2022-04-21
The Kremlin is persuading Russians to quit Western social media for homegrown alternatives. The results are mixed. “I unequivocally will not go to Rutube because it's a cheap surrogate that won't ever be able to replace YouTube.” Story w/ @saraheneedleman https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
A look at Russia's efforts to promote homegrown social media like Rutube and VKontakte, even as local content creators choose to stick with Western services
Kremlin cracks down on Western social media, but Russia's homemade alternatives are a tough sell Tweets: @etbrooking , @evangershkovich , @saraheneedleman , and @mike_eckel Tweets:...
2021-02-22
good on @benyt for noting the most important trend in Russian investigative journalism: “A confusingly high percentage of the founders of these new outlets are named Roman.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Russian investigative journalism is flourishing alongside “probiv”, the buying of data on phone calls, cell location, or air travel off Telegram or the dark web
A new wave of news outlets has used conventional, and unconventional, methods to pierce the veil of Putin's power. Tweets: @albertwenger , @benweinthal , @andrew__roth , @rasmus_kl...
2020-02-02
Russia may not have sex education in schools, but you can get condoms delivered to your door in 15 minutes — and by bicycle, so you don't have to worry about harming the environment in doing so https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Yandex launches a new online service in Moscow called Lavka, which delivers orders in 15 minutes using bike couriers and small warehouses spread across the city
In Moscow, online orders delivered in just 15 minutes by bicycle signal what the future of shopping may hold. Tweets: @cristinagberta , @csertoglu , @evangershkovich , @leonidragoz...
2020-02-01
Russia may not have sex education in schools, but you can get condoms delivered to your door in 15 minutes — and by bicycle, so you don't have to worry about harming the environment in doing so https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Yandex launches a new online service in Moscow called Lavka, which delivers orders in 15 minutes using bike couriers and small warehouses spread across the city
In Moscow, online orders delivered in just 15 minutes by bicycle signal what the future of shopping may hold. Tweets: @cristinagberta , @csertoglu , @matt_townsend , @leonidragozin...