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National telecom operator to keep steering Russia’s e-government ship

November 19, 2014

Rostelecom, the national telecom operator, will remain fully in charge of Russia’s ambitious $150 million e-government program for at least another two years, Russian business daily Kommersant reported last week. Seven months after the operator’s contract expired, President Vladimir Putin of Russia is reported to have personally decreed the prolongation of the Cabinet’s co-funding of …

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Yandex.Maps receives full overhaul

November 19, 2014

Yandex’s mapping service Yandex.Maps has seen a major revamp. Russia’s most popular mapping service now runs on a unified platform, which allows the company to support and update unlimited amounts of data without relying on external sources. In addition, Yandex.Maps now features detailed maps supporting the route planning feature for the majority of large cities …

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AddVenture injects $1.5 million into Medbooking.ru

November 11, 2013

Russian fund Addventure announced last week a Series A investment of $1.5 million in в Medbooking.com, an online service for setting appointments with Moscow medical organizations. Medbooking is intended to become an umbrella brand for appointments with all categories of physicians, dentists and cosmetologists. It will work in synergy with Timetovisit.ru, a service launched a …

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New instant messenger Telegram protected even from spy intrusions – Pavel Durov

November 19, 2014

Telegram, a recently launched instant messenger, offers users encryption protection too sophisticated even for security agencies to overcome, the Russian business daily Vedomosti quoted Pavel Durov, a prominent Russian businessman, as saying. The founder and CEO of VKontakte, Russia’s number one social network, Durov is also the mastermind behind the Telegram project, which came online …

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Divan.TV launches worldwide for 300-million Russian and Ukrainian language audience

October 23, 2013

Divan.TV, a Ukrainian developer of OTT middleware and pay TV channels with 125,000 users in Ukraine, has made its programs available worldwide, targeting Russian- and Ukrainian speaking audiences. According to the company, this audience reaches about 80 million households in total, including 16 million in Ukraine, 32 million in Russia and more than 30 million …

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Russian startup creates navigator for the blind, plans international rollout

October 23, 2013

Russian startup Oriense has created a “navigator” for the visually impaired and the blind, helping them feel confident both inside and outside with the help of an audio guide. This tool will be able to replace ultrasonic canes and other localizers. “We secure a special device on one’s chest that can see the surroundings and use a …

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International study sheds full light on Russia’s online video market

October 18, 2013

In partnership with comScore, Ernst and Young and The Next Web, East-West Digital News is releasing a 100-page study on the Russian online video market, a fast-growing segment that deserves renewed attention. A variety of factors is set to drive strong further growth, from the new anti-piracy legislation – which is likely to increase content …

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Mail.ru Group fined for refusing to divulge private correspondence

October 17, 2013

The Bank of Russia has fined the Mail.ru Group 500,000 rubles (approximately $15,000) for refusing to provide data on users’ personal messages. A leading, LSE-listed Russian Internet company, the Mail.ru Group controls the country’s leading webmail service with one of every two mail boxes in Russia. In August 2013, the Federal Service for Financial Markets …

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Yandex acquires leading movie portal KinoPoisk from France’s AlloCine

October 16, 2013

Yandex, Russia’s leading search engine and major Internet group, announced yesterday that it acquired KinoPoisk (in Russian: “Cinema Search”), the largest Russian language portal on movies, TV programs and celebrities. This site’s database contains 100 million movie descriptions and ratings with associated trailers, user commentaries and advertising. Each month, it attracts nearly 16 million unique …

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Yandex’s mapping of Europe now not worse than that of Google

October 8, 2013

Eleven months after its first attempt to map Europe, Yandex, the Russian search giant, introduced a debugged and improved version last week, showing a more in-depth map of the continent and enabling users to look for itineraries and route trips. The improvements have indeed been dramatic since the previous versions if judging by the map …

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Yandex enhances the functionality of Yandex.Market with cost-per-action advertising

November 19, 2014

Yandex, which operates the largest Russian e-commerce comparison shopping platform, is now offering online stores a new model for listing their products on Yandex.Market. Online stores can now enable checkout functionality for their products directly on the Yandex.Market site and Yandex will adopt a Cost Per Action (CPA) model for purchases made in this way. …

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New $30 million fund expects 45% return rate; makes first investment in task outsourcing service Youdo.com

July 14, 2016

Former executives of Finam Global, the venture arm of leading Russian financial group Finam, have launched a $30 million high-tech fund to invest in “fast-growing markets of considerable size.” Christened ‘Flint Capital,’ the fund comes as the fifth sizeable one launched in Russia since the beginning of the year – after FRII, a $200 million …

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