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Now as most of you are aware Russia has a long and distinguished history in space exploration and research, from the launch of the world's first ever satellite Sputnik back in 1957 to then in the early 1960's sending Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova into space as the first man and woman to do s...

The war of chip makers  just took a new turn . Last week, China announced the creation of photolithographic machines capable of producing chips using a very level high technological process — above 8 nm. This is a leap of over a decade and a half of progress in these technologies.So why is  this so...

Its been reported by Bloomberg  that China is threatening Japan with economic sanctions in the event that Japan introduces new restrictions on the export of equipment for the production of semiconductors. So what will be  the potential response from Beijing.
In July of this year, the Japanese gover...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Smart Bread programme, which aims to enhance digitalisation in the agro-industrial complex, was recently unveiled in Russia. The initiative was developed by the industry association InterAgroTech with the backing of United Russia. As part of the programme, farmers and employe...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia is experiencing rapid growth in an industry that until recently was almost entirely dominated by foreign manufacturers – the pharmaceutical and medical industries. Hundreds of new drugs and medical devices developed in Russia have appeared, and entire medical clusters are...

For many years, semiconductors have been the main component driving the growth of entire industries. As the technological race intensifies between the United States and China, Russian developers are improving their own production capabilities. Under sanctions, the country needs chips, and entirely d...