By the end of this year, the Bank of Russia plans to conduct a “calibration survey” of banks with a universal license for their readiness to apply the new rules for regulating ecosystems.

 
 For calculations, the regulator intends to apply new parameters for regulating banks' investments in non-financial and non-core assets - “assessment of immobilized assets (IA) on the balance sheets of banks, calculation of immobilization ratios for different groups of their assets, as well as the risk-sensitive limit (RFL) for each player”.

 
 The Central Bank clarified that they still intend to divide the immobilized assets (IA) of banks into three groups according to the degree of risk. At the same time, the regulator agreed to soften some of the criteria for assigning assets to a particular group:

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 <li>Non-core collateral for problem loans can be kept on the balance sheet for five years instead of three;</li>
 <li>"Redundant" offices, IT infrastructure can be excluded from the calculation of the risk-sensitive limit;</li>
 <li>A softer approach will be applied to transactions of equity participation of banks, which are of "high importance for the economic development of the country".</li>
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 The Central Bank also agreed to calculate the deduction from capital at the risk-sensitive limit differently. Less risky non-core assets will fall under it, which means that they will be “cheaper” in terms of pressure on banks' own funds.

 
 After completing the survey, the Central Bank will determine the threshold of the risk-sensitive limit for banks, as well as the value of the immobilization ratios. This will happen in the first half of 2022.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/bank-rossii-mozhet-smiagchit-podkhod-po-regulirovaniiu-ekosistem/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

Bank of Russia May Soften the Approach to Ecosystem Regulation

Moscow approved the testing of public and private driverless vehicles, including taxis, on 140 streets. On 18 of the chosen streets, as well as on the territory of the Skolkovo center, unmanned vehicles will be able to travel with passengers and luggage.

 
 According to the published list of streets, driverless tests will mainly be carried out in the south, south-west, west and in the center of Moscow: Aminevskoe, Varshavskoe, Ochakovskoe, Staromozhayskoe highway, Sevastopolsky prospect, Frunzenskaya embankment, Vernadsky avenue, Luzhniki bridge, Presnenskaya embankment, Proletarsky prospect.

 
 On Wednesday, November 24, the Moscow City Duma positively <a href="https://ria.ru/20211124/taksi-1760475566.html?utm_source=yxnews" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">assessed</a> the proposal to introduce an experimental legal regime in Moscow for testing unmanned taxis.

 
 At the end of August, it <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/moscow-soon-to-test-fully-autonomous-vehicles/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">was reported</a> that the testing of driverless vehicles without test engineers in the cabins will soon take place in Moscow.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/v-moskve-opredelili-140-ulits-dlia-testirovaniia-bespilotnikov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russia)</a>

Gazeta.ru

140 Moscow Streets chosen for Piloting of Driverless Cars

The Skyeng language school will buy 25% of the Qmarketing Academy educational platform, and within a year it plans to increase its share to 100%, but the exact terms have not been determined.

 
 The parties do not disclose the terms of the deal and the final shares. According to the sources of Kommersant newspaper, "the assessment of 100% of the company could have amounted to 1-1.3 of the revenue of Qmarketing Academy, that is, taking into account the current indicators of 200-250 million rubles."

 
 According to the co-founder of Skyeng Khariton Matveyev, the acquisition of Qmarketing Academy will allow the online school to expand its presence in the segment of additional professional education. At the same time, the showcase and brand of Qmarketing Academy will remain, but Skyeng courses will be integrated into the program of the Skypro online university of digital professions.

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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hmatveev" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Khariton Matveev</a>, co-founder of Skyeng

 
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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/skyeng/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Skyeng</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/qmarketing-academy/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Qmarketing Academy</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/skypro/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Skypro</a>

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 Qmarketing Academy, which specializes in marketing and commercial design training, was founded in 2019. According to the company's own data, 2.5 thousand people are trained on the platform.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/onlain-shkola-skyeng-priobretet-25-obrazovatelnoi-platformy-qmarketing-academy/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

Kommersant

Online School Skyeng to Acquire 25% of Education Platform Qmarketing Academy 

Cian PLC, the developer of an online real estate ad platform Cian, reported revenue growth to $20.7 million (1.56 billion rubles) in the third quarter of 2021, an increase of 44% year-on-year.

 
 Net loss increased to $3.9 million (299 million rubles), while last year's figure was $3.1 million (240 million rubles). Revenues for Cian's core business, which includes online advertising and ad placement, reached $19.5 million (1.47 billion rubles), up 41% year-on-year. Operating expenses in the third quarter increased by 41% to $24.4 million (1.84 billion).

 
 According to the annual forecast, Cian expects revenue growth in the range of 45 to 48% compared to last year, that is, up to $77-78.3 million (5.8-5.9 billion rubles).

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Cian Reports Revenue Increase of 44% in Q3 2021

Yandex, in partnership with the Ministry for Digital Development, will make it possible to log into Yandex’s services through the Unified Identification and Authentication System (ESIA). Users will also be able to reject this authorization method.

