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Russian satellite TV operator Orion Express seeks fresh air outside Russia

November 19, 2014

Orion Express, a Russian satellite TV operator, has announced expansion plans in several former member states of the former Soviet Union. Analysts believe that this strategic move may be necessary for Russia’s fastest-growing player in the sector since it faces a glut in its domestic market. Earlier this week, Orion launched its pay services in …

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One year after launch, Yandex’s browser attracts 10 million users

October 2, 2013

Yandex.Browser, a free web browser developed by Russia’s leading search engine, Yandex, has 10 million weekly active users one year after its launch on October 1, 2012, as reported by Yandex. Integrated with the Yandex search engine, the Yandex.Browser project uses open-source software WebKit and Chromium. Yandex asserted that the site gained a five percent …

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Russia’s MTT launches Skype-like VoIP app with international ambitions

September 23, 2013

MTT, a Russian telecom group owned by VTB and former telecommunication minister Leonid Reiman, announced last week the launch of a Skype-like VoIP application named ‘Beam.’ The company stated it had invested 100 million rubles (approximately $3 million) in the project, which is based on MTT’s own VoIP platform for call rerouting, billing, and integration …

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Yandex launches image-based search and streamlines targeting for ad campaigns

November 19, 2014

Yandex, Russia’s search giant, now enables its users to surf the web for images that are similar or identical to the ones that they have uploaded. The Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported last week, citing Alexander Krainov, who is in charge of Yandex’s computer vision technology department, that users can now enjoy this function …

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Russia discovers upsetting delays in its far-reaching e-government effort

November 19, 2014

A widely touted nationwide e-government system, designed to facilitate interdepartmental interaction between government agencies and streamline the offering of government services to Russian citizens, seems to have barely progressed in the past year. The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia reported last week the results of its latest August monitoring of the e-government Gosuslugi.ru portal, supposed to …

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Google and Facebook taken to task, Twitter suspected of user data misuse

November 19, 2014

Ruslan Gattarov, a Russian senator who has recently become an advocate for the privacy of Russian Internet users, continues his crusade against what he perceives as the unlawful actions of the world’s largest Internet companies in Russia. In late August, he asked the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation and Roskomnadzor, the key federal …

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Kremlin meets with Internet industry leaders to discuss self-regulation

September 10, 2013

Last Friday, the First Deputy Director of the Presidential Administration, Vyacheslav Volodin, met with representatives of Russian media and Internet companies. Among the participants were top managers of leading Internet and media companies operating in Russia, including Arkady Volozh, the CEO of search engine giant Yandex, Maëlle Gavet, CEO of major e-commerce site Ozon.ru, and …

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Personal service aggregator Eruditor raises $12 million from Intel Capital, Frontier Ventures, and Runa Capital

August 30, 2013

Eruditor, a startup that helps users find hairdressers, fitness instructors, plumbers, or doctors via specialized service marketplaces, has just raised $12 million at an undisclosed valuation from Intel Capital, Frontier Ventures, and Runa Capital. The Moscow-based startup claims to have served 400,000 users since its launch in 2007 and provided more than 100,000 professionals with …

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VKontakte founder launches Telegram, a new instant messenger service

November 19, 2014

Digital Fortress, a US-based software developer with Russian roots, rolled out in mid-August its inaugural mobile app, an English-language instant messenger named Telegram. The app is now available on iTunes. Digital Fortress owner Pavel Durov, who is also the founder of Russia’s largest social network Vkontakte (VK.com), claimed that his company’s first product was  launched …

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Moscow’s pay TV outstrips broadband market as subscribers tap multiple TV operators

November 19, 2014

Moscow’s pay TV market grew to 5.3 million subscribers in the first half of this year, exceeding by 700,000 the total number of apartments and private houses in the Russian capital. iKS-Consulting, a consulting and research company specializing in the telecom market in Russia and the CIS, shared these key results of its yet-unpublished study …

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Qiwi announces first venture investment deals and an enlarged investment focus

August 26, 2013

Leading Russian payment company Qiwi, which launched an in-house venture activity in early 2013, announced earlier this month its first investment. The group invested in Carbay.ru, a web and mobile service created in May of this year to help professional car dealerships place classifieds on a variety of third-party online resources, including social networks. “Not only …

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Yandex launches new beta version of its Islands interactive search feature

November 19, 2014

Last week, Russian search giant Yandex released the tri-lingual beta version of its Islands, search snippets aimed at improving search results and helping users find solutions to specific problems by delivering results in the form of interactive blocks. According to Yandex, the new feature offers a “shortcut to users’ ultimate search goals,” making it possible …

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