Technology

In Moscow, from October 27 to 29, temporary restrictions on mobile Internet within the Third Transport Ring (TTK) are possible. This was reported in the Ministry of information of the Russian Federation.

The business proposed to pay compensation for part of the cost of renting computing power to developers of artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of grants through the FSBI “Fund for the Promotion of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere” (Innovation Assistance Fund, FSI). Before that, the Russian Foundation for the Development of Information Technologies (RFIT) – a structure managed by the Ministry of Digital Affairs for financing IT developments – acted as a possible operator of support measures. This was told to Vedomosti by a participant of the meeting of the working group “AI Support Measures” of the subcommittee on the development and implementation of AI technologies, held on October 22. Vedomosti got acquainted with a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the working group, its essence was confirmed by another participant in the discussion.

Nearly half of Russia’s websites – some 1.5 million – were at risk of being hacked. Vulnerable versions of PHP programming language used corporate resources and regular online stores

This week, it became known that sites around the world stopped working due to fear of hackers, the creators of Claude do not trust him to write for them, AI prefers to kill people rather than themselves, and becomes invulnerable.

In the first nine months of 2026, Russian telecom operators blocked 16% fewer number swapping calls compared to the nine months of 2025, or 300 million calls. About this at the forum "Spectrum-2026" said Deputy head of Roskomnadzor (RKN) Oleg Terlyakov. In total, in the beginning of 2026, the information system (IS) Antifrod verified 146.3 billion calls.

In January-August 2026, the volume of public procurement of servers, services for processing, placing data and IT infrastructure in data centers (data center) and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) reached 82.03 billion rubles, which is 30% more compared to the eight months of 2025. This follows from the open data of the Unified Information System, which were analyzed for Vedomosti by the analytics of the RTS-tender electronic platform. The trend was confirmed by Vedomosti in Roseltorg and Rostender.

The number of mobile numbers issued in excess of the established limit, from the beginning of 2026 to mid-October decreased by 1.95 million units compared to the end of 2025. We are talking about those SIM cards that are issued to subscribers in excess of the limit of 20 pcs. There are now about 26,000 numbers registered for about 1,000 subscribers. This was announced by the Deputy head of Roskomnadzor Oleg Terlyakov at the forum “Spectrum-2026”. Thus, the number of SIM cards in excess of the limits decreased by 76 times, calculated “Vedomosti”.

In Russia, 5,986 radio-electronic facilities (RES) of the fifth generation (5G) standard were registered in 52 settlements. Most of them fall on Rostelecom and T2 (owned by Rostelecom) – 4093 RES, or 68.4% of the total. MTS registered 871 RES (14.6%), VimpelCom (Beeline brand) – 763 (12.7%), MegaFon and Scartel – 259 (4.3%). This follows from the report of Roskomnadzor, which was presented at the forum “Spectrum-2026”.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade specified the list of telecom equipment that can fall under the mechanism of technological collection (techscore) – a new mandatory non-tax payment to the federal budget. It applies to manufacturers and importers of electronics, electronic components and products with its content. The list includes base stations (BS), switching devices, routers and equipment for receiving, converting and transmitting or recovering data. This follows from the draft government decree, which was familiarized with “Vedomosti”.

The business asked the Ministry to support developers of artificial intelligence (AI) to stimulate the development of their own solutions. To do this, they propose to issue vouchers for access to computing power. Such a proposal is contained in the minutes of the meeting of the working group “Measures to support AI”, held in early October (with its contents read “Vedomosti”). Such a measure is discussed along with grants for the creation of AI solutions.

Russian manufacturers of telecom equipment asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to exclude the need to install a Russian chip on a system circuit board produced in Russia (the main circuit board that combines all components of the device) for certain types of electronics. Now the Russian integrated circuit should be applied on the board produced in Russia. A corresponding letter in late September, the consortium "Telecommunication Equipment" (ANO TKO) sent to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (a copy of the appeal is at the disposal of "Vedomosti") and subordinate to the All-Russian Research Institute of Radio Electronics (FGBI VNIIR).

Deputy Prime Minister and head of the government apparatus Dmitry Grigorenko leaves his post and can go to work in Sber as Deputy Chairman of the Board. This was reported to Vedomosti by a source close to the presidential administration and a top manager of one of the major integrators, who heard about it from the interlocutor in the bank. One of the interlocutors admitted that the official will close the entire digital agenda, and senior vice presidents Andrei Belevtsev and Kirill Menshov will be subordinate to him. About the possible transition Grigorenko in “Sber” wrote also RBC, citing its sources.