Andrii Degeler

Based in the Netherlands, Andrii Degeler has been covering Internet and tech business news for a number of Western and Ukrainian publications since 2007. He contributes news articles and industry insights to East-West Digital News.

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Music analysis startup FindStream monitors 27,000 Internet radio stations

May 21, 2013

Balakam, a Russian company which launched a search engine for media content two years ago, has just released the beta version of its new project, christened FindStream. The service monitors more than 27,000 Internet radio stations every two minutes, providing users with data on track popularity and emerging trends in the music industry. The service …

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Mobile social banking arrives in Russia

May 17, 2013

Russian iPhone users can now experiment with social banking – an entirely new concept in the country – with an app launched last month by Instabank, a Moscow-based startup. The iPhone app allows clients to transfer money to Facebook friends who also use Instabank, get notifications of new account activity, and add geotags and photos …

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Google shuts down Quickoffice R&D offices in Russia and Ukraine

May 16, 2013

Google has cancelled its contract with Doctor Mobile, the developer of the mobile applications for the Quickoffice service. Google acquired Quickoffice, which is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, in June last year for an undisclosed sum. Now, less than a year later, Google is shutting down two of its offices, namely in Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Kharkiv (Ukraine), where more than …

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Skolkovo claims it reduces brain drain from Russia; announces new R&D center in Amsterdam

May 16, 2013

In his speech at a plenary session held in Skolkovo’s Hypercube building last month, Viktor Vekselberg, the tech hub’s president, identified the emigration of tech specialists as one of Russia’s most pressing issues. “It’s a shame to hear Russian speech everywhere when you go to Silicon Valley,” Vekselberg said. “Large [Russian] corporations need to be …

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Google slow to penetrate Russia: battles with Yandex, lawsuit vs. government over content filtering

May 16, 2013

After many years spent unsuccessfully challenging local search giant Yandex for the Russian market, Google appears to have re-thought its strategy – though still not always finding common ground with Russian authorities. In an interview with news agency RIA Novosti earlier this week, Google Russia CEO Yuliya Solovyova stated that the corporation considers Russia a …

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Russian authorities in search of new suppliers for e-government

May 13, 2013

Russia’s government prefers to take its time before signing a new contract with an outside service provider to support its electronic infrastructure, including systems of interdepartmental collaboration, the government services portal Gosuslugi.ru, and a unified system of identification and authentication. So far, the government’s provider for these projects has been Rostelecom, Russia’s leading telecom operator, …

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Belorussian publisher of ‘World of Tanks’ posted $287 million revenue in 2012

May 9, 2013

Belorussia’s Wargaming.net, famous for its massive multiplayer online (MMO) game World of Tanks, has posted $287 million in revenue during 2012, the Russian business daily Vedomosti reported on Tuesday. The company’s net income reached about $8 million. World of Tanks is a free-to-play MMO game, where users control different tanks and can pay a fee …

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Report: DST invested $315 million in German startup incubator Rocket Internet

May 8, 2013

Digital Sky Technologies (DST Global), the global investment fund led by Yuri Milner, appears to be a major investor in German startup incubator Rocket Internet. According to the incubator’s slide deck, found by The Manager magazine, DST has already pumped $315 million into the project. This makes DST the second biggest investor in the incubator …

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Online plane ticket sales in Russia have reached $3 billion per year

March 2, 2017

The Russian market for online airline ticket sales has grown to a whopping $3 billion, according to the general manager of online travel agency Biletix.ru, Alexander Sizintsev. This distribution channel currently accounts for 15 to 20% of all the plane tickets sold in the country, RIA Novosti reported last week. About 40% of the plane …

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Cisco and Skolkovo team up for research and education

May 3, 2013

In late April, Cisco and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) signed a letter of intent envisioning a wide range of joint activities in the fields of scientific research and education. These include a practical training program for Russian industry professionals and government employees in the US. In accordance with the agreement, the …

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