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Internet Trade in Moscow Grew 1.5 Times during the Crisis
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| During the period of crisis and restrictions in Moscow, the volume of e-commerce has grown by 1.5 times compared to the pre-crisis indicators.
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| --25-07-2020-- |
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The Number of IT-crimes in Russia has Almost Doubled
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| For the first half of the year, the number of crimes in the field of information technology increased by 91.7% compared to the same period in 2019.
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| --10-07-2020-- |
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Roskomnadzor Removes the Requirement to Restrict Access to Telegram
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| Roskomnadzor, in agreement with the Prosecutor General, removes the requirement to block the Telegram messenger in the Russian Federation.
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| --19-06-2020-- |
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The Function of Ordering Food from an Instagram Account has Become Available in Russia
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| A new feature is being introduced as part of the social network initiative to support small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
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| --08-06-2020-- |
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Revenues of Russian Video Bloggers are Falling Amid the Crisis
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| Due to the reduced activity of advertisers, some bloggers lose up to 40% of their revenue in dollar terms.
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| --02-05-2020-- |
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A List of Russian Sites with Free Access has Been Approved
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| The Ministry of Communications approved a list of sites with free access.
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| --07-04-2020-- |
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Russian Bloggers Account for 10 to 15 Billion Roubles of All Advertising Budgets of the Country Per Year
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| In terms of volume, the advertising revenues of bloggers are comparable to the advertising revenues of the radio segment.
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| --23-12-2019-- |
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Yandex Ranked Among the Fastest Growing Companies in the World
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| Yandex took the 24th place in the list of the fastest growing companies in the world, compiled by the American magazine Fortune.
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| --02-10-2019-- |
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“AliExpress” Started to Cooperate with VKontakte
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| A service with a full marketplace range developed on VK MiniApps has appeared on the social network.
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| --18-09-2019-- |
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“Yandex” Company has Launched its Own Collection of Children's Clothes
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| “Yandex” company has launched its own collection of children's clothes dedicated to space theme.
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| --18-09-2019-- |
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Moscow is Among the Top Three World Leaders in the Number of Free Wi-Fi Access Points
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| Moscow is among the world leaders in the number of free Wi-Fi access points - the Russian capital overtook New York, London and Tokyo and entered the top three largest megacities.
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| --12-07-2019-- |
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Almost 220 Russian Stations will be Equipped with Free Wi-Fi
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| 82 railway stations will be equipped with a single free Wi-Fi network until the end of 2019.
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| --15-03-2019-- |
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The Application for Women Entrepreneurs will be Launched in Russia
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| The application for women entrepreneurs Qvalis has attracted 30 million rubles of investments.
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| --08-02-2019-- |
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IIDF Annouonced Participants of Its New Accelerator
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| This year, the recruitment included many regional projects - startups from Chelyabinsk, Tomsk, Krasnodar, Khabarovsk and other cities.
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| --07-02-2019-- |
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New Yandex.Market Services
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| The users of the online stores aggregator “Yandex.Market” can pay for their purchases directly at the web-site of the service, according to the press release of “Yandex”. The purchases may be paid by a bank card or “Yandex. Money”.
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| --10-06-2014-- |
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Internet Providers Control
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| Aggravation of relations with the West can change the organization of the Russian Internet market. The Government is preparing a package of measures to tighten control over the Internet providers.
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| --06-05-2014-- |
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Russia to Force Bloggers to Get Journalist Accreditation
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| Russian parliament is considering legislation to force bloggers whose webpages get 10,000 views a day to get official journalist accreditation from the government, Russian press reports.
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| --19-03-2014-- |
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Russian Government Websites Fall Under Cyber Attacks
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| Several major Russian government websites were blocked by a series of coordinted cyber attacks by hackers this week, officials told the press.
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| --18-03-2014-- |
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Russian Biggest Liberal News Site Editor Removed, Staff Leaves Too
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| The editor-in-chief of the popular Russian news website Lenta.ru was relieved of her post on Wednesday, followed by 39 members of the editorial staff who signed their discharge applications in solidarity with their chief.
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| --14-03-2014-- |
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Navalny's Personal Blog Is in Internet Blacklist Now
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| The LiveJournal blog of an opposition leader Alexey Navalny and several other independent websites have been included to the Russian Internet blacklist, Russia's telecoms watchdog said on Thursday.
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| --14-03-2014-- |
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YouTube Is Blocked in Siberian Region
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| A biggest provider of Internet services in Russia's southern Siberian Republic of Altai has blocked access to the most popular video-sharing website YouTube for several controversial videos.
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| --11-03-2014-- |
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Russian Internet Group of LGBT Teens Accused of 'Gay Propaganda'
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| The organizer of an online support group for Russian gay teenagers faces a fine of up to 100,000 rubles ($2,800) for “gay propaganda,” activists said on Friday.
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| --09-02-2014-- |
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Russia to Ban Websites Calling for Protests
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| In the late December the lower house of Russian parliament gave its final approval for a bill to ban websites that call for unauthorized protests.
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| --14-01-2014-- |
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Over One Third of Russian Towns Don't Have the Internet - Study
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| A recent government study reveals that more than a third of Russia’s small towns and villages have no access to the Internet.
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| --12-01-2014-- |
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Doghunter Websites Banned in Russia
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| Two websites for people who poison stray and domesticated dogs are officially included to Russian Internet blacklist, with more similar webpages to follow.
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| --10-01-2014-- |
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Russia to Block Websites Which Sell Alcohol
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| Starting from the next year, Russia’s alcohol regulation watchdog will be blocking websites believed to sell alcohol.
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| --12-11-2013-- |
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Snowden Gets New Job in Russian Company
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| Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has started his new job at a major Russian company, his lawyer said on Friday.
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| --12-11-2013-- |
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98% of Blocked Websites in Russia Have no Illegal Content - Report
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| About 85,000 websites were included in the Russian Internet blacklist over the past year, 98 percent of them blocked without a valid reason, a new study said.
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| --08-11-2013-- |
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Extremism In Social Networks
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| The resident of Khabarovsk will be tried for extremism in a Social Network "VKontakte". The young man posted the song promoting hatred towards other nations on his page. It is not the first time when the Prosecutor`s Office of the region holds the 26-year resident of Khabarovsk criminally liable for a crime of an extremist nature.
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| --29-10-2013-- |
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Rostelecom-Siberia: More Internet Subscribers
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| 450 thousand inhabitants of Siberia were connected to the Internet via optical technologies of "Rostelecom". The number of subscribers of "Rostelecom" OJSC in the Siberian Federal District connected to the Internet via GPON and ETTH optical technologies exceeded 450,000. The greatest number of customers connected via optical technologies live in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (about 101 thousand), Novosibirsk Oblast (over 92 thousand) and the Altai Territory (about 54 thousand).
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| --28-10-2013-- |
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Russian Court Rules to Ban Film-Sharing Sites
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| A court in Moscow has ordered the definitive closure of several websites used for downloading movies, as an another action in the recent introduction of a strict anti-piracy law.
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| --23-10-2013-- |
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A Messenger For Vkontakte - Telegram
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| For fans of the devices based on iOS operating system, a new instant messenger for correspondence is available in AppStore now, developed by the creators of the social network "Vkontakte".
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| --30-09-2013-- |
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Russian Parliament to Consider an Expanded Anti-Piracy Bill
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| A new bill allowing for websites to be blocked if they contain any copyright-infringing content was introduced in the Russian parliament on Tuesday, expanding an earlier law against film piracy.
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| --25-09-2013-- |
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Russian Emergencies Ministry to Create Its Own Social Network
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| The Russian Emergencies Ministry together with the Fund for Advanced Study have announced plans for creating a special social network, which will allow its users to post all possible information about emergency situations and to contact with rescuers online.
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| --23-09-2013-- |
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An Online Petition against Anti-Piracy Law Gets 100,000 Signatures
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| On Saturday, August 10, an online petition against Russia’s draconian anti-piracy law received 100,000 signatures, which is enough to send it to the government for discussion.
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| --11-08-2013-- |
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Russian New Anti-Piracy Law Comes into Force Today, Faces Mass Protests
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| The new anti-piracy legislation comes into force on August 1, it will allow copyright holders to get a Russian court to block access to allegedly pirated content as well as hyperlinks to such content.
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| --01-08-2013-- |
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90 Percent of Russian Computer Users Are Gamers
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| A total of 87 percent of Russian Internet users are playing computer games monthly, most of them are women and the average age of a gamer is 34 years, a recent survey reveals.
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| --10-06-2013-- |
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Two Third of Russians Use Internet Daily
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| About 59 percent of Russians are Internet users, which three percents more than last year, according to the recent survey conducted by an independent pollster, Levada Center.
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| --21-05-2013-- |
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Capital Of Culture Is Located In Birobidzhan
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| Yandex users were divided according to their interests, based on preferences, gender and city of residence.
