Ukraine-Russia

Pro-Russian hacker group CyberBerkut claims attack on German government websites

German government websites were brought down Wednesday by a deliberate attack claimed by a pro-Russian hacking group connected to the separatist movement in eastern Ukraine. The hack came a day before German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk in Berlin to discuss economic cooperation. A group calling itself …

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Pavel Aleshin and Kirill Mazur of Imperious Group: “There are greater economic and political risks in investing in Russian projects, so we have begun looking more at the Ukrainian market”

Launched in 2010 in Russia, Imperious Group began investing in Ukrainian startups last year. Regardless of the political tumult, the fund’s interest in this market was maintained this year to such an extent that has it has become one of the most active funds in Ukraine with more than $3 million invested so far. This …

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Will Ukraine-Russia’s political turmoil boost the region’s outsourcing economics?

Following the downing of the Air Malaysia flight and the subsequent military interventions and conflict between pro-Russian separatists and the government in the Ukraine, concerns about the stability of Ukraine and Russia – and indeed the broader Eastern European region – have grown. Despite a cease-fire in September, some quarters are reporting the possibility of renewed conflict. The economic toll …

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Patriotic game created in Zaporozhye with proceeds to go to the army

GBKSOFT, a team of mobile app developers from Zaporizhia (Zaporozhye), has released a game for iOS devices called Defend Ukraine. The app, which is available i Ukrainian, Russian and English languages, can be purchased in AppStore for $0.99. All money from sales will be sent to Wings Phoenix, a volunteer organization that supports the Ukrainian …

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Pro-Ukrainian cyber forces take down 46 separatist sites and target online money accounts

Working day and night, as reported by Ukrainian news resource TSN.UA, Ukrainian cyber forces and individual pro-Ukrainian hackers have maintained online attacks on all Internet resources linked to insurgents in the eastern part of the country, whom the Kyiv (Kiev) government deems as terrorists. As of early November, the cyber forces claimed to have downed …

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Russia’s Imperious Group injects $250,000 in Ukrainian startup Multitest to conquer Western markets

In a new illustration of the maintained interest of several Russian funds in Ukrainian startups, Imperious Group has invested $250,000 in Multitest, a Kiyv (Kiev) -based startup that helps Internet users choose their ISP. The funds will be used to redesign the platform and penetrate new markets. The startup’s founder Artem Beloded is considering, in …

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Odessa e-marketing agency Netpeak acquires Bulgarian company and gets 10% stake in Russia’s Q-Page

Earlier this week the Odessa-based e-marketing agency Netpeak announced it has acquired a 51% stake in Bulgarian agency Optimization.bg as well as 10% of Q-Page, a Russian company that help individual entrepreneurs and SMBs create or optimize online sales pages. Netpeak paid $100,000 for the stake in Q-Page. The details of the deal with the Bulgarian company …

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Pro-Ukrainian hackers have leaked secret documents from Donetsk insurgents, Crimea, and Russia

Pro-Ukrainian hackers have reported that they have hacked the Crimean cells of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as the insurgents of Eastern Ukraine call themselves (abbreviated as “DNR” in Russian). This has resulted in an online database of documents and photo-materials from the DNR, representatives of Russian nationalist organizations in Crimea, and representatives of government agencies …

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Russians still actively invest in Ukrainian startups; Western VCs eye the market, too

Amid political turmoil, Russian investors have been involved in four of the five largest investment deals on the Ukrainian startup scene since early 2014. This trend was revealed by an analysis provided by Yevgen Sysoyev of AVentures Capital, a Kyiv (Kiev) based international fund. A $3 million deal involving Gillbus, a bus-ticket software developer, took place in June. Investors included …

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Russian startup AmazingHiring attracts $500,000 from Ukrainian fund SMRK and Russo-Austrian angel investor Igor Ryabenkiy

AmazingHiring, a Moscow-based service for finding IT professionals, has attracted $500,000 in a second seed round, with equal contributions brought in by SMRK, a Kyiv (Kiev) based venture fund, and Altair, the seed-stage fund backed by Russo-Austrian serial investor Igor Ryabenkiy. The startup is developing a search engine and browser plug-in for Chrome that recruiters can use …

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SBU claims that Russian intelligence creates fake social media accounts and spreads mobile viruses in Ukraine

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) says that Russian intelligence has begun to create a panic on social networks and to spread viruses to Ukrainian phones, UNIAN reports. According to the the first claim, Russian intelligence are preparing fake information about losses by Ukrainian forces in clashes in the eastern part of the country and …

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