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.
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 [...]