 
 Yandex experts note that ESIA can be useful in services “where additional user identification is required to boost the security of transactions for sellers and buyers.”

 
 The Ministry for Digital Development plans to introduce access through ESIA and into other Internet services used in Russia, but the exact dates and the services are not mentioned.

 
 On Wednesday, November 24, it was also <a href="https://tass.ru/ekonomika/13008039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">announced</a> that Auto.ru, HeadHunter and Cian launched authorization through ESIA. Avito will also introduce additional account identification through the ESIA. To log in the user has to have a confirmed account on the government services portal.

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CNews

Yandex Plans to Introduce Access to its Services via ESIA

State Commission on Radio Frequencies (GRFC) at a meeting in late November may consider increasing the permissible power of radio electronic devices in the 6 GHz band. The corresponding request was received from Apple Russia. The relevant departments, including the security agencies, expressed positive opinions regarding the company’s request.

 
 The increase in power is required by Apple to use the UWB (Ultra Wideband) short-range communication technology available on iPhone 11, 12, and 13. The technology allows UWB devices to identify the location relative to each other. Apple AirTags use UWB along with Bluetooth to help find lost items. UWB is also used in Samsung smartphones, so a positive decision of the Commission will enable other manufacturers to use this technology.

 
 Apple has been trying to get UWB frequencies in Russia since 2019. TGRFC refused because of radio locators using these frequencies, but a year later the Ministry for Digital Development <a href="https://www.interfax.ru/russia/738309" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">reported </a>that Apple had received a license to test UWB.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/goskomissiia-po-radiochastotam-mozhet-razreshit-povysit-dopustimuiu-moshchnost-radioelektronnykh-ustroistv-v-diapazone-6-ggts/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

Izvestia

Regulator Considers Raising Power-Carrying Capacity of Radio Frequencies for Apple Russia

Moscow took second place, ahead of Paris, Berlin and Barcelona, ​​in the overall standings of cities in the European ranking of the <a href="https://pub.lucidpress.com/FutureCity/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Future City ESG Innovation Index</a>, which assesses the ability of megacities to create and promote technological solutions in the field of ecology, management and social sphere.

 
 Moscow became the leader in the ESG Public Administration category. The authors of the rating attributed the higher education system, the introduction of innovations and a large number of acceleration programs for startups to the strengths of the city. In particular, more than 130 thousand technology companies and over 3 thousand active start-ups are concentrated in the capital, of which more than 350 follow the principles of ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance).

 
 The capital also took second place in two more categories of the rating: "Community of ESG-entrepreneurs" and "Social capital in the field of ESG".

 
 Previously, it <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/moscow-is-among-the-winners-of-global-ict-excellence-awards-2021/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">was reported</a> that the Moscow government took second place among government agencies at the international competition Global ICT Excellence Awards in the Startup Ecosystem nomination.

 
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mos.ru

Moscow Ranked World's 2nd Most Innovative Hub in ESG Fields

Equipment manufacturer Nokia and Russian storage systems manufacturer <a href="https://yadro.com/en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Yadro</a> (part of X-Holding) intend to create a joint venture for the production of 4G and 5G base stations.

 
 The controlling stake (51%) in the JV will be owned by Yadro, while the remaining 49% will go to Nokia. The agreement implies transferring production processes to the local capacities of a domestic manufacturer, transferring licenses for Nokia's software, as well as creating an R&D center for the preparation of 4G and 5G equipment lines and the construction of corporate networks.

 
 A Yadro's spokesman confirmed the signing of an agreement of intent to establish a JV. Nokia said that the partnership is aimed, among other things, at joint work "on the regulatory framework in the field of localization." Production will be opened at the Yadro plant under construction in Dubna (Moscow region). Construction work will begin in December 2021.

 
 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has estimated the domestic market of telecommunications equipment for public procurement at $2.2 billion (168 billion rubles), of which Russian manufacturers account for 21%, the total market volume being more than $5.3 billion (400 billion rubles).

 
 Earlier it <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/nokia-may-sign-an-agreement-on-the-localization-of-lte-base-stations-production-in-russia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">was reported</a> that foreign vendors Huawei, Ericsson and ZTE are also interested in localizing production in Russia. This is due to the decision of the State Commission on Radio Frequencies, which obliges Russian operators to build networks on domestic equipment from 2023.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/yadro-i-nokia-planiruiut-sozdat-sovmestnoe-predpriiatie-dlia-proizvodstva-bazovykh-stantsii-4g-i-5g/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

Yadro and Nokia to Set up a Joint Venture for the Production of 4G and 5G Base Stations

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77% of the total number of households in Russia have Internet access.

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Digital Economy: 2020

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Mobile technologies and services generated 6.1% of GDP in the CIS region in 2019.

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The Mobile Economy Russia & CIS 2020

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The statistics digest of HSE presents the results of statistical surveys that characterize innovation processes in the country’s economy. The digest presents indicators that reflect the development of technological innovation, resource provision, staff potential and the effectiveness of innovation, including the level of novelty and sales markets for innovative products.

