After a slow start, Russia has now officially got the largest number of web users in Europe. According to the latest Comscore report, 50.8 million Russians have access to the internet through either a home or work connection. This means that, for the first time, Russia has more internet users than Germany, which falls back [...]
Russia WTO entry – all but guaranteed
Russia’s World Trade Organisation entry has been all but guaranteed after the WTO’s Working Party on Russian membership agreed the precise rules and obligations that Russia will have to meet as a member of the global trading body. The news comes almost immediately after a customs and trade monitoring agreement between Russia and Georgia which [...]
Otkritie – Mail.ru overvalued
Otkritie bank hit the headlines for valuing Facebook at $74 bn, but real story for Russia is that mail.ru is overvalued
Yuri Gagarin’s test capsule Vostok 3KA-2 for sale
The Vostok 3KA-2 capsule, the test spacecraft launched into space just three weeks before Yuri Gagarin’s historic first space flight will go on sale at Sotheby’s in New York next month.
Aeroflot customers flex their muscles
Aeroflot passengers are demanding 4,000 roubles compensation for every hour they were delayed at Sheremetyevo during last year’s freak ice storm.
Russian internet market is the second largest in Europe, and growing
Russia is the second largest online market in Europe, and the seventh largest in the world, according to a set of slides produced by Russian search engine Yandex.
i Newspaper
i Newspaper is launched today for just 20p. It’s the first pay newspaper to be launched in the UK since 1984.
Sukhoi Pak-FA T50 (aka Russian Stealth Fighter) makes its first test flight
The long awaited 5th generation Russian Stealth Fighter, classified as the Sukhoi Pak-FA T50, flew its first test flight on 29 January 2010.
Russian Watches Inspired by Soviet-Era Achievements
The Energia space launcher. The Ekranoplan KM ground effect vehicle. The TU-144 supersonic passenger plane. All provided the inspiration for top selling Russian watches.
Google barred from buying Russian advertising company
In an interesting piece of protectionism, Google’s bid to buy Begun, the advertising arm of Russian search engine company Rambler Media, has been blocked by the Russian competition regulator. Russia is the only European country where Google doesn’t have a dominant position in the online advertising market – it’s been struggling to push its way [...]