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Communications and telecom
Beeline to Host Its Network Core at Russian Railways Data Center
Russia’s telecom operator Beeline is set to place core network equipment at a Russian Railways data center in Yekaterinburg, marking a cross-industry partnership aimed at boosting service quality across the Urals.
19.01.2026 17:39
Medicine and healthcare
AI-Powered Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring Launched in the Arctic
Russia has launched a remote medical monitoring program for patients with hypertension. A dedicated artificial intelligence algorithm analyzes data from smart blood pressure monitors in real time, provides personalized recommendations, and alerts physicians in emergency situations.
19.01.2026 17:20
Extractive industry
ALROSA Switches to the PIX Platform
ALROSA has completed a large-scale transition to the domestic PIX Processes platform, marking a key milestone in the company’s digital transformation and import substitution strategy.
19.01.2026 16:55
Agricultural industry
VR Simulator Trains Future Livestock Specialists in Cattle Evaluation
Scientists at Russia’s Timiryazev Academy have developed a virtual reality simulator designed to train students in linear conformation assessment of cattle, a core skill in modern breeding and herd management.
19.01.2026 16:19
Transport and logistics
In Russia, Biomorphic Inspectors Are Transforming the Railroad Sector
Biomorphic robot dogs developed by NIIAS are being tested on live Russian Railways infrastructure, ushering in an era of intelligent diagnostics and control.
19.01.2026 16:07
Industry and import substitution
Energy and housing and communal services
The nuclear industry
Transport and logistics
Agricultural industry
Extractive industry
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Public administration and services for citizens
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Education
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Territory management and ecology
The nuclear industry
In Russia, Quantum Processors Reach 70–72 Qubits as Compact Squeezed-Light Source Debuts
Under a national quantum computing roadmap, Russian laboratories have unveiled several quantum processor prototypes and a key optical component. Together, these advances strengthen the foundation for next-generation quantum computers and ultra-sensitive sensors.
19.01.2026 15:48
Energy and housing and communal services
Universal Diagnostic Robot: A Russian Innovation Reshapes Utilities and Energy Infrastructure
In January 2026, Russian researchers unveiled a versatile robotic system that could fundamentally change how pipelines are inspected and maintained across utilities, energy, and industrial networks.
19.01.2026 15:22
Industry and import substitution
Russian Students Are Becoming Key Drivers of the Digital Economy
Students in Siberia have developed a competitive AI system for industrial quality control.
19.01.2026 15:12
Territory management and ecology
AI on Watch: A Russian System to Detect Marine Litter in the Arctic
Russian scientists are deploying artificial intelligence to monitor marine pollution in the Arctic, offering a practical response to one of the most pressing environmental threats facing the region.
18.01.2026 18:30
Culture, sports and media
Saving Ivanovo Folklore With AI: How Russian Researchers Are Digitizing Cultural Memory
Researchers at Ivanovo State University are using artificial intelligence to preserve decades of regional folklore, showing how digital tools can protect cultural memory while reshaping the way the humanities work.
18.01.2026 18:20
Digital products and platforms
Learn Everything About the Subsoil in a Few Clicks: Russia Launches a New Digital Tool for Geologists
A new digital service introduced by Russia’s Federal Agency for Subsoil Use shows how government platforms can simplify complex professional workflows, giving geologists and mining companies faster, clearer access to critical data.
18.01.2026 17:43
Cybersecurity
Spam and Phishing Surge: Mail.ru Blocks Nearly 30 Billion Malicious Emails in 2025
Mail.ru’s email security systems blocked nearly 30 billion spam and phishing messages in 2025, underscoring both the scale of modern cyber threats and the growing maturity of Russia’s domestic cybersecurity technologies.
18.01.2026 17:11
Science and new technologies
No Controllers, No Cables: How Russian Scientists Are Teaching Robots to Understand Gestures
Russian researchers have developed and patented a contactless system that allows industrial robots to be controlled through hand gestures alone, signaling a shift toward safer and more intuitive human–machine interaction.
18.01.2026 16:43
Education
Robots From the Regions: Russian Students Impress at the MakeX World Finals in China
Teams from regional Russia earned top honors at the MakeX World Finals in China, highlighting how hands-on STEM education and robotics programs are opening global opportunities for school students far beyond major cities.
18.01.2026 16:32
Digital economy
AI Sinologist: How One Chatbot Is Replacing an Export Agency
An AI assistant developed in Russia’s Far East shows how applied artificial intelligence can dramatically lower export barriers, giving small businesses tools that were once available only to large corporations.
18.01.2026 15:34
Public administration and services for citizens
Auchan to Enable Age Verification via the MAX Messenger
Russia’s retail sector is entering a new phase of digital transformation, as major chains begin rolling out mobile-based age verification that replaces paper documents with secure, contactless technology.
18.01.2026 15:19
Communications and telecom
MAX User Base Reaches 85 Million
Five million new accounts were registered in just two weeks.
17.01.2026 17:27
Medicine and healthcare
Helping IVF Succeed: Scientists Learn to Detect Hidden Causes of Infertility
Russian researchers have taken a significant step toward improving IVF outcomes. A new AI-driven diagnostic method opens up fresh possibilities for reproductive medicine in Russia and beyond, with the potential to improve success rates and protect the health of future generations.
17.01.2026 17:26
Extractive industry
Intelligent Energy Management System for Oil Wells Developed in Perm
An AI-driven control system created in Perm is cutting electricity use at oil wells by double-digit percentages without reducing output, highlighting how digital transformation can deliver immediate cost and efficiency gains in upstream operations.
17.01.2026 17:01
Agricultural industry
Upgraded Marketplace Is Set to Help Farmers Grow Their Businesses
Russia’s agricultural sector is getting a boost from an updated digital marketplace that aims to simplify operations, cut transaction costs, and give farmers end-to-end tools to run and scale their businesses.
17.01.2026 16:41
Transport and logistics
Smart Weigh Stations Take On Shadow Schemes
In Russia’s Far East, a new generation of automated weigh stations is exposing overloaded trucks and hidden violations, showing how artificial intelligence can turn routine infrastructure into a powerful tool for fair and efficient logistics.
17.01.2026 16:20
The nuclear industry
Rostov Nuclear Power Plant Cuts Scheduled Outage by Five Days Through Digitalized Maintenance
Digital workflow tools introduced at Rostov NPP have shortened a planned maintenance outage, delivering additional electricity to the grid and demonstrating how process digitalization can directly strengthen power-system reliability.
17.01.2026 16:12
Energy and housing and communal services
SMZU Improves Reliability and Efficiency of Power Grids in Russia’s Vladimir Region
Russia’s power sector continues its digital upgrade as a real-time stability monitoring system is rolled out in the Vladimir region, enabling grid operators to move more electricity through existing infrastructure without compromising reliability.
17.01.2026 15:49
Industry and import substitution
From a Magnifying Glass to a Neural Network
Russia’s timber industry is undergoing a quiet digital revolution: a Skolkovo-based startup has replaced dozens of human inspectors with a single AI-powered robot.
17.01.2026 13:17
Territory management and ecology
Digital Duty Officer: How Technology Is Helping the Moscow Region Beat Snow Chaos
Municipal services in the Moscow Region are waging an intense fight against the aftermath of Cyclone Francis, which brought the heaviest snowfall to the region in 56 years. Today, however, this effort is no longer driven solely by shovels and snowplows, but increasingly by digital algorithms.
16.01.2026 17:32
Culture, sports and media
Cinema for Everyone: A Yakutian Company Brings Film Premieres to Remote Villages
Extra Cinema, a Russian company that deploys cinema halls in remote settlements using its proprietary technology, has provided permanent access to movie screenings for more than 118,000 residents of Yakutia.
16.01.2026 17:03
Digital products and platforms
Russia’s Leading Ice Cream Producer Moves Its Core Systems to a Hybrid Cloud
The Iceberry Group, one of Russia’s largest ice cream producers with a portfolio of more than 250 products, has begun transitioning to a hybrid IT infrastructure and has migrated its 1C-based ERP system to K2 Cloud, developed by K2 Cloud, an independent unit within K2Tech.
16.01.2026 16:35
Cybersecurity
St. Petersburg Researchers Boost Accuracy of a Safer Way to Train Smart City AI
A refined neural network training algorithm for smart city systems – MFedBN – has been developed in St. Petersburg, posting 99.98% accuracy in detecting cyberthreats and intrusions and 85% accuracy in classifying commercial vehicle behavior on real-world tasks.
16.01.2026 16:23
Science and new technologies
A “Sanitary Perimeter” for Science
The company Domate, the developer of an eponymous system for checking academic and research texts, has announced an update to its algorithm for detecting machine-generated content.
16.01.2026 16:20
Education
Fastener Surprises: What a New MSTU Lab Is Exploring
In Magnitogorsk, a youth laboratory for engineering advanced fastener-production technologies has opened at the local technical university following a major renovation.
16.01.2026 15:52
Digital economy
Anonymous Tips: Russia’s Central Bank Launches a Tool to Fight Insider Trading
The Bank of Russia has introduced a dedicated digital channel that allows users to report cases of confidential commercial information being disclosed to competitors or attempts to manipulate financial markets using insider data.
16.01.2026 15:29
Public administration and services for citizens
Taxi Legality Checks Now Available on Russia’s Gosuslugi Portal
*The new service makes taxi rides safer by reducing the number of illegal carriers. Additional functionality may be added in the future.*
16.01.2026 15:17
Digital economy
Engineering Trust: Inside a Russian–Armenian Data Center Project
The launch of a data center in Armenia, implemented with the participation of the Rostelecom Group, has set a clear course toward long-term partnership and digital sovereignty.
15.01.2026 21:45
Communications and telecom
Digital Assistants Handle Over Half a Million Calls to Russia’s Ded Moroz Hotline
Solutions developed by Rostelecom once again demonstrated their resilience under peak-load conditions, confirming that AI-driven voice automation has moved from pilot experiments to production-grade telecom infrastructure.
15.01.2026 17:31
Medicine and healthcare
Speed as a Lifeline: Russia Unveils a System for Instant Brain Diagnostics
*The system instantly analyzes cerebral blood supply and is designed to help physicians save patients suffering from strokes and traumatic brain injuries.*
15.01.2026 17:25
Extractive industry
VR Simulator Trains the Next Generation of Oil Industry Specialists in Tatarstan
*At the Advanced Engineering Petroleum School (AEPS) of the Higher School of Oil, a virtual reality training simulator has been developed as part of Russia’s national project “New Nuclear and Energy Technologies,” aimed at preparing oil and gas specialists using immersive digital tools.*
15.01.2026 17:14
Agricultural industry
Russia’s Unified Agri-Food Platform to Integrate AI
Russia’s unified digital platform for the agri-industrial and fisheries sectors is set to incorporate artificial intelligence. The system is scheduled to be developed by the end of 2026.
15.01.2026 17:04
Transport and logistics
Wiafleet Closes the Telematics Gap
Without telematics, trucks grind to a halt, deliveries break down, and warehouses run empty. As Wialon exits the market, a Russian alternative is stepping in to fill the gap: the Wiafleet platform.
15.01.2026 16:41
The nuclear industry
AI in Nuclear Power: Automation Does Not Remove Responsibility
In nuclear power generation, artificial intelligence is already working with data and forecasts, but it remains a tool that supports human operators rather than replacing them. Safety, rules, and decision transparency remain the overriding priorities.
15.01.2026 16:16
Energy and housing and communal services
Digital Tools at Home: An Online Meter Verification Service Takes Off in Moscow
In 2025, digital services in Russia’s housing and utilities sector posted record growth in the capital. One standout example was the “Water Meter Verification” service on the mos.ru city portal: Moscow residents submitted more than 186,000 applications through the platform, almost 90% more than the previous year.
15.01.2026 16:02
Industry and import substitution
Russian Steelmakers Are Building a New Culture of Industrial Trust
Severstal is creating a digital ecosystem of the future, connecting contractors, operations, and customers through data-driven transparency.
15.01.2026 15:28
Territory management and ecology
A Bet on Technology: AI to Join the Search for a Missing Family
In the spring of 2026, the volunteer search-and-rescue group LizaAlert will resume active efforts to find the Usoltsev family, who went missing in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Territory in the fall of 2025. This time, the operation will gain a powerful technological ally – artificial intelligence.
14.01.2026 12:10
Culture, sports and media
The KHL Is Looking to AI to Make Officiating More Objective
Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) is exploring how artificial intelligence could support the sport’s development. In an interview, KHL Vice President Valery Kamensky outlined key areas where AI could be applied effectively.
14.01.2026 12:07
Digital products and platforms
Digital Pet Registries, Online Feed Sales, and Remote Monitoring: How Veterinary Care Is Changing
In 2026, Russia’s pet care and veterinary sectors are set to adopt new ways of working more actively, with digitalization emerging as the core trend. More market players are using livestock passports and animal health certificates, CT and MRI image atlases for four-legged patients, while pet owners increasingly rely on remote monitoring tools and “smart” gadgets to keep track of their animals.
14.01.2026 12:04
Cybersecurity
Russia Develops Tools for Quantum-Resistant Blockchain Systems
Researchers from Innopolis and Sirius have developed a suite of tools designed to protect blockchain platforms from future quantum attacks. The solution enables the use of cryptographic methods resistant to the power of quantum computing, which threatens today’s security standards. The development makes distributed ledgers more resilient and prepares digital infrastructure for the challenges of the quantum era.
14.01.2026 11:59
Science and new technologies
When AI Watches the Sun: How Russia Is Preparing to Forecast Space Weather
Machine learning and artificial intelligence methods will be used in the Solntse-Teragerts project, which aims to uncover the causes of solar flares and predict when they may occur.
14.01.2026 11:55
Education
How to Talk to Humans: AI Trainer Emerges as a Fast-Growing Profession in Russia
One of the youngest professions on the market is the AI trainer. These specialists “raise” artificial intelligence by teaching it how to communicate properly with people. Yet only one in ten candidates for such roles actually meets the requirements.
14.01.2026 11:50
Digital economy
Russia’s Central Bank Sets Out to Measure Usability and Progress
Innovation is rapidly reshaping Russia’s payments market. The Central Bank has announced that starting this year it will begin tracking how deeply financial technologies are embedded in everyday life and how convenient they are for users, with the aim of protecting consumers and adjusting regulation when necessary.
14.01.2026 11:43
Public administration and services for citizens
AI Makes City Management More Efficient in Dubna
Artificial intelligence systems are being introduced into the urban management of the Russian science city of Dubna. It is already clear that these technologies allow city services to respond to problems faster and resolve them more effectively.
14.01.2026 11:38
Communications and telecom
Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping the Telecom Industry
Electronic algorithms are taking the telecom industry to a fundamentally new technological level. Solutions developed by Russian companies are in no way inferior to their international counterparts.
13.01.2026 19:36
Medicine and healthcare
Russia’s First Professional Medinternet Ecosystem Set to Connect Doctors and Pharmacists
In 2025, a platform emerged in Russia’s digital health landscape that could reshape the daily routines of hundreds of thousands of professionals. Medinternet is the country’s first professional digital ecosystem built specifically for doctors and pharmacists.
13.01.2026 18:12
Agricultural industry
Future Milk Yields to Rise With Neural Implants in Cows’ Brains
In 2025, Russian startup Neiry launched the Neuroroga (Neurohorns) project. To increase milk yields, neural implants are being introduced directly into cows’ brains.
13.01.2026 17:44
Extractive industry
Cyber Subsurface 2025
According to industry experts, Russian industry is now pursuing a deliberate and structured digital transformation built on domestic solutions. What began as a reactive response to external pressure has evolved into the formation of a long-term strategic trajectory.
13.01.2026 16:50
Transport and logistics
A City on Self-Governance
Russian cities are moving away from the era of the human dispatcher and toward an era of artificial intelligence – systems that see everything and manage everything.
12.01.2026 18:33
The nuclear industry
Advancing Cybersecurity Standards and Certification
In 2025, Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom completed the certification of AI systems and digital twins under standards set by the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control. Unified security protocols have now been deployed across 38 nuclear power units.
12.01.2026 18:05
Energy and housing and communal services
Digital Energy–2035: Russia Builds an Intelligent Power System for the Future
Russia’s energy sector is on the brink of a large-scale transformation. The government has set a clear objective for the coming decade: by 2035, to create a full digital model of the country’s energy system.
12.01.2026 17:53
Industry and import substitution
Top IT Trends for 2026
Digital independence is emerging as a new priority as Russia’s IT landscape enters 2026, with technology increasingly positioned as a core driver of economic resilience and growth.
12.01.2026 17:34
Territory management and ecology
Barometer of the Future: Sevastopol Scientists Build the ‘Brain’ of Russian Meteorology
Accurate weather forecasting determines success in agriculture, logistics, defense, and even space launches. Scientists at Sevastopol State University have developed a software system that can confidently be described as a digital brain for Russia’s national meteorological service.
11.01.2026 19:36
Culture, sports and media
Digital Dreams: How Technology Is Resshaping Art and Creating New Museum Formats
Hundreds of thousands of visitors across Russia have attended the immersive exhibition Sny Sibiri (Siberia’s Reveries). Presented in a digital format, it explores the past and present of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
11.01.2026 18:49
