- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 2nd, 2012
![Hunt for Exoplanets Draws Russian Telescope, Too Hunt for Exoplanets Draws Russian Telescope, Too](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Hunt-for-Exoplanets-Draws-Russian-Telescope-Too-1.jpg)
Hunt for Exoplanets Draws Russian Telescope, Too
The country will begin searching for such objects soon
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 19th, 2012
![Russian Cybercriminal Faces 142 Years in US Prison Russian Cybercriminal Faces 142 Years in US Prison](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Russian-Cybercriminal-Faces-142-Years-in-US-Prison-1.jpg)
Russian Cybercriminal Faces 142 Years in US Prison
The US want to prove that no one is out of their reach
- Games Blog
- By Andrei Dumitrescu
- January 12th, 2012
![League of Legends Plans Move for Russian Market League of Legends Plans Move for Russian Market](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/League-of-Legends-Plans-Move-for-Russian-Market-1.jpg)
League of Legends Plans Move for Russian Market
Will launch fully localized game and a range of support options
- Energy
- By Oana Grigoras
- December 28th, 2011
![Russia Goes Green Opening Biggest Li-ion Battery Plant Russia Goes Green Opening Biggest Li-ion Battery Plant](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Russia-Goes-Green-Opening-Biggest-Li-ion-Battery-Plant-1.jpg)
Russia Goes Green Opening Biggest Li-ion Battery Plant
The giant plant will produce enough batteries to supply a fleet of 5,000 electric buses
- Interviews
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 23rd, 2011
![Softpedia Exclusive Interview: ESET Experts on Carrier IQ and the Election Incidents in Russia Softpedia Exclusive Interview: ESET Experts on Carrier IQ and the Election Incidents in Russia](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Softpedia-Exclusive-Interview-ESET-Experts-on-Carrier-IQ-and-the-Incidents-in-Russia-1.jpg)
Softpedia Exclusive Interview: ESET Experts on Carrier IQ and the Election Incidents in Russia
They also give some advice to users on how to identify malicious messages
- Green
- By Oana Grigoras
- December 21st, 2011
![Pamela Anderson Gets Her Way as Russia Bans Seal Fur Pamela Anderson Gets Her Way as Russia Bans Seal Fur](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Pamela-Anderson-Gets-Her-Way-as-Russia-Bans-Seal-Fur-1.jpg)
Pamela Anderson Gets Her Way as Russia Bans Seal Fur
Russia has banned seal imports from Canada, the world's number one supplier of seal fur
- Games
- By Andrei Dumitrescu
- December 19th, 2011
![Mail.ru Will operate Crytek’s Warface in Russia Mail.ru Will operate Crytek’s Warface in Russia](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Mail-ru-Will-operate-Crytek-s-Warface-in-Russia-1.jpg)
Mail.ru Will operate Crytek’s Warface in Russia
Crytek shooter will be online oriented and free-to-play
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 13th, 2011
![Botnets Attempt to Silence Russian Political Forums Botnets Attempt to Silence Russian Political Forums](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Botnets-Attempt-to-Silence-Russian-Political-Forums-1.jpg)
Botnets Attempt to Silence Russian Political Forums
In Russia, everything related to the elections is censored
- Mobile World
- By Ionut Arghire
- December 12th, 2011
![Galaxy Nexus Arrives in Russia on December 23rd Galaxy Nexus Arrives in Russia on December 23rd](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Galaxy-Nexus-Arrives-in-Russia-on-December-23rd-1.jpg)
Galaxy Nexus Arrives in Russia on December 23rd
The Ice Cream Sandwich device is now available for pre-order
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 12th, 2011
![Russia May Be Behind Stuxnet, US Cyber Defense Analyst Says Russia May Be Behind Stuxnet, US Cyber Defense Analyst Says](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Russia-May-Be-Behind-Stuxnet-US-Cyber-Defence-Analyst-Says-1.jpg)
Russia May Be Behind Stuxnet, US Cyber Defense Analyst Says
Kremlin could have easily planted US and Israeli digital fingerprints
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 7th, 2011
![Pro-Kremlin Activists Launch Attack on Twitter Pro-Kremlin Activists Launch Attack on Twitter](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Pro-Kremlin-Activist-Launch-Attack-on-Twitter-1.png)
Pro-Kremlin Activists Launch Attack on Twitter
Bots posted 10 messages each second until they managed to block a communication channel
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 5th, 2011
![Russian Election Fraud Watchdogs Hacked and Shut Down Russian Election Fraud Watchdogs Hacked and Shut Down](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Russian-Election-Fraud-Watchdogs-Hacked-and-Taken-Down-1.jpg)
Russian Election Fraud Watchdogs Hacked and Shut Down
The websites revealed their findings on Twitter and Facebook
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 1st, 2011
![SCADA Expert Accesses Illinois Utility from Russia, Not Hackers SCADA Expert Accesses Illinois Utility from Russia, Not Hackers](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/SCADA-Expert-Accesses-Illinois-Utility-From-Russia-Not-Hackers-1.jpg)
SCADA Expert Accesses Illinois Utility from Russia, Not Hackers
No one bothered to call him to clarify the situation
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 29th, 2011
![Russian Spammers Rely on New Techniques to Mask Phone Numbers Russian Spammers Rely on New Techniques to Mask Phone Numbers](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Russian-Spammers-Rely-on-New-Techniques-to-Mask-Phone-Numbers-1.gif)
Russian Spammers Rely on New Techniques to Mask Phone Numbers
Phone number masking became a form of cryptography
- Services
- By Ionut Arghire
- November 26th, 2011
![Windows Phone Trades Bing for Yandex in Russia Windows Phone Trades Bing for Yandex in Russia](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Windows-Phone-Trades-Bing-for-Yandex-in-Russia-1.jpg)
Windows Phone Trades Bing for Yandex in Russia
Handsets are better tailored for the local market, in an attempt to increase sale
- Other Search Engines
- By Lucian Parfeni
- November 25th, 2011
![Yandex Will Be the Default Search Engine on Windows Phone in Russia Yandex Will Be the Default Search Engine on Windows Phone in Russia](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Yandex-Will-Be-the-Default-Search-Engine-on-Windows-Phone-in-Russia-1.png)
Yandex Will Be the Default Search Engine on Windows Phone in Russia
Yandex dominates the search market in Russia with Google coming in a distant second
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 9th, 2011
![Phobos-Grunt Mission Launches, Fails Shortly Afterwards Phobos-Grunt Mission Launches, Fails Shortly Afterwards](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Phobos-Grunt-Mission-Launches-Fails-Shortly-Afterwards-1.jpg)
Phobos-Grunt Mission Launches, Fails Shortly Afterwards
Russia announces that the spacecraft may not be entirely lost