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35 storiesYandex restores some advertising tools as Direct and Business access remains limited
Yandex said it had restored access to several advertising tools, including the Yandex Advertising Network partner account, core Adfox functions and the account for advertising agencies. Access to Yandex Direct and Business accounts remains …
Yandex restores most Alisa AI and smart-device functions after outages
Yandex said most functions of its Alisa AI (Алиса AI) chat service, smart speakers and YaOS televisions were available again after outages. A later detailed account said smart-home control had been restored, while calls, some speaker featur…
Kuzbass governor proposes data centres in worked-out coal pits
Kemerovo region governor Ilya Seredyuk (Илья Середюк) proposed placing data centres in worked-out coal pits in Kuzbass. He said groundwater could help cool equipment and that the location could reduce costs and improve protection from exter…
Kremlin announces Putin cybersecurity meeting, denies link to data center attacks
Vladimir Putin will hold a cybersecurity meeting on October 14, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. Participants will report behind closed doors on the readiness of key economic sectors for information security threats; Peskov said the…
Yandex halts Sasovo data centre after incident; reports cite fire after drone attack
Yandex said on 8 October that an incident at its data centre in Sasovo, Ryazan region, had affected part of its infrastructure, that the situation was under control and that no one was injured; Interfax reported the site's operation was ful…
Yandex says Vladimir data centre shut down after drone attack
Yandex's data centre in Vladimir stopped operating completely after a drone attack, Russian outlets reported on October 11. The company said no one was injured and that teams were assessing damage and options for resuming operations.
Yandex disruptions persist as tax service explains delayed receipts
Russia's Federal Tax Service said on October 12 that some users could temporarily miss receipts for purchases and services because of restrictions affecting Yandex's infrastructure and services. Users reported renewed disruptions that day a…
Yandex Cloud warns of phishing attempts amid data-center disruptions
Yandex Cloud warned that fraudsters could impersonate the platform amid disruptions involving Yandex data centers. It said messages about account recovery, downtime compensation or urgent migration could be used to obtain confidential infor…
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 sites go down after Yandex data center fire and DDoS-protection provider failure
Users across Russia reported widespread problems reaching websites on 8 October, including media outlets RBC, Vedomosti, RIA Novosti and Kommersant as well as Cian, Avito and Russian Railways. The outages followed a drone strike and fire at…
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…
SpaceX agrees to buy 800 MHz spectrum to make Starlink Mobile a US mobile operator
SpaceX has agreed to acquire a nationwide portfolio of low-band spectrum licences, up to 14 MHz of paired spectrum in the 800 MHz band, which the company said would let Starlink Mobile become a major mobile operator in the United States. Ko…
Russia's digital ministry eyes utility tariff rises as benchmark for telecom prices
Russia's Ministry of Digital Development will take the planned rise in housing and utility tariffs as a reference point when assessing possible price increases by telecom operators, minister Maksut Shadayev said at the "Digital Solutions" 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…
Russia's Interior Ministry says Telegram refuses to cooperate on drug propaganda
Russia's Interior Ministry said Telegram is not responding to its offers of contact in the fight against drug propaganda, with the acting head of its drug-control directorate, Kirill Smurov, saying the messenger is used to draw teenagers in…
Cian outage follows drone attack that halted Yandex data centre in Sasovo
Online property platform Cian (Циан) reported an outage of its website and app on 8 October, citing an incident at a facility of an unnamed infrastructure partner. The same day Yandex said a drone attack caused a fire at its data centre in …
Jordan detains suspected ShinyHunters member over FBI data breach
Jordanian authorities have detained Saif al-Din Khader, a suspected member of the ShinyHunters hacking group, which said in September it had stolen data belonging to current and former FBI employees, according to Reuters and CBS News. Two R…
Max plans stories and multiple pinned messages; threads expected in early 2027
Max plans to add multiple pinned messages and channel stories soon, its chief executive said at the Digital Solutions forum. He expects discussion threads in the first quarter of 2027, according to Russian reports.
Aeroflot puts Russian-made Ops Dynamics production platform into operation
Aeroflot said it has put into commercial operation a Unified Production Platform built on Ops Dynamics software, developed by Russian company OOO Tsenturion-Innovatsii. The platform covers schedule and slot coordination and daily flight pla…
RZD begins testing Bureau 1440 satellite communications equipment on trains
Russian Railways (RZD) has started testing satellite communications equipment from aerospace company Bureau 1440 on its trains, deputy CEO Evgeny Charkin said. The tests began about a month ago and are going well, and Charkin estimated high…