The Moscow Times reports that three companies are being investigated for the use of English words in their advertising. Federal law in Russia bans the use of foreign words in advertising with a potential fine of 100’000 to 500’000 rubles ($3,250 to $16,250). The companies targeted include Yaposhka-City, which owns Yaposha, a chain of Japanese Continue reading →

Well it’s been several hours now since Yandex launched their new global index; Yandex.com. The reaction, judging by Twitter, seems overwhelmingly positive. Having had time to explore, here are some of my observations on the new service. Interesting Launch Strategy As has been pointed out on both the English and Russian side, this was a Continue reading →

Today, Yandex launched their long-awaited global search engine, Yandex.com. They have now moved from being a Russian-only service to a global search player, competing in several country-markets. As they state in the press release, this has been a long journey. I’ve been talking about this since 2008, when Yandex mentioned their plans at the CIB.ru Continue reading →

[К русской версии] The next meeting for the Russian Tech Delegation (RusTechDel) is taking place in the meeting area next to the Yandex offices (16 Ulitsa Leva Tolstogo) on the Monday 24th May, from 4-7 pm. We thank Yandex, Arkady Volozh (Yandex CEO) and Esther Dyson (EDventure.com) for their support. The aim of the RusTechDel Continue reading →