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.yandex top-level domain registered
Yandex' application to register .yandex top-level domain has been approved by ICANN.
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Yandex to launch startup school
Russian Internet giant Yandex is launching Tolstoy Summer Camp, an experimental project aimed at helping new, interesting projects to emerge.
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Internet advertising reaches 19% of the market
Experts of the Russian Association of Communication Agencies (AKAR) have revealed the country's advertising market results in the first quarter of 2013. Total market value exceeded 70 billion rubles (roughly $2.2 bn.), up 14% from Q1 2012.
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Yandex new search platform presented
Russia's leading search engine Yandex has officially announced its new platform, which the company branded "Yandex.Ostrova" (Russian for 'Islands"). According to Yandex, the platforms is designed to 'shorten a user's path from a search query to the goal of their search'.
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VKontakte revenue down, visits soar
Russia's leading social network VKontakte saw a dramatic 94.5% net profit drop in 2012, according to the annual report of the company's major shareholder, Mail.ru Group. VK's gross revenue grew by over 44% to 4.47 bn. rubles (roughly $144 m), as its net profit dropped to 30.5 million rubles.
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Yandex reports 79% Q1 2013 benefit growth
Yandex net income in the first quarter of 2013 grew by 79% compared to the previous year, reaching 2.2 bn rubles ($70.2m), according to the company's quarterly report. The results exceeded all forecasts, as analysts had predicted Yandex benefits to add 51%.
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Yuri Milner revealed as German business incubator's major investor
A presentation from Rocket Internet, a German business incubator, reveals Yuri Milner as one of the company's principal investors. The presentation, found by the German Manager Magazine, was made for future investors, and lists Rocket Internet's current shareholders. The entrepreneur is best known as co-founder of Russia's Mail.Ru Group digital empire.
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Game industry outstrips film distribution in Russia and CIS
Gaming industry has outstripped the film distribution market in Russia and the CIS countries in terms of both value and development rate, according to Mail.Ru Group's Games Department.
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Yandex home page gets new layout
Yandex has switched to a new front page layout, twelfth in the history of Russia's leading search engine. The new layout is "lighter, more streamlined and functional, and presents information in a way that is more convenient" a message from Yandex said.
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Yandex launches safe surfing tool
Yandex is now offering a free service aimed at making Internet surfing safe. Apart from blocking possibly dangerous websites, Yandex.DNS can restrict children's access to sites with adult content.
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Bernard Lukey, Yandex EU:
We are Europe's largest Internet company working in Europe's lagest market
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The Runet 2012
Download «The Runet 2012» report
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Russian "Internet and Childrens" legislation.
Draft Bill no. 89417-6, passed by the lower house of Russia's parliament, has raised of a lot of argument.
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