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60 storiesPutin backs plan for a dedicated neural network in Russian education
President Vladimir Putin supported a proposal to create a dedicated neural network for Russia's education sector at a video meeting with teachers on 5 October, Teacher's Day. Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov said the ministry will impleme…
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…
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…
Variety: studio Neon plans to submit Yura Borisov for a Best Actor Oscar
Variety reported that actor Yura Borisov is planned to be submitted for an Academy Award in the Best Actor category, with the studio Neon behind the campaign, according to TASS. The role cited is that of OpenAI co-founder Sutskever in the f…
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…
Soviet and Russian actor Vasily Popov dies at 78
Vasily Popov, a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor known for roles in “Ataka” and “Okhota na lis”, has died at 78, TASS and Vedomosti reported. The Novomoskovsk branch of the Tula Academic Drama Theatre named after M. Gorky announced…
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…
Russian photographer Boris Kavashkin, chronicler of Soviet-era events, dies at 81
Boris Kavashkin, a Russian photographer who covered the war in Afghanistan and the 1993 storming of the White House, has died at the age of 81, TASS reported. His son Anton Kavashkin told TASS that he died on 4 October of natural causes, ac…
British composer George Fenton, who wrote music for Groundhog Day, dies at 76
British composer George Fenton, who wrote the music for the film “Groundhog Day”, has died at the age of 76, RBC and TASS reported. Kommersant said the BBC reported the death citing a statement from his family and that the cause was not dis…
Actor Vasily Popov dies at 78; stroke named as cause of death
Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor Vasily Popov died on 3 October at the age of 78, according to the press service of the Novomoskovsk branch of the Tula Academic Drama Theatre. TASS and RIA Novosti reported that the cause of death w…
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 …
British writer and politician Jeffrey Archer dies at 86
Jeffrey Archer, the British writer and politician, has died at the age of 86, according to Russian outlets citing BBC and The Guardian. Kommersant reported that publisher HarperCollins said he died “suddenly and peacefully at his home” on 5…
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…
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…
France school protests: 190 students injured, 400–500 lycées shut
At least 190 school students have been injured during high-school protests in France, education minister Édouard Geffray said, adding that a new count was due that evening. Kommersant reported that 78 teachers and school staff had also been…
Russia plans over 370 bln rubles for student scholarships in 2027-2029
Russia plans to allocate more than 370 billion rubles to student scholarships across 2027-2029, TASS and RIA Novosti reported, citing the explanatory note to the draft budget. TASS said presidential and government scholarships are to receiv…
Russian development and data management tools market seen growing 2.3 times
Russian media reported that the country’s development and data management tools segment is expected to grow 2.3 times, according to TASS, which cited Vedomosti. RIA Novosti also reported that the market will grow, citing media. The reports …
Putin congratulates Ryazan region on opening of National Centre Russia branch
President Vladimir Putin congratulated residents of the Ryazan region on the opening of a branch of the National Centre “Russia”, in a telegram published on the Kremlin website. RIA Novosti reported that the branch opened in Ryazan. Putin s…