MGIMO AI Centre Took Part in the AI Awards 2026 Ceremony
On 29 April, the Central Business Space in Moscow hosted the AI Awards 2026 ceremony - an annual award in the field of artificial intelligence developed by the Beeline Big Data & AI team. In 2026, the award programme included the awards ceremony, a business programme and a technology demo zone, while the MGIMO AI Centre served as a media partner of the event.
One of the new nominations of the season was “AI Russia in the World.” According to the organizers, this category recognizes companies, projects and teams that represent Russian AI internationally, increase its visibility and contribute to shaping the global technology agenda.
Anna Abramova, Director of the MGIMO AI Centre, presented the award to the winner in this nomination - Yandex. The award was accepted by Alexander Krainov, Director for AI Technology Development at Yandex.
The laureates of AI Awards 2026 were:
Personal Contribution to the Development of AI — Ivan Oseledets, scientist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, CEO of the AIRI Institute of Artificial Intelligence
AI in Banking — Sberbank
AI in Industry — Rosatom
AI for Healthcare — Webiomed
AI in Education — HSE University
AI in Retail — Wildberries
AI Developers — Kaspersky Lab
AI Russia in the World — Yandex
Federal Executive Authorities: Contribution to the Development of AI - Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Import Substitution in AI — Sberbank
AI in Cybersecurity - Positive Technologies
AI Agents — Beeline, Sberbank, MWS AI)
AI Governance System Maturity, nomination by O2Consulting — Sberbank
Sergey Anokhin, CEO of Beeline, noted:
“Beeline has been holding AI Awards for the third year in a row, and for us it is not just an award, but a way to show the development of artificial intelligence through data rather than subjective assessments. We see that Russian AI solutions are becoming part of the international technology agenda. That is why, together with our partners, we have taken the first steps towards an international AI Awards ranking: for the first time, we analyzed the presence of 100 Russian AI companies in the foreign information space. Our goal is to create a transparent, data-driven point of reference for the market, where the contribution of business, science and the state to the development of AI can be assessed objectively.”
One of the new nominations of the season was “AI Russia in the World.” According to the organizers, this category recognizes companies, projects and teams that represent Russian AI internationally, increase its visibility and contribute to shaping the global technology agenda.
Anna Abramova, Director of the MGIMO AI Centre, presented the award to the winner in this nomination - Yandex. The award was accepted by Alexander Krainov, Director for AI Technology Development at Yandex.
The laureates of AI Awards 2026 were:
Personal Contribution to the Development of AI — Ivan Oseledets, scientist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, CEO of the AIRI Institute of Artificial Intelligence
AI in Banking — Sberbank
AI in Industry — Rosatom
AI for Healthcare — Webiomed
AI in Education — HSE University
AI in Retail — Wildberries
AI Developers — Kaspersky Lab
AI Russia in the World — Yandex
Federal Executive Authorities: Contribution to the Development of AI - Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Import Substitution in AI — Sberbank
AI in Cybersecurity - Positive Technologies
AI Agents — Beeline, Sberbank, MWS AI)
AI Governance System Maturity, nomination by O2Consulting — Sberbank
Sergey Anokhin, CEO of Beeline, noted:
“Beeline has been holding AI Awards for the third year in a row, and for us it is not just an award, but a way to show the development of artificial intelligence through data rather than subjective assessments. We see that Russian AI solutions are becoming part of the international technology agenda. That is why, together with our partners, we have taken the first steps towards an international AI Awards ranking: for the first time, we analyzed the presence of 100 Russian AI companies in the foreign information space. Our goal is to create a transparent, data-driven point of reference for the market, where the contribution of business, science and the state to the development of AI can be assessed objectively.”
