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Twitter acquiesces to Russia’s content-blocking while Google battles it in court

March 21, 2013 November 19, 2014

The Russian government is making headway in persuading some of the world’s leading Internet players to block content that it has labeled as illegal. Roskomnadzor, a federal agency that oversees telecoms, IT, and mass communications, announced last Friday that it has come to an understanding on the matter with Twitter. In the first three weeks of …

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RBC revamps Autonews.ru portal

March 4, 2013 March 4, 2013

Moscow – RBC OJSC (MICEX-RTS: RBCM) hereby announces the launch of a new version of automotive news portal Autonews.ru. Modern design and high-quality visual content provide users with a convenient way of accessing up-to-date information about automobiles, the automobile market, and services. Additionally, the website’s advertising capacity has been increased by adding advertising space and increasing the size …

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E-Commercefacts.com to cover Russian online retail scene with East-West Digital News

February 27, 2013 February 27, 2013

Woerden, the Netherlands, and Moscow, Russia – As cross-border sales to Russia already amount to several billion dollars per year, E-Commerce Facts, a leading European resource on e-commerce, and East-West Digital News, the first international resource on Russian digital industries, are teaming up to provide international audiences with full coverage of the fast-growing Russian e-commerce …

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Rambler shuts down services to focus on news aggregation, seeks co-investor for Rambler-Avia, Price.ru and Begun

February 19, 2013 February 19, 2013

The Rambler.ru portal, a property of the Rambler Afisha group, is shutting down some of its services. The mapping, photo hosting and dictionary functions, as well as the ‘Rambler-Plus’ e-currency, are being completely stopped, while the air ticket search engine ‘Rambler-Avia’ will not be developed further, the group announced earlier this month. Even though some …

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Fastlane founder Pascal Clément’s new tech fund invests around the world

February 19, 2013 February 19, 2013

Pascal Clément, the Moscow-based French entrepreneur who co-founded Fastlane Ventures, has broadened his investment focus to include a range of new countries through a new investment vehicle, christened Simile Venture Partners. Since it launched in June of last year, Simile has been investing at the seed or early stages “in any geography where market opportunities …

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Russian startup provides springboard for civic activism

February 7, 2013 February 7, 2013

Gov2People was launched in February 2011 as the brainchild of Alyona Popova, a Russian public activist and expert on e-government and startup businesses. A wave of protests in the winter of 2011 and the spring of 2012 has pushed many people (not all of which are necessarily opposition-minded) to take action. Citizens have realized that …

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Yuri Milner takes part in Prismatic’s $15 million Series A funding

December 6, 2012 December 6, 2012

Yuri Milner, co-founder of the prominent Russian Internet fund DST Global, is among the investors in Prismatic, a San-Francisco based startup that attacks the difficult task of creating personalized news feeds based on users’ interests. Also participating in the Series A funding, which amounts to $15 million, are Jim Breyer and his fund Accel Partners, …

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Online register lists banned web content as controversial legislation comes into force

November 2, 2012 November 2, 2012

In what is being touted as a crackdown on cyber-extremism and banned information that may be harmful to children, the Russian government has opened a portal listing outlawed websites. The portal, which has been dubbed the Unified Register, will be temporarily run by the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor). The …

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Startup-Afisha goes global with English-language Russian startup database

October 16, 2012 October 16, 2012

Startup-Afisha, an online resource for Russian startups that has thus far focused on the domestic market, yesterday announced a decisive shift to address a global audience. Slated for launch next month, its startup database RusBase will “provide Russian IT startups with access to leading Western funds” and “link Russian funds to international partners for co-investment.” …

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‘Est’ Idea,’ a new Web-based platform to hunt for innovation

October 11, 2012 October 11, 2012

‘Est Idea,’ which translates as “I’ve got an idea,” is a new web platform being launched in Russia. It focuses on automatic control systems, telecommunications, and data transfer. The pilot project, developed by the Moscow-based NIIAA Semenikhin Research Institute of Automatic Equipment, presents itself as “an open public online platform enabling the accumulation of ideas; …

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‘Innocence of Muslims’ banned in Russia; YouTube under judicial threat

October 3, 2012 October 3, 2012

A Moscow court on Monday condemned the film “Innocence of Muslims” as “extremist” – citing a 2002 law regulating public expression – and has forbidden its dissemination on the territory of the Russian Federation. The court’s decision, which has not yet been announced officially, was revealed on Tuesday by Minister of Communications and Mass Media …

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Russia’s intelligence service seeks to influence social media

September 18, 2012 September 18, 2012

In the first two months of this year, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) commissioned three closed tenders worth more than 30 million rubles, approximately $1 million, in total, with the aim of creating systems for “mass distribution of information messages through social networks with the purpose of forming public opinion.” One of the systems, …

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