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| --18-05-2013-- |
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Russian-language Internet-domains .rus, .site And .online Have Got Prior Approval Of the International Regulator
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| The international corporation of name and number distribution in the Internet ICANN has preliminarily approved the creation of several tens of domain names, including three domains in Cyrillic alphabet: .rus, .site and .online.
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| --28-04-2013-- |
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Russian Internet Users to Fight for their Rights in Cyberspace
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| Russian internet users have set up a new association to protect their rights and freedoms in cyberspace, the Russian Pirate Party announced on Thursday.
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| --26-04-2013-- |
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Vkontakte Value Just $2.2BN - Forbes
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| Vkontakte was estimated at $2.2 billion in a recent stake buyout by UCP, says Forbes.
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| --24-04-2013-- |
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Russian Security Services Can Listen Through to Conversations on Skype
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| The Russian security services can listen through to conversations and monitor instant messages of the users of the Skype online service.
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| --25-03-2013-- |
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Yandex Pilots the Russian Version of Google Hotel Finder
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| Not to be outdone by Google, Yandex is testing a Russian version of Hotel Finder, in co-operation with two online hotel booking systems.
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| --28-02-2013-- |
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About 5% Of Russians Buy Tours And Tickets Online
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| About 5% of Russian Internet users are buying tours, air and railway tickets on the World Wide Web.
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| --25-02-2013-- |
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St. Petersburg City Centre Expands Wireless Network
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| Throughout 2013 St. Petersburg will continue to expand the network of wireless hot-spots in the city centre.
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| --14-02-2013-- |
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Yandex Became an Associate Member Of One Of the CERN Projects
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| Russian largest Internet company Yandex concluded an agreement with the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN), and became an associate member of CERN openlab.
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| --29-01-2013-- |
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Pussy Riot Music Video Found 'Extremist'
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| On Thursday, November 29, a Moscow court ruled that a video by punk group Pussy Riot is extremist and it should be banned from the Russian Internet.
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| --30-11-2012-- |
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Russia SEO Conference Kicks Off in Moscow
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| One of the leading events in the Internet Marketing industry in Russia, Optimization-2012 conference takes place in Moscow on November 22-23, 2012.
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| --21-11-2012-- |
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21 Websites Striked Off Russian Internet Blacklist
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| Russia’s telecoms watchdog, Roskomnadzor, has struck 21 entries off its “blacklist” in three days, the agency reported on Wednesday.
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| --16-11-2012-- |
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Hackers: Skype Accounts Are Up For Grabs (So Change Your Email Address)
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| A series of quick manipulations - and your Skype account is hacked. All the hacker needs to know is your email address, as the Russian users have found out this week. Skype has presently disabled the password reset option for all accounts.
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| --14-11-2012-- |
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Shakira Joins Russian VKontakte Social Network
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| Colombian songstress and world music star Shakira has launched her personal account on one of Russia’s most popular social networks, “VKontakte”.
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| --13-11-2012-- |
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Russian 'Internet Blacklist' Starts Working
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| On November 1, a special law aimed to protect children from harmful web content – the so-called internet blacklist – has come into effect.
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| --01-11-2012-- |
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Yandex net income amounted $74.2 million in Q3
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| Yandex, the leading internet company in Russia, operating the country's most popular search engine and most visited website, today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.
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| --30-10-2012-- |
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Perm Scholars Eradicate Verbal Aggression From the Internet
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| A trend of eradicating foul language from the Russian Internet is growing stronger: Perm linguists have computated the way to make Runet aggression-proof.
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| --29-10-2012-- |
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Russian Internet Week Opens Today
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| The fifth Russian Internet Week has opened in Moscow on Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Once again the industry leaders plan to discuss the future of the Russian Internet, as well as to discuss the opportunities and trends in online media, globally as in Russia.
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| --17-10-2012-- |
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Largest Search Engine in Russia Marks Its 15th Anniversary
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| Yandex, the largest search engine in Russia, marks its 15 th anniversary. The company has grown from a search engine into the largest Russian Internet resource with a wide verity of additional services
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| --24-09-2012-- |
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Rescuers to Bring Internet to Moscow Beaches
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| Internet access points will appear on several Moscow beaches to make it easier for people to get to know safety and rendering first aid rules.
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| --24-09-2012-- |
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The Innocence of Muslims May Cost Russians Social Web Access
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| Google's refusal to take down the trailer to a controversial film, The Innocence of Muslims, may lead to YouTube's getting blacklisted in Russia according to the new law regulating the Internet content. vK.com has also been warned.
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| --18-09-2012-- |
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Russian Prosecutors Seek to Ban "Innocence of Muslims"
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| The Prosecutor General’s Office has declared the film “Innocence of Muslims” extremist and plans to ban the scandalous video in Russia.
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| --18-09-2012-- |
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Yandex to launch its own web browser
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| Yandex, a Russian Internet company which operates the largest search engine in Russia, plans to work out its own web and mobile browser.
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| --13-09-2012-- |
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Russian Government Uses Sentiment Measurement Software To Read Blogs
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| Prizma (Prism), a sentiment tracking software, is gradually being introduced to the Russian Government. It is expected to help the State officials to better monitor and empathise with Social Media.
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| --16-08-2012-- |
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Internet Blacklist to Remain Classified to the Public
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| The new list of banned Internet resources is expected to be closed to the public in order to avoid advertisement for the illegal information.
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| --14-08-2012-- |
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Advertisement Brings Big Profit To Yandex
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| Advertising has brought Yandex, the largest search engine in Russia, 6.664 billion Rubles in the second quarter of 2012. This is 1.5 times more than for the same period of 2011.
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| --02-08-2012-- |
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Kaliningrad Officials Banned From Surfing Net at Work
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| A Russian regional government has blocked access to some popular websites in its offices in order to make its civil servants working instead of chating and flooding.
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| --01-08-2012-- |
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Russian Wikipedia Strikes Against Internet Censorship
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| Russian Wikipedia, the segment of the world’s largest free on-line encyclopedia, temporarily suspended its work on Tuesday in protest against a bill proposing creation of a blacklist of all websites containing banned content.
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| --10-07-2012-- |
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Wi-Fi Is Available Throughout Kazan
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| The new great project “Always connected” has been presented in Kazan. It involves the installation of dozens of Wi-Fi access points on the streets and in public areas of the city.
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| --05-07-2012-- |
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Russian Internet Audience Is the Biggest in Europe
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| More that a half of Russians are active Internet users - 58% - which is twice as much as six years ago.
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| --19-04-2012-- |
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How to Name Your New Party?
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| An online voting is launched for choosing the best name for Mikhail Prokhorov's new political party.
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| --26-03-2012-- |
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Russia Is Ahead of Britain in Broadband Internet Access
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| According to a survey conducted by JSon and Partners Consulting, in 2011 Russia was ahead of Britain in providing broadband Internet access.
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| --21-03-2012-- |
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Unusual Student's Experiment in Tambov: No Internet, No Mobile Phones
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| An unusual experiment will be held at Tambov State University May 10-31. During three weeks 25 student volunteers will not use computers, mobile phones, tablets and other popular gadgets.
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| --29-02-2012-- |
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Wi-Fi Spots Come to Moscow Underground
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| 2012 promises a lovely present for the Internet-savvy Muscovites: Wi-Fi hot-spots will be piloted on several stations on the Moscow Underground. If successful, the project will extend to incorporate tunnels, to provide Wi-Fi access throughout the Moscow metro.
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| --19-01-2012-- |
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"Stop SOPA" Action Supported by Russians
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| Yesterday the global campaign against anti-piracy bills in the U.S. Congress was supported by Russian Pirate Party and some other activists.
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| --19-01-2012-- |
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Tourists Are Offered a Live Webcam Walk through St. Petersburg
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| A new project VPiter gives an opportunity to see St. Petersburg online. The company launched 19 live webcams that help tourists to take a virtual walk through the main attractions of the city.
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| --26-12-2011-- |
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Yandex Ads Banners to Rise 67% in Price
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| The price for media advertising will rise 67 % on the main page and in average 28% on other pages on the largest search engine in Russia,Yandex, claimed the company.
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| --05-12-2011-- |
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Russian MMORPG Allods Online is Among Most Expected Games in China
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| Russian massive multiplayer online role-playing game “Allods online” has become one of the most expected new arrival in China.
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| --27-11-2011-- |
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Moscow Airport Offers Check-In via Skype
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| Sheremetyevo International Airport has launched a new service – flight chek-in via Skype video call.
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| --24-11-2011-- |
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LiveJournal Will Be Free from Advertising Banners
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| LiveJournal will remove all banner adverts from the service's pages. The famous blogging platform's new Director General, Ilya Dronov, announced it within a special press-conference dedicated to the service's future.
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| --22-11-2011-- |
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Advertising Leaves Print Media for Internet
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| In the third quarter costs for Internet advertising has exceeded costs for ads in print media for the first time.
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| --07-11-2011-- |
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VKontakte Plans to Compete with LiveJournal
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| VKontakte plans to become the top blogging platform and will compete with LiveJournal for Russian Internet users. The social network wants to attract the most popular bloggers of the Russian Internet on its pages.
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| --02-11-2011-- |
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Russian Twitter to be Launched by Mail.ru Group
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| Russian Internet company Mail.ru Group is to launch its own service of micro blogs, which may compete with Twitter.
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| --31-10-2011-- |
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Russian Married Couple Accused of Online Piracy
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| A husband and wife duo has been given the case over illegal video distribution, becoming another target in Russia's anti-piracy clamp down for sharing films on the Internet.
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| --28-10-2011-- |
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Russian Internet Week 2011 Opens in Moscow
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| The annual Russian Internet Week 2011 (RIW 2011) will be opened for the fourth time from 19 till 21 October 2011 in Moscow at ExpoCenter in Krasnopresnenskaya embankment, 14.
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| --16-10-2011-- |
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LookAtMe Portal Adds a TV Section to the Menu
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| A popular Russian web portal, LookAtMe, has announced the start of its own Internet TV. The audiences will now be able to follow the latest style and design trends, catwalks, and fashionable looks in a new audio-visual dimension
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| --14-10-2011-- |
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Russians Will Miss the Man who Changed the World
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| Today the Russian President, many Russian officials and famous bloggers, as well as thousands of Russian people, offer their condolence over the death of Steve Jobs, the founder and ex-CEO of the Apple company.
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| --06-10-2011-- |
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Trololo Man Appears in the American Series
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| Popular Soviet and Russian singer Eduard Khil has become a personage in one of the series of "Family Guy" animation serial. Being in the form of waiter, the animated Khil sang his famous "trololo" song.
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| --04-10-2011-- |
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Moscow to Apply for .moscow Domain Name
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| Moscow may have its own domain name .Moscow and . Ìîñêâà. Moscow will apply for it in January 2012.
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| --01-10-2011-- |
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Russian Internet Shop OZON Attracts Record Investments
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| Ozon.ru has attracted investments to the record amount of $100 million, the company’s press-release reports.
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| --08-09-2011-- |
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Yandex Has Obtained The Tweeted Times
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| The internet company Yandex has obtained the service The Tweeted Times, says its press release.
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| --30-08-2011-- |
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Bloggers Request to Award Russian Booker of Decade to Ruben Gonzalez Gallego
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| Bloggers have addressed open letters to jury members and winners of the Russian Booker award with the request to award Booker of Decade to Ruben David Gonzalez Gallego, who has recently got into an accident in Washington.
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| --25-08-2011-- |
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Russians to Get Paid on E-Bay through PayPal
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| Internet payment company PayPal has let to transfer money to the Russian accounts from abroad. This will allow Russians to trade and get paid on e-Bay auction.
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| --24-08-2011-- |
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Enquiry: Why Cell Operators Charge More for Cyrillic SMS Messages?
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| The Federal Antimonopoly Agency of Russia is to conduct an enquiry into mobile network charges of Russian operators, following claims that their cost depends on the choice of an alphabet.
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| --05-08-2011-- |
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Russian Police Wants to Know About Young People's Preferences
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| Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev has said that the activity of some Internet resources should be restricted to prevent extremism among the youth.
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| --03-08-2011-- |
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Russian LiveJournal Bloggers Are Again Disconnected
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| Yet again the Russian LiveJournal has been under an avalanche of D-DOS attacks. The service is still unavailable for some users.
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| --27-07-2011-- |
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Vkontakte Closes its Own Payment System
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| Russian most popular social network Vkontakte decided to close its payment system, as it doesn't fit the legal requirements of the national payment system, approved by Russian President at the end of June, 2011.
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| --14-07-2011-- |
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Rambler Entered Top Three Russia's Most Popular Gaming Platrofms
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| Russia's combined project Rambler and Afisha has acquired a gaming portal Kanobu Network.
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| --30-06-2011-- |
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Vkontakte Moves to .com Domain
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| Russian most popular social network Vkontakte.ru will get an international domain in two month. At this moment the project has two domains vkontakte.ru and vk.com.
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| --16-06-2011-- |
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Microsoft to Cooperate with Russia's FSB
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| Microsoft company does not preclude the possibility of disclosing of the source code for Skype to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The company notes, that this is just a source code, not an encryption algorithm of the program.
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| --09-06-2011-- |
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Yandex's Employees Became Millionaires
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| Selling shares of Russian Yandex on Nasdaq has allowed comany's employees to earn an average of two million dollars.
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| --30-05-2011-- |
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Yandex to Complete the IPO
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| Russia's largest Internet search engine Yandex plans to raise 1,3 billion dollars in the IPO.
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| --24-05-2011-- |
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