#russia
- Yandex Commerce Protocol: first retailers launch sales via Alice AI Yandex industry
- Yandex launches YandexGPT-based AI assistants for schools and EdTech Yandex tools
- Yandex Self-Driving Truck Completes First Fully Autonomous 700km Moscow–Saint Petersburg Run Yandex industry
- Yandex Releases Major Alice AI Update: Cross-Session Memory, Personalization, and Live Accessibility Mode Yandex models-llm
- GigaChat Passes Engineering Certification at Moscow Power Engineering Institute Sber industry
- Sber Closes First GigaChat Enterprise Hardware Leasing Deal Sber industry
- Yandex Improves Alice AI ART: Russian Text in Generated Images 3x More Accurate Yandex image
- Sber Launches GigaChat-Powered Multi-Agent Business Assistant for Corporate Banking at SPIEF 2026 Sber industry
- Yandex Launches Drops: First AI Wearable Earbuds with Alice AI Yandex tools
- Yandex Drops — First Russian AI Wearable with Alice AI — Enters Retail Stores Yandex industry
- Yandex Open-Sources YaFF Data Format, Saving Up to 20% Server Capacity Yandex tools
- Yandex Alice AI Gains Agentic Booking for Restaurants and Beauty Salons Across Russia Yandex tools
- Sber unveils Kandinsky 6.0 Image — flagship image generation model Sber image
- VK Video AI Character Recognition Boosts Watch Time 9% via Cascade Face Detection VK AI tools
- Yandex announces results of the Yandex AI Startup Lab accelerator Yandex industry
- Yandex Launches Alice AI Agent to Search WW2 Veteran Records in Russian Archives Yandex tools
- Yandex Maps Adds AI-Generated Landmark-Based Voice Guidance Across Russia Yandex tools
- Sber GigaChat Adds Yakut Language Support Sber models-llm
- Sber Opens Testing of GigaCowork: No-Code AI Agent Management Platform for Enterprises Sber tools
- Yandex Adds 30 AI Characters with Distinct Personalities to Alice AI Chat Yandex tools
- Sber GigaChat Launches Healthy Lifestyle Thematic Space Sber tools
- Yandex Deploys Alice AI NFC Pendants at Night at the Museum Event Yandex industry
- Sber Launches Giga-Art AI Art Festival Using Kandinsky 6.0 Sber industry
- VK Tech Reduces VK Data Platform Infrastructure Requirements 2.5× for AI Deployments VK AI tools
- VK Publishes Russian AI Software Market Forecast: 95 Billion Rubles by 2030 VK AI industry