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Russia’s Kommersant Buys Half Of LiveJournal Owner, Gives It Gazeta.ru - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 23 Jun 2008 01:39 AM PST

Russian news publisher Kommersant has acquired half of LiveJournal owner Sup in exchange for giving the blog operator control of its Gazeta.ru news portal. LiveJournal had integrated its features in…

Russia’s Yandex Opens Silicon Valley Lab, Led By Yahoo Search Chief - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 19 Jun 2008 09:14 PM PST

Vish Makhijani, the SVP and GM of Search at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is joining Yandex, the number-one Russian search site, as the CEO of Yandex Labs, a new Silicon Valley…

Fortcom Takes 70 Percent Stake In Polish Social Net Nasca-Klasa - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 11 Jun 2008 11:24 AM PST

Forticom, an Estonian company that runs major Lithuanian social net One.lT, has acquired a 70 percent stake in Russian Nasca-Klasa, for $90 million (PLN 200 million), reports Warsaw Business Journal,…

Aegis Buys Digital Marketing Group In Fast-Growing Russia - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 05 Jun 2008 12:19 AM PST

Marketing and comms group Aegis’ digital agency Isobar is buying Russia’s 76-employee AdWatch, which does online ad buying, planning and digital PR for clients like Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Canon.…

We Can, Too: Russian Portal Mail.ru Also Plans IPO, in London - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 21 May 2008 08:25 AM PST

If Yandex can mull a $2 billion IPO, so can Mail.ru: the Russian online portal Mail.ru is planning an IPO on London’s stock market which will value the business at…

LiveJournal Ups Developer Focus From Russia; Mood: Hopeful - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 18 Apr 2008 01:29 AM PST

Veteran blog host LiveJournal has joined the wave of social media sites trying to win larger audiences by opening a formal developer effort. Launched last night, LJ Labs will usher…

Fon Raises $9.5 Million For Russia Launch, Making Big Losses - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 11 Apr 2008 08:48 AM PST

WiFi-sharing community Fon has raised a $9.5 million third round of funding to take the service to Russia and upgrade its product offering. Spain-based Fon, launched in February 2006, lets…