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What the West needs to know about Russia’s tech scene

The Next Web

For many investors and entrepreneurs in the West, doing business in Russia can seem like a step into the unknown. Within the Russian tech sector, the differences in business practices between the West and East are growing rapidly smaller. Russia in numbers. Russia currently has the largest online market in Europe.

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Cloudflare rejects demands to cancel its services in Russia

TechSpot

Oil giants like Shell have now refused to purchase Russian fuel, and fast food chains like McDonald's have elected to close all the restaurants they've opened in Russia. Even tech giants are joining in -- with a few notable exceptions, such as Cloudflare. Despite public pressure, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince.

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Microsoft pulls the plug on ‘new’ sales of products and services in Russia

The Verge

In a blog post published Friday morning, Microsoft president Brad Smith confirmed the company “will suspend all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia.”. Microsoft is only the latest tech company to announce a stop in some of its services to Russia following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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ATTN NGOs: ?????,??, &.opr Are Now Available

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Public Interest Registry – the not-for-profit operator of the.org domain – has launched the first registration phase, known as the Sunrise Period (beginning April 22), for three new Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). million people in Russia using Russian Cyrillic as the official alphabet for their national language.

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Russia partially restricts access to Facebook to ‘protect Russian media’

The Verge

In a statement on Friday, Russia’s tech and communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, said Facebook was violating “the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens,” and that it had recorded 23 cases of “censorship” by the social network since October 2020. [to]

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Daily Crunch: Russia fines Google $374M for ‘illegal content’ over its Ukraine invasion

TechCrunch

Well that’s one way to do propaganda : The search engine giant Google was hit with $375 million by Russia for failing to take down certain content, Ivan writes. The fine came a month after Roskomnadzor, Russia’s telecommunication watchdog, warned the company it could face penalties for violating local laws. Big Tech Inc.

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Daily Crunch: With EU ban pending, Google Play says ‘do svidaniya’ to Russia Today, Sputnik apps

TechCrunch

Epic Games buys Bandcamp : Straight from left field, this deal took the tech world by surprise. Turns out not every company is going to grow vertically : Back when SPACs were hot, many startups looking to combine and go public were content to forecast aggressive revenue growth. Big Tech Inc. Now, to work! The TechCrunch Top 3.

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