<ul>
	<li>According to 2018 data, in the field of telecommunications and information technology, 9.5% of organizations carried out innovative activities.</li>
	<li>Organizations’ own funds are spent to meet more than half (50.6%) of the costs of technology innovation. In industrial production, the costs covered by the companies funds are estimated at 65.9%; in the field of telecommunications and IT - 95.5%.</li>
	<li>Organizations engaged in telecommunications and IT are strengthening their positions in innovative markets - in 2018 the production of products based on new and improved technologies exceeded the level of the previous year by 12.4% and amounted to 138.6 billion rubles ($1.8 billion).</li>
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9.5% of organizations in the field of telecommunications and information technology carried out innovative activities in 2018.

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Innovation activity indicators: 2020

The Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge of the National Research University - Higher School of Economics has released&nbsp; a statistical collection that continues the series "Indicators of the Digital Economy".&nbsp;This series is published annually by the Higher School of Economics in partnership with the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation and the Federal State Statistics Service.

Key insights from the&nbsp;statistical abstract prepared by&nbsp;Higher School of Economics:

<ul>
	<li>The jobs of over 8 million people or 12% of the total number of working Russians are related to the intensive use of ICT. Most of them are working in the “Information and communication”, “Financial and insurance activities” and “Professional, scientific and technical activities” industries.</li>
	<li>In 2019, the fixed broadband traffic amounted to 45.8 exabytes, mobile traffic - three times less. A third of Russian subscribers (33.7%) in 2019 had access to high-speed Internet - 100 Mbps - 1 Gbps, almost a half of subscribers (45.2%) had 10-100 Mbps speed, and one fifth of all subscribers had Internet speed of less than 10 Mbps.</li>
	<li>Russians are not inferior to the residents of the United States in terms of the demand for the Internet (83 and 82%, respectively), Poland (80%), Italy (78%), but they are far from the leaders - Ireland and the Scandinavian countries (97–99%). Russians most often use the Internet for communication (the indicator is close to the European average), and much less - for searching for jobs and content.</li>
	<li>Internet users named spam e-mail as the main threat to information security: in 2019, 22.3% of users experienced it. Three times less users experienced virus attacks in the same period (7.5%; for comparison: in 2015 - 17.1%). There are eight times less users of anti-spam filters than those who have installed anti-virus tools.</li>
	<li>Most in-demand technologies in the economic and social sectors will be wireless communication technologies,&nbsp;neurotechnologies, artificial intelligence and&nbsp;distributed ledger systems.</li>
</ul>

Most in-demand technologies in the economic and social sectors will be wireless communication technologies, neurotechnologies, artificial intelligence and distributed ledger systems.

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Digital Economy Indicators 2020

The study on Russian Digital Economy Companies was conducted by RVC, state fund of funds and a development institution in the Russian venture capital market. Project contains an analysis of the activities of about 400 small and medium-sized companies in the field of creating and commercializing products and services based on end-to-end technologies of the digital economy in Russia. &nbsp;

The study highlighted the top 50 leading companies in each business category based on an analysis of indicators such as annual revenue, growth, the use of end-to-end technologies, patent activity, and export potential. &nbsp;Study included companies that develop quantum technologies in Russia, neurotechnology and artificial intelligence, virtual reality technology, big data, industrial Internet, wireless technology, robotics and sensor components, distributed registries, and new manufacturing technologies.&nbsp;

According to the study, the bulk of digital technology companies are concentrated in Moscow and the Moscow Region (50% of companies and 92 billion rubles in total revenue). This is followed by the Leningrad Region (13% and 28 billion rubles), the Republic of Tatarstan (3% and 4 billion rubles), Novosibirsk Region (2% and 9 billion rubles) and Tomsk Region (2% and 1 billion rubles) — Permanent leaders in the ranking of innovative regions of Russia.

The most popular end-to-end technology among developers has become an artificial intelligence. Every fifth company is concentrated in this area, 17% of companies are developing virtual reality technologies, followed by IoT — 15% of companies.

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The bulk of digital technology companies are concentrated in Moscow and the Moscow Region (50% of companies and 92 billion rubles in total revenue).

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The top 50 leading companies of Russian Digital Economy

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The urban digitalization index «IQ of cities» was developed by the Russian Ministry of Construction (Minstroy) together with Lomonosov Moscow State University in the framework of the departmental project «Smart City», which is being implemented as part of two national projects - «Housing and Urban Environment» and «Digital Economy».

«IQ of cities» is calculated in ten areas (city management, smart housing and communal services, innovations for the urban environment, smart city transport, intelligent public and environmental safety systems, tourism and service, intelligent social services systems, economic status and investment climate, communications network infrastructure) and contains 47 indicators.

According to the monitoring results, the highest level of urban IQ was in Moscow. Kazan and St. Petersburg were in second and third places, followed by Nizhny Novgorod and Ufа.

The highest level of urban IQ was in Moscow. Kazan and St. Petersburg were in second and third places.

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Digital Economy: 2020

The Mobile Economy Russia & CIS 2020

Innovation activity indicators: 2020

Digital Economy Indicators 2020

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