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Apps of the New East
From startup havens to talk of villainous hackers to menacing Orwellian software that can recognise faces (and has already been banned from Twitter), the New East is keeping the digital world on its toes. List of famous tech-products starts at Skype, WhatsApp and even Tetris, but…
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Inside the Russian company taking immersive theatre to the next level -
Six shocking Pokémon GO scandals from the New East -
Why has there been such an overreaction to Pokemon Go in Russia? -
Our guide to the best and worst places to go hunting in the New East -
Meet the new generation of Russian innovators -
Is Russia is waging war on video games? -
Why the future is bright, compassionate and prosthetically enhanced -
The young companies leading Kazan's creative renaissance -
A day in the online life of the new east -
The websites redefining media in the new east -
Russian hackers vs the world -
Can Anonymous International hack the Russian state and get away with it? -
The top Russian YouTubers you need to know -
The Soviets stole their best designs from the west. Has anything changed since then? -
A brief history of Russian video gaming -
Is Pavel Durov a pirate, a troll or Russia's Mark Zuckerberg? -
Will the sharing economy movement win friends in Russia? -
Inside a Soviet science town -
Russian psychics see online popularity boost in tough times -
10 of the most unusual creatures sent into space -
Why is the Russian government editing Wikipedia? -
Russia's hottest start-ups take on the world -
Turing Test winner hits back at his critics