher rate than many of their Western counterparts, but there are still far less Russian women that...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Meet The Russians Behind Your Blockchain (And Cryptocurrency,...
“… Russian tech companies are not sanctioned. So far there is no Iron Curtain. Russians are behind some of the most successful blockchain platforms in the world. The Russians also dominate the...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Putin Signs Order to Restructure Government Ministries”– Moscow...
President Vladimir Putin has signed an executive order to restructure several government ministries after meeting with Prime Minister-designate Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday. Among other shifts, the order...
View ArticleBehind the wire: pride and paranoia in one of Russia’s closed towns;...
(opendemocracy.net – Ivan Chesnokov – May 16, 2018) Ivan Chesnokov is a Russian freelance journalist specialising in social issues and conflicts. His work has appeared in Takie Dela, the Moscow Times,...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “U.S. launches Ukrainian-made Antares rocket with cargo resupply...
KYIV. May 21 (Interfax) – A medium-size Antares rocket developed and built in Ukraine has been successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from a space center in the United States...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Meet the Ministry of Enlightenment; Reformists and...
“… Russia has a strong crop of teachers … [and] a talented and well-educated population. Over 55% of working-age adults have degrees. Student performance in international tests has been rising...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “All RAS institutes to be subordinated to Science Ministry –...
MOSCOW. June 5 (Interfax) – All institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) formerly subordinated to the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FASO) will now fall under the jurisdiction...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Tech didn’t spot Russian interference during the last election....
“Silicon Valley companies and law enforcement are starting to talk about how to ward off meddling by malicious actors including Russia on social media in the November midterms, an attempt at dialogue...
View ArticleRussian Power Under Putin: Up and Down and Flatline
(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – Andrew Kuchins – August 22, 2018 – russiamatters.org/analysis/russian-power-under-putin-and-down-and-flatline) Andrew Kuchins is a Senior Fellow at the Center for...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK TRANSCRIPT: “The 7th Open Innovations Moscow international forum”–...
(Government.ru – October 16, 2018) The plenary session’s theme is Smart Country: National Strategy. The international innovation-driven development forum, Open Innovations, has been held in Moscow...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “The Pentagon Has Prepared a Cyberattack Against Russia; U.S....
“The U.S. intelligence community and the Pentagon have quietly agreed on the outlines of an offensive cyberattack … if Russia electronically interferes with the 2018 midterm election [according to...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK TRANSCRIPT: “Meeting of Council for Science and Education;...
(Kremlin.ru – November 26, 2018) [en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/59203] The participants discussed policies in science and technology in the context of implementing the Strategy for the...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Russia Is Ready to Publish Correspondence on Alleged U.S....
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – December 11, 2018) Russia is ready to publish its correspondence with the U.S. on its alleged “interference” in the 2016 elections, a top official at the Federal...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Based on new draft legislation, here’s how Russia would...
“The supposed story. … Russian authorities are abandoning the global Internet under the pretext of national security … transitioning to … [Russia’s] own domain name system and Internet traffic routing,...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “The ‘Global Cybercrime Problem’ Is Actually the ‘Russia Problem’;...
“John P. Carlin is the author of Dawn of the Code War: America’s Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat. He served as the assistant attorney general for national security at...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “In former Soviet states, a new tech-savvy resistance is...
“… innovative activism is emerging across the former Soviet Union. I work for an organisation that supports civic activists and I see a new energy, self-belief and creativity that defies the pessimism...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK TRANSCRIPT: “[Putin at] Meeting with President of Russian Academy...
(Kremlin.ru – January 9, 2019) Vladimir Putin met with President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeyev to discuss the development of science and the academic community, as well as...
View ArticleWorld-Renowned Scientific University Quietly Untangles Itself From Russian...
(Article ©2019 RFE/RL, Inc., Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – rferl.org – Mike Eckel – Jan. 14, 2019 – article also appeared at...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Behind Russia’s cyberwarfare lies a serious case of...
“… Russia grapples with its own deep cyber insecurity. Notwithstanding their bold moves in cyberspace, Russia’s leaders have spent much of the last decade panicking about cyber tools and the prospect...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia Accuses Facebook, Twitter of Failing to Comply With...
“Russia launched administrative action against Facebook … and Twitter … for failing to comply with its data laws … just days after Facebook removed … accounts of what it said were two misinformation...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia drops two places on Bloomberg innovation ranking”– bne...
“Despite … hype surrounding … state digitisation … Russia fell to … 27th … in … [Bloomberg] global innovative rankings …. but was still … third best in Emerging Europe …. now on a par with Malaysia and...
View ArticleRussia’s isolationist ‘sovereign internet’ bill worries experts and users alike
(GlobalVoices – Christopher Moldes – January 26, 2018 – globalvoices.org/2019/01/26/russias-isolationist-sovereign-internet-bill-worries-experts-and-users-alike/) After a bill was introduced in the...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia Presses Case for Greater Control Over Its Internet”– AP
“… Kremlin spokesman [Peskov] said … reports that the U.S. military carried out a cyberattack in Russia ahead of the U.S. midterm elections proves that the country needs to create its own,...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “‘Point of No Return’: Russia’s Libertarians Lead Protest Against...
(Moscow Times – Evan Gershkovich – March 10, 2019 – themoscowtimes.com/2019/03/10/point-of-no-return-russias-libertarians-lead-protest-against-sovereign-internet-a64758) It was Saturday afternoon and...
View ArticleA Cyber Treaty With Russia
"... Opening a discussion about setting boundaries for cyber activity going forward ... need not be seen as weakness or folly. It is precisely when bilateral relations are plumbing new depths, and...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia and China; Partnership is much better for China than...
“[Compared to Russia,] … China[‘s] economy is six times larger (at purchasing-power parity) … its power is growing … as Russia’s fades. … Russia is evolving into a Chinese tributary. … Russia is still...
View ArticleThe Kremlin is pushing for a “sovereign internet”. But at what cost? As...
(opendemocracy.net – Liliia Zemnukhova – July 30, 2019) Liliia Zemnukhova is a researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Federal Scientific Sociological Centre and the Centre for Researching...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Cold War in Cyberspace; Western military hackers have...
“… a U.S. Senate report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election … relayed intelligence assessments that Russian government hackers scanned electoral systems in all 50 states, looking...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “The Best Way to Deal With Russia: Wait for It to Implode”–...
“… Putin has moved to annex former Soviet territories, orchestrated cyberattacks on foreign infrastructure and rolled back domestic democratic protections …. [I]n reality, Russia today is much weaker...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Donald Trump says an experimental nuclear-powered cruise...
“… August 8, two soldiers and five staff from a nuclear research center in Sarov died in an explosion in the Arkhangelsk region while testing some of Russia’s latest ‘hardware.’ … monitors … recorded...
View ArticleElena Gapova: “Re: [SEELANGS] Russian Scientists Instructed to Report on...
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian Scientists Instructed to Report on Foreign Colleagues Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 From: Elena Gapova <e.gapova@GMAIL.COM> Reply-To: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European...
View ArticleProtest technologies: can innovation change the balance of power in Russia?...
(Opendemocracy.net – Gregory Asmolov – August 23, 2019) Gregory Asmolov is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at King’s College London’s Russia Institute. He researches the role of information technology...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Robot FEDOR returns to Korolyov”– Interfax
MOSCOW. Sept 10 (Interfax) – The Soyuz MS-14 landing capsule carrying the humanoid robot FEDOR, which returned to the Earth on Saturday, has returned to Korolyov. “I am back in Korolyov together with...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Automation May Push 20 Million Russians Into Unemployment, Study...
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Sept. 10, 2019) More than 20 million Russians risk losing their jobs to automation over the next decade if they don’t develop new skills, according to new research....
View ArticleRUSSIALINK TRANSCRIPT: “Dialogue with Dmitry Medvedev; The Prime Minister...
(Government.ru – Sept. 11, 2019 – government.ru/en/news/37840/) Excerpts from the transcript: Foreign investment Dmitry Medvedev: We live in a complicated world, and the circumstances our country has...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Russia Scraps Criticized Restrictions on Scientists’ Foreign...
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – February 10, 2020) Russia has scrapped highly criticized restrictions on its scientists a year after issuing them, the Education and Science Ministry’s newly...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Alexander Galitsky: From Soviet Engineer to Libertarian...
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Jake Cordell – February 21, 2020) “If you ask me, I would say ‘kill borders’ – they don’t need to exist at all,” says Alexander Galitsky, pushing his closed...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Coronavirus Revolutionizes Russia’s Retail Scene; Retailers have...
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Adrien Henni – April 9, 2020) Russian retail players have been rocked by the coronavirus pandemic, with the country on a month-long partial shutdown and major...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Russia Is a ‘Distinct Civilization,’ Putin Says”– Moscow Times
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – May 18, 2020) Russia is a distinct civilization that must be protected through genetics and other advanced technologies, President Vladimir Putin said in an...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “MGIMO University Rector Anatoly Torkunov: The study of...
MGIMO University Rector, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Anatoly Torkunov discusses in an interview with Interfax how artificial intelligence will help improve relations between Russia and...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia’s Putin sets new 2030 goals as National Projects...
“… Putin has signed a ‘July Decree’ … outlin[ing] … national development goals up to 2030 …. risk[ing] … [failure to] fulfill[] … [his] previous economic platform due to the … COVID-19[] crisis. …...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Share of Russians who never use home PCs drops from 53% to 25%...
MOSCOW. Aug 6 (Interfax) – Over half of Russians (58%) use their home PCs at least several times a week, as against 43% in 2010, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) said in a statement...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Putin explains why AI cannot yet run country”– Interfax
While the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in public administration is bound to grow, a machine cannot yet be the leader of a state, ... Putin [...]
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “U.S. officials suspect Russia in mystery ‘attacks’ on...
“Intelligence agencies investigating mysterious ‘attacks’ … [leading] to brain injuries in U.S. personnel in Cuba and China consider Russia … the main suspect, three U.S. officials and two others...
View ArticleIn the Wake of SolarWinds: Making and Breaking a Rules-Based Global Cyber Order
... there is a great deal we still do not know about the SolarWinds hack [...]
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Exodus of Russian Researchers Grew Fivefold Since 2012”– Moscow...
The number of scientists and highly qualified specialists leaving Russia has risen fivefold in nearly a decade, Russia’s Academy of Sciences (RAS) said [...]
View ArticleMoscow City’s Pothole Management Portal Benefits Residents and Regime,...
(Paul Goble – Window On Eurasia – Staunton, June 25, 2021) Russia’s autocratic government is modern not just because it has reversed the democratization wave of three decades ago but because it is...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Russian Tech Exports Up Threefold Since 2018”– Moscow Times
The Kremlin has been on an aggressive drive to reduce Russia’s dependence on foreign-made technology since the imposition of Western sanctions [...]
View ArticleRussia’s E-Voting Getting Off The Ground, Literally
Critics have warned that the system's lack of transparency and voter-verification safeguards could open the way for vote manipulation [...]
View ArticleRussia Continues to Lose Scientists as Kremlin Cuts Back Funding
(Paul Goble – Window On Eurasia – Staunton, Oct. 10, 2021) The number of scholars and associated personnel working in the natural sciences has fallen to the lowest level in at least ten years, with the...
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