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43 storiesChina highway EV charging up 48% over National Day holiday, ministry data shows
Charging sessions at Chinese highway charging facilities reached 2,968,600 in the first three days of the National Day holiday, a daily average of 989,500 and up 48.41% from a year earlier, while charging volume rose 49.39% to 71.6193 milli…
Putin and Sobyanin open Moscow electric battery cluster with two gigafactories
President Vladimir Putin, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev took part in opening the Moscow electric battery cluster in the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone on Tuesday, ahead of Moscow Industry Day. Offi…
Mishustin orders digital ministry to tighten Gosuslugi account protection
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered the Digital Development Ministry to strengthen protection of accounts on the Gosuslugi government services portal and to work out additional conditions for logging in or restoring access. Speaking at…
MTS builds geopositioning network for Yandex autonomous transport on four highways
MTS has built a high-precision geopositioning infrastructure for managing Yandex’s autonomous transport, TASS and CNews reported, launched on the M-11 “Neva”, M4 “Don”, M-12 “Vostok” and Central Ring Road highways and in Moscow, St Petersbu…
Rostelecom launches TEA NEXT trans-Eurasian fiber-optic line
Rostelecom launched the TEA NEXT trans-Eurasian fiber-optic line at the Digital Solutions – 2026 forum in the presence of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the company and state news agency TASS reported. The line runs from Russia's western…
Russian PM Mishustin to speak as “Digital Solutions” forum opens in Moscow
The “Цифровые решения” (Digital Solutions) forum opened in Moscow on 6 October, with more than 13,000 people registered, according to RIA Novosti. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will take part, speaking at the main plenary session and tou…
Putin says Russia to meet most battery demand by 2030
President Vladimir Putin said Russia will be able to cover most of its domestic demand for batteries by 2030, speaking at the opening of the first complex in a battery production cluster in Moscow, according to Kommersant. He called for a r…
ASOS reports possible client data leak after cyberattack; shares fall
British online clothing retailer ASOS was hit by a hacker attack, with the attackers saying they breached its app and threatening to leak a database. ASOS said personal information, including surnames and contact details, may have been acce…
Putin opens first battery cluster complex, urges localization in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the opening of the first complex in a Moscow electric battery production cluster that Russia must increase battery output, improve technology and raise localization, including by developing mineral d…
RTK-DC sets up certification center for trusted IT infrastructure
RTK-DC, described as a full-cycle IT service provider, has created a Certification Center for Trusted IT Infrastructure under Rostelecom's voluntary certification system “Trusted Digital Environment”, according to TASS and technology outlet…
Russian software sales reach almost 3 trln rubles in first half, Mishustin says
Russian software product sales came to almost 3 trillion rubles in the first half of 2026, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the plenary session of the “Цифровые решения” forum in Moscow. Vedomosti and Interfax put the increase at ab…
Mishustin calls for faster shift to domestic equipment for Russia's 5G networks
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said Russia must speed up the transition to domestically made telecommunications equipment to create conditions for 5G networks, speaking at the Digital Solutions forum. He said the shift was needed …
Lucid Q3 output falls to 2,954 vehicles; deliveries reach 3,806
Lucid Group produced 2,954 vehicles and delivered 3,806 in the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, with deliveries exceeding production as the company continued a planned inventory reduction. Output fell 54% year on year, a third straig…
Global pure gasoline car share of new-car sales falls below 50% for first time
Mobility Global data show pure gasoline cars accounted for 49% of global new-car sales in the first half of 2026, the first time the share has fallen below half and down from 73% in 2021. Gasoline-only sales fell 10% to 20.25 million units,…
Max messenger adds polls in channels
The national messenger Max has launched polls in channels, its press service said. Administrators on Android, desktop and web versions can create polls, while iOS users can publish them via the mobile web version, according to iXBT. The fea…
Bureau 1440 unveils satellite terminal line, including compact concept
Russia's Bureau 1440, part of IX Holding, presented a line of subscriber terminals for its low-orbit satellite broadband service at the Digital Solutions forum. The serial 1440.ULTRA offers data rates up to 700 Mbit/s, while the 1440.MINI i…
Rolls-Royce CEO says China market vital as Shanghai bespoke centre revenue climbs
Rolls-Royce chief executive Chris Brownridge said China is essential to the carmaker, which has held the position of its second-largest market worldwide for years, and that the company keeps investing there to serve Chinese customers. He ci…
Robot dog maker Juzhi Technology says customer purchase dispute settled by negotiation
Hangzhou-based wheeled quadruped robot maker Juzhi Technology said on Oct. 6 that a dispute over a customer's purchase of four robot dogs has been handled through negotiation. A customer identified as Xiao had complained to Zhejiang TV that…
Yandex open-sources YTsaurus Flow for real-time data processing
Yandex has released YTsaurus Flow, a technology for continuously processing large streams of data, into open source, according to TASS, CNews and vc.ru. It handles clicks, likes and other online events as they appear, which the company says…
Russia’s new car sales fell 6.2% in September, Avtostat says
Russia’s new passenger car sales fell 6.2% year-on-year in September to 115,100 units, according to Avtostat. Lada led with sales up 7.6% to 28,400, while Haval fell 19.6% to 13,400. For January–September, the market was up 7.2% at 960,000 …