Internet

LinkedIn fails to agree with telecom regulator on restoring service in Russia

March 8, 2017 March 8, 2017

LinkedIn Corp. and the Russian authorities have failed to reach an agreement to restore access to the international social network from this country, Reuters has reported, refering to statements made yesterday by the company and the telecom regulator Roskomnadzor. “While we believe we comply with all applicable laws, and despite conversations with Roskomnadzor, including meeting with them in Moscow …

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Head of Orthodox Church blasts social media “disease”

March 2, 2017 March 2, 2017

Millions of young people who crave approval on social media are suffering from a “real disease,” Russia’s spiritual leader has said. Patriarch Kirill, the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church, said that young people were willing to risk their lives in a bid to win approval from their online followers. He claimed that the problem was …

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China: The architect of Putin’s firewall

February 24, 2017 March 15, 2017

The Kremlin is turning to China for technology to filter Russian cyberspace. Beijing is all too willing to lend a hand. In the early morning of 27 April 2016, a group of Chinese officials in business suits headed towards a huge concrete building on Moscow’s Zubovsky Boulevard: the headquarters of Russia Today, Russia’s main propaganda …

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Mail.Ru Group announces revenue and profit growth in 2016

February 22, 2017 February 23, 2017

Today Mail.Ru Group, a leading Russian Internet group listed on the London stock exchange, provided preliminary unaudited financial information and key operating highlights for 2016. The group’s main financial results on a pro-forma basis are as follows: In 2016, the group’s aggregate segment revenue grew 14.8% year-on-year to 42.75 billion rubles (nearly $642 million at the average …

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Russian lawmakers increase pressure on Internet providers to block banned sites, but users can still bypass the law

February 16, 2017 February 16, 2017

The Russian parliament has just passed a new law to set fines for Internet service providers (ISPs) who fail to restrict access to blacklisted websites. ISPs that do not block banned sites according to the rulings of the state regulator Roskomnadzor will be required to pay up to a 100,000-ruble (approximately $1,700 at the current exchange rate) penalty. Public officials and …

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Russian Internet is “under martial law,” says NGO report

February 14, 2017 February 14, 2017

Agora, an interregional association of Russian civil rights NGOs set up in 2005 to bring together lawyers from regions as diverse as Tatarstan and Chuvashia in the Volga area and Chita in Siberia, has just released its annual report “Internet Freedom in 2016: Under martial law.” As reported by The Moscow Times, Agora’s report paints a bleak picture, …

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Sberbank offers $588 million loan to help Megafon take control of Mail.ru Group

February 8, 2017 February 14, 2017

MegaFon‘s plan to acquire a majority stake in Mail.Ru Group, Russia’s main Internet group, seems to materialize with Sberbank opening a credit line of 35 billion rubles ($588.62 million at the current exchange rate) until 2024 to help finance the transaction. The bank will also lower interest rates on three existing credit lines amounting to 97.2 billion roubles. The announcement was …

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DailyMotion to be banned in Russia due to copyright infringements

January 25, 2017 January 25, 2017

DailyMotion, a New York-headquartered video sharing platform and a property of the French group Vivendi, is likely to be banned soon in Russia, following a ruling by a Moscow court. The video hosting site was sued by TV channel Pyatnitsa, a property of Gazprom Media, for having provided access to proprietary contents without the rights owner’s consent. Pyatnitsa’s claim referred to …

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Russian cloud service provider Cloudike enters Indonesian market

January 19, 2017 January 20, 2017

Skolkovo resident Cloudike (ASD Technologies) has entered the Indonesian market with the launch of its mobile cloud service on the country’s mobile carrier Indosat Ooredoo. The network’s customers will now be able to use incloud to upload, download and share files on a personal online cloud-based storage with enhanced features such as text message capabilities. …

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Russia would have to ban electricity to isolate the Russian Internet, says ICANN VP

December 29, 2016 January 16, 2017

Amid concerns in Moscow that Russian Internet users face the threat of isolation from the World Wide Web, a prominent Internet authority is arguing that nothing short of banning electricity could rob Russians of their access to global cyberspace. According to Mikhail Yakushev, a regional vice president at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and …

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MegaFon announces plan to acquire majority stake in Mail.Ru Group

December 23, 2016 February 8, 2017

MegaFon, a leading Russian telecom group, intends acquire a majority stake in Mail.Ru Group, Russia’s main Internet group. The announcement was made today following a meeting of MegaFon’s board of directors. The acquisition plan still needs to be approved by the group’s shareholders, who will meet on Jan. 20, 2017. According to the plan, “MegaFon will acquire 11.5 …

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