... expanding economy. The largest Russian-language Internet company, which has a stake in Facebook, was rated HSBC's "top pick" in the country's media sector, while the London-based lender initiated an "underweight" recommendation for Yandex NV, operator of Russia's most popular search engine, according to an e-mailed research report from analysts Jean Kaplan and Herve Drouet. Internet advertising in Russia will increase 25 percent this year from 2011, while the overall ad market will...

... valign="top"><b>Languages Spoken:</b></td><td>English, Russian</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Address:</b></td><td>Khimki, Russia<br><a href="mailto:alexandra-samodova@yandex.ru">alexandra-samodova@yandex.ru</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Telephone Contacts:</b></td><td>Mobile: +44 7742 171136<br>Work: +7 916 1590823</td></tr>...

... valign="top"><b>Languages Spoken:</b></td><td>English</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Address:</b></td><td>Moscow, Russia<br><a href="mailto:redfox351@yandex.ru">redfox351@yandex.ru</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Telephone Contacts:</b></td><td>Mobile: +7 926 987 38 91</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Desired...

...," Pavel Durov told Gazeta.ru. "We may sell a small stake — about 3 percent — before the IPO in order to increase the market capitalization of the company," he said, adding that there were no ongoing talks to sell the stake to Mail.ru, Yandex or Google. (Reuters)

... valign="top"><b>Languages Spoken:</b></td><td>English</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Address:</b></td><td>Moscow, Russia<br><a href="mailto:vladimir-l.german@yandex.ru">vladimir-l.german@yandex.ru</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Telephone Contacts:</b></td><td>Mobile: +7 916 075 02 15</td></tr> <tr><td...

... the IPO process as soon as the market becomes favorable, the people said. Vkontakte was considering selling shares in New York this year, people familiar with the plans said last June, a move that would have followed the $1.3 billion New York IPO of Yandex, the owner of the most popular Russian search engine. A third person said a Vkontakte IPO could still happen this year, if the euro region’s debt crisis is resolved. Vkontakte did not respond to repeated requests for comment. Vkontakte is...

... pieces of paper out of car windows, while onlookers showed their support by holding up papers and waving. The police said 300 cