Several key Russian tech companies are listed on Western stock exchanges. Among them are software development and service company Luxoft (NASDAQ: LXFT); Mail.ru Group (LSE: MAIL), the owner of Russia’s leading social network Vkontakte and of a range of other Internet properties; mobile operator MegaFon (LSE: MFON); payment operator QIWI (NASDAQ: QIWI); and Yandex (NASDAQ: …
Several changes in the Russian e-Commerce Fashion market have transpired over the past year. This 90-slide industry report prepared by Yandex analysts covers these changes in detail. User interest in online shopping with the intent to purchase has increased by 16% in the last year in Russia. This major growth has offset falling interests in …
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In line with the global trend, over the next few years the main driver of m-commerce in Russia will be the growing number of tablet and smartphone users. This is the primary thesis of the study “The Russian M-Commerce Market in 2014,” presented by the marketing agency RBC.research and reported by the e-commerce online portal …
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Tomsk, Russia — If there were ever a place for a cutting-edge innovation hub, this snowbound Siberian outpost with a population of 500,000 probably wouldn’t be the first choice. Deep in the Russian hinterland, it stands at the dead end of a train line off the Trans-Siberian railway. Its airport services only Moscow, a few …
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Following the downing of the Air Malaysia flight and the subsequent military interventions and conflict between pro-Russian separatists and the government in the Ukraine, concerns about the stability of Ukraine and Russia – and indeed the broader Eastern European region – have grown. Despite a cease-fire in September, some quarters are reporting the possibility of renewed conflict. The economic toll …
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