![]() ![]() The city is home to tech giants that include search company Yandex as well as global cybersecurity player Kaspersky Lab. Moscow itself has a population of more than 12m people and can draw on a strong scientific and technological heritage. None of this, however, is standing in the way of the technical brilliance and ambition of Russian entrepreneurs who can apply their technologies to a large local population base before taking on the world. Not only that, but because of the geopolitical climate, suspicions reminiscent of the Cold War (not helped by alleged cyber warfare) and other forms of sabre-rattling, as well as trade embargoes going back to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, it isn’t easy for Russian start-ups to break on to the world stage. Moscow has been at the crossroads of world history for the last few hundred years and, despite being the capital of one of the world’s superpowers, the city’s prowess as a scientific, tech and academic hub is often overlooked. Therefore, we thought that before kick-off, it would be worth checking out Moscow’s standing as a start-up powerhouse. ![]() This evening (14 June), all eyes will be on the first match of the FIFA World Cup in Russia, where the country will take on Saudi Arabia at the Luzhniki Stadium. With the FIFA World Cup 2018 kicking off in Moscow, we thought it would be a great opportunity to check out the tech start-ups that have emerged from the capital of Russia.
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