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Foreign investors expect to see major exits in Russia's e-commerce

May 23, 2012 East-West Digital News
A pioneer among foreign investors on the Russian venture scene, David Waroquier of Mangrove Capital Partners,a recognized expert of the local Internet ecosystem, talked to East-West Digital News about Russia's online market and its challenges

Russians cash in on Facebook

May 22, 2012 Igor Korolev, Cnews.ru
Mail.ru Group and DST, controlled by Yury Milner, made $2.5 billion on the Facebook IPO. They still hold $4.6 billion worth of shares in the social network

Microsoft opens R&D Center at Skolkovo

May 22, 2012 Alexander Panov
Microsoft plans to invest tens of millions of dollars in research and development program in Russia

Creating a Russian Skype?

May 22, 2012 Dmitry Kryukov, Secret Firmy magazine
Andrei Sviridenko taught modern telephones to transmit voice and show video; now he is focusing his attention on cell phone operators hoping to offset losses from the shift of traffic toward free providers

Superjet – Down but not out?

May 16, 2012 Vladimir Kryuchkov, Grigory Sanin, Konstantin Ugodnikov, Itogi
Experts are divided over the prospects for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 after the tragic crash in Indonesia

Making Russia a better place to live in six years

May 14, 2012 Maxim Tovkailo, Philip Sterkin, Vedomosti.ru
The fourth president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, plans to make the country a great place to live and do business within six years

Winning hearts and minds, one cake at a time

May 12, 2012 Joy Neumeyer
Trends American-style desserts and breakfast treats are slowly finding a place in the counters of Moscow’s restaurants and coffeeshops

Russian innovators pursue prototype to prevent piracy

May 10, 2012 Elena Shipilova
The creators of Pirate Pay, a Perm-based start-up, say they can stop files from being illegally downloaded from torrent networks

Moscow welcomes foreign business

May 10, 2012 Anatoly Medetsky, The Moscow Times
Cooperation Moscow mayor takes a unique step in meeting with the expatriate business community

New Russian government to back privatization effort

May 10, 2012 Natasha Doff, The Moscow News
A program to sell off state assets is likely to move forward after new cabinet is named

Let’s make a deal

May 9, 2012 Ben Aris, Artem Zagorodnov
Texan Brian Konradi is part of the team behind one of Russia’s most successful e-commerce ventures: the local answer to Groupon

Where millionaires live

May 7, 2012 Elena Yarovikova, Russky Reporter
How the village of Pestovo became the international capital of construction trailer assembly

Can the U.S. and Russia tackle economic crime together?

May 7, 2012 Pavel Koshkin
RBTH talked to Bernard Sucher, a member of the Board of Directors at Aton Group, about the ways how two countries can fight corruption together as well as the repercussions in the relationship from the case of the Bank of New York Mellon

Avito.ru secures $75 million from Accel Partners and Baring Vostok

May 3, 2012 East-West Digital News
Avito.ru, Russia’s leading classifieds site by brand awareness and number of users, announced that it received $75 million in new funding from Baring Vostok Private Equity Fund IV and Accel Partners as well as from Kinnevik and Northzone investors

A social network just for two

April 28, 2012 Mikhail Levin, Forbes Russia
The mobile app Pair, launched by Russian-Canadian programmers, opens a space where only two people can communicate amd intends to take couples communication beyond SMS

Russian companies embrace sustainability

April 25, 2012 Rimma Avshalumova, Vedomosti.ru
While Russian companies are also eager to cut costs, reduce staff turnover, increase the company’s value and improve its image, many are still in the dark as to how to do so

Rosatom ponders UK deal

April 23, 2012 Artem Zagorodnov, Ben Aris
The UK’s continuing commitment to low-carbon energy provision may involve the commissioning of Russian nuclear reactors

Rosneft and Exxon converge around the shelf

April 20, 2012 RIA Novosti
Agreements move forward on joint development of new Russian energy resources

Russia exchange wants foreign companies to issue a debt in rubles

April 19, 2012 Anna Andrianova
MICEX-RTS is moving onto the international scene

The cold market for haute cuisine

April 18, 2012 Ekaterina Frolova
Even as Muscovites flock to cooking schools too few entrepreneurs are taking advantage of the demand in this segment
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