Outages, launches, regulation and import substitution across Russian services, clouds and data centers.https://katrov.dev/news/russia/enhttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-09-rostelecom-server-tender/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-09-rostelecom-server-tender/Rostelecom and its subsidiary RTK-COD have announced tenders for servers, storage and switches with a combined starting value of about RUB 6.9 billion. The equipment must be made in Russia or an EAEU country and be listed in the relevant registries; bids close on 9 November, with first deliveries expected in November–December.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevopsrussiaimport-substitutionhardwaredatacenterhttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-09-ru-outages-nov-9/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-09-ru-outages-nov-9/On the morning of 9 November, Downdetector recorded connectivity complaints from 25 Russian regions. Most were about Rostelecom: more than 1,400 reports in 24 hours, mostly from Krasnodar Krai, where users reported internet and digital TV failures. Separately, almost 3,000 complaints concerned GitHub and about 500 Steam; causes have not been disclosed.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevopsrussiaoutageispinternethttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-09-t-technologies-cian-offer/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-09-t-technologies-cian-offer/T-Bank's parent company has filed a proposal with the Bank of Russia to buy up to 100% of Cian at RUB 993.05 per share. With 77.67 million shares outstanding, that values Cian at about RUB 77.1 billion, a 29.3% premium, with the deal potentially closing in the first quarter of 2027.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTlaunchesrussiafinanceenterpriseindustryhttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-08-beget-cloud-restore/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-08-beget-cloud-restore/Hosting provider Beget disclosed the aftermath of the 2 November attack: attackers gained control over the entire architecture and ran update scripts. More than 60% of hosting is restored, the rest is being rebuilt from backups from 7 November, and only half of VPS users have file backups.Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevopsbegetrussiahostingincidentdata-losshttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-08-ru-outages-nov-7/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-08-ru-outages-nov-7/According to Downdetector, complaints about internet access on 7 November came from 25 Russian regions, mostly St Petersburg and the Leningrad region. SkyNet saw almost 700 reports in a day, Steam more than 550, and DeepSeek had an outage in the morning with about 2,900 complaints.Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevopsrussiaoutageispinternethttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-07-max-gis-ksim/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-07-max-gis-ksim/The Digital Development Ministry drafted a decree under which the Max messenger will get access to GIS KSIM, the state system for subscriber data control. The service will be able to check the status of linked numbers and spot accounts with invalid SIMs; the decree is due to take effect on 1 March 2027.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTsecurityrussiamaxidentityregulationtelecomhttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-07-cbr-crypto-list/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-07-cbr-crypto-list/The Bank of Russia set the list of cryptocurrencies available to unqualified investors: bitcoin, ether and USD Tether. The instruction takes effect on 17 November, the limit through one intermediary is 300,000 roubles a year, and investors must pass a test before trading.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTsecurityrussiacryptoregulationfinancehttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-06-red-os-1000-workstations/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-06-red-os-1000-workstations/RED SOFT said the college in Kemerovo moved 1,000 workstations in classrooms, labs and faculty offices to RED OS, with servers on RED OS Server. Alongside the OS it deployed fleet management, virtualisation, a DBMS and VDI from the same line.Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevopsred-osrussiaimport-substitutionlinuxeducationhttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-06-sky-net-outage-25-regions/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-06-sky-net-outage-25-regions/On the morning of 5 November users in 25 Russian regions reported internet and connectivity problems. Most complaints came from St Petersburg and the Leningrad region; ISP SkyNet saw almost a thousand reports in a day, and the cause has not been officially named.Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevopsoutageispnetworkingrussiahttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-05-beget-attack-data-loss/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-05-beget-attack-data-loss/Overnight into November 2, attackers gained access to the Beget control plane and ran data-deletion scripts. The provider confirmed the loss of VPS, S3 and Kubernetes data and binary VPS backups; file backups of shared hosting survive, but access to them is still closed.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTsecurityhostingincidentdata-lossrussiabackuphttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-05-data-centers-reserve-decree/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-05-data-centers-reserve-decree/Decree No. 802 requires owners of commercial and corporate data centers to reserve 10% of their floor space and capacity and hand it over within 24 hours if a government subcommission demands it. Market players await secondary regulations and expect hosting and cloud prices may rise.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevopsdata-centersregulationcloudrussiahttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-05-max-doctor-appointments/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-05-max-doctor-appointments/Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said more than 21 million people use the national MAX messenger to book doctor appointments. According to him, the service also handles other tasks, and interaction with the healthcare system is becoming seamless.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTlaunchesmaxgov-serviceshealthcarerussiahttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-05-gosuslugi-operator-change/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-05-gosuslugi-operator-change/The Ministry of Digital Development has launched a Gosuslugi service for switching mobile operators while keeping the number. The application goes to the independent number-portability database operator, and the old channels — the operator website and office — remain available.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTlaunchesgov-servicesmobilerussiahttps://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-05-rustore-developers-games/https://katrov.dev/news/2026-11-05-rustore-developers-games/In a year, the number of developers with published apps in RuStore doubled to 30,000, the catalog grew 20%, and the mobile gaming audience rose 34%. From 2027, search rankings in the store will factor in RuStore payments and external traffic.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevrustoremobileappsrussia