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Kremlin-linked billionaire utilizes new ‘right to be forgotten,’ tries to get critical news articles removed from Yandex

June 2, 2016

The billionaire Evgeny Prigozhin is demanding that Yandex delete from its search results an article about the Internet Research Agency, better known as Russia’s “troll factory.” Several news outlets, including the newspaper Novaya Gazeta, have published articles claiming that Prigozhin is the brains and money behind the troll factory. The billionaire has also demanded that Yandex …

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Yandex’s browser protects users from DNS spoofing and router hijacking

April 22, 2016

Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian Internet search company, announced today an update of its in-house browser to include a built-in domain name system protection feature – DNSCrypt. DNSCrypt is a protocol that authenticates communications between a browser requesting a DNS address of a website and a DNS server offering this address. “Provided by renowned DNS security expert, OpenDNS, …

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Moscow man sues Yandex for publishing so much bad news his hair fell out

March 28, 2016

Bad news makes some people want to rip out their hair. But one Russian man claims reading it caused his to simply fall out. A Moscow resident, who says he’s suffering permanent stress and is losing his locks after reading too many negative news stories is suing Russia’s Yandex News for 1 million rubles (around $15,000). Roman Maslennikov argues …

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Yandex.Direct launches extended geo-targeting

March 29, 2016

Earlier this month Yandex.Direct announced a new addition for advertisers’ geo-targeting options that will show ads to users worldwide who enter a specific location in their search query. Previously, Yandex geo-targeting capabilities only targeted users that were physically located (or were using an IP address) in a location an advertiser selected to target in their …

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Yandex reveals the early results of the ‘right to be forgotten’

March 26, 2016

Since Russia’s new law on the “right to be forgotten” took effect on January 1, 2016, Yandex — Russia’s most popular Internet search engine — has received 3,600 takedown requests from 1,348 people. The company says it has complied with 27 percent of these requests, rejecting the rest. Yandex says its high rejection rate has …

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Google loses anti-monopoly appeal in Russia over ‘obligatory’ pre-installation of Android apps

March 15, 2016

Google has been dealt a blow in its ongoing battle with European regulators — the Internet giant has lost its anti-monopoly appeal in Russia. The Moscow Arbitration court has upheld a previous ruling from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) that found Google had abused its dominant market position and broken anti-competition legislation. The crux of the complaint …

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Mail.ru overtakes Yandex as most valuable Russian Internet company

March 1, 2016

Russian Internet giant Mail.ru Group has topped a ranking of the most valuable companies operating in the Russian Internet segment for the first time, according to a rating released by the Russian version of Forbes magazine Monday. Mail.ru Group includes the mail.ru portal as well as the Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki social networks, and managed to …

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Yandex announces Q4 and FY 2015 results

February 16, 2016

Today Yandex, the Russian Internet search giant which is listed on the NASDAQ, announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2015. The key financial indicators (1)(2) look as follows: Yandex financial results Q4 and FY 2015 Commenting on the FY 2015 results, CEO Arkady Volozh stated: …

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2015 in review: 10 search trends shared by Russians and Americans

January 31, 2016

East-West Digital News reviews the most important developments on the Russian high-tech scene in 2015. Today’s article, which was provided by Russian Search Marketing, highlights unexpected similarities in search trends in Russia and the United States.  Last year Russian Search Marketing compared the 2014 search trends of Russians and Americans, noting the data that showed the similarities among users of two …

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Google swipes Yandex’s 15-year-old slogan, accidentally it says

February 7, 2016

The Russian-language Google Books service is using a slogan that rival research engine Yandex copyrighted more than a decade ago. “Find everything!” (literally, “Everything will be found,” or “Найдется все!”) appears below Google’s book search, after the phrase, “The largest library in the world.” The news site Roem.ru first reported the slogan’s appearance on Google’s website on January 18. As …

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Yandex.Direct introduces smart banner ads for personalized targeting

January 20, 2016

Internet, January 20, 2016 — Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX), one of the largest European internet companies and the leading search provider in Russia, has begun testing smart banner ads on its pay-per-click advertising platform, Yandex.Direct. Smart banners are display advertisements with dynamic content that is personalized for individual users based on their interests – coffee machine …

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Should Google store its data in Siberia?

February 7, 2016

Yakutia is the coldest populated region in the world. Located in the northeastern part of Siberia, this semi-autonomous republic of the Russian Federation is home to the village of Oymyakon, a place known as the Pole of Cold that registers temperatures of -70 degrees Celsius. Permafrost covers a large part of Yakutia’s territory, and this is precisely …

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