Press releases & Industry announcements

Top government and business executives to discuss innovation in Sofia

February 26, 2016 February 26, 2016

Tech entrepreneurs, investors and policy makers from Russia and other countries are welcome to attend the 8th edition of Webit Festival. This major European event on tech business and public policies will be held on April 18-20 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Expecting thousands of attendees from more than 60 countries, the event is the place to meet government …

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Seedstars Summit to showcase the best startups from emerging markets (Lausanne, Switzerland, March 3)

February 17, 2016 February 17, 2016

Seedstars Summit 2016, the annual entrepreneurship forum for emerging markets, will be held under the topic “Billions” on March 3, 2016 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Some 1,000 entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, corporate executives, business angels, government officials, journalists and startup enthusiasts from the fast-growing startup scenes of Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the …

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Ericsson, Facebook, Intel CEOs and other key executives to speak at Mobile World Congress 30th edition

February 10, 2016 February 11, 2016

Mobile World Congress, a four-day international conference on the mobile industry and adjacent industry sectors, will hold its 30th edition in late February 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. More than 95,000 attendees — including many from Russia and CIS countries — are expected to attend the event. “We’re less than a month away from Mobile World Congress …

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Yandex.Direct introduces smart banner ads for personalized targeting

January 20, 2016 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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Yandex announces Q3 2015 financial results

October 27, 2015 February 12, 2016

Moscow and Amsterdam, The Netherlands — Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search provider in Russia, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015. Q3 2015 Financial Highlights(1)(2) Revenues of RUB 15.4 billion ($233.1 million), up 18% compared with Q3 2014 Ex-TAC revenues (excluding traffic acquisition …

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20 Russian startups to compete in global seed-stage contest in Moscow

September 22, 2015 February 14, 2016

Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is returning to Russia on October 1st, 2015. Continuing on its goal to put the spotlight on entrepreneurs from emerging countries, Seedstars World expanded its competition to more than 50 countries for 2015 up from the 36 countries of the 2014 …

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Yandex launches new SEM offer with enhanced auction model and ad relevance ranking

August 31, 2015 February 14, 2016

Yandex.Direct, Yandex’s pay-per-click advertising platform, is changing its auction system and introducing new ranking rules for paid search results. Starting tomorrow, instead of a generalized second-price auction (GSP), Yandex.Direct will be using a Vickery-Clarke-Groves (VGC) auction to serve ads in the premium positions on its search engine results page (SERP) and the SERPs of websites …

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Yandex launches multifunctional app for Android users in Russia

August 6, 2015 August 6, 2015

With more than 85% of the smartphone market in Russia, Android continues to be the country’s favourite operating system. The great variety of devices within a $200 price range supporting this platform, among other things, has contributed to Android’s popularity with Russians who are happy to compromise some of their smartphone’s technical quality, such as …

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June 4-5: Top executives and experts to discuss Russian and global e-commerce trends in Moscow

April 29, 2015 May 12, 2015

East-West Digital News is proud to announce the upcoming e-Days E-Commerce Conference, Russia’s first internationally-oriented industry event. The second edition edition of this annual event will be held in Moscow on June 4 and 5, in association the chambers of commerce of France and Great Britain and online marketing agency BuzzFactory joining EWDN as co-organizers and …

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Yandex announces Q1 2015 financial results

April 28, 2015 February 25, 2016

Moscow and Amsterdam, Netherlands – Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search provider in Russia, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. “Despite a challenging macroeconomic environment, we delivered good top-line performance with text-based advertising on our own sites growing 14%. The number …

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Industry leaders to discuss Russian and global e-commerce trends at Moscow conference

April 17, 2015 February 25, 2016

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Top tech players and 1,300 visitors from Russia attended Mobile World Congress 2014

March 20, 2015 April 14, 2015

Earlier this month a variety of Russian companies and more than 1,300 Russian visitors attended Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress. Among the exhibitors were A1 Systems, Jet Infosystems, Peter Services, Protei, Start, Svyazcom, Yandex and Skolkovo. On Day 1, the Vedomosti publishing house organised a Russian breakfast, “Telecom 2015 – investments in new technologies,” which hosted Ms …

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