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Russia’s largest social network delays IPO following Facebook jitters
The circus around Facebook’s juddery IPO has rolled into Moscow. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Russia’s largest social network Vkontakte has postponed…
The emerging market social-networking superpowers
There is something going on in China, Russia and South Africa. Via various internet investments and creations, these three countries combined have built up…
Artificial intelligence to transform web: Russian tycoon
The emergence of artificial intelligence will transform the Internet industry and social networking over the next decade, says Russia’s leading web tycoon. The low-profile…
Mail.ru soars on London stock debut
Shares in Russian Internet company Mail.ru, an investor in social networking site Facebook, surged on their London debut on Friday. Shares in the largest…
