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Sberbank’s Humanoid ‘Green’ Dances for Putin at AI Forum in Moscow

The showcase highlighted Russia's push for domestic generative AI sovereignty.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sberbank's CEO German Gref visit the exhibition of the international conference on artificial intelligence "AI Journey", in Moscow, Russia, November 19, 2025. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sberbank's CEO German Gref visit the exhibition of the international conference on artificial intelligence "AI Journey", in Moscow, Russia, November 19, 2025. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sberbank's CEO German Gref visit the exhibition of the international conference on artificial intelligence "AI Journey", in Moscow, Russia, November 19, 2025. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Togo's President of the Council of Ministers Faure Gnassingbe (not pictured) at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool

Overview

  • State television aired the Sberbank demonstration in which the robot introduced itself as Green and performed a dance for President Vladimir Putin.
  • Green described itself as the first Russian humanoid with embedded artificial intelligence and presented itself as a physical embodiment of the technology.
  • Sberbank said the robot’s software will be continuously upgraded and that a pilot program will integrate the system into parts of the bank’s operations.
  • At the same event, Putin called generative AI a strategic priority and said leading countries are competing for foundational language models, emphasizing the need for more computing power and energy.
  • Kremlin bodyguards closely monitored the interaction and kept the robot at a distance, and the appearance followed days after another Russian robot, Aidol, fell during its stage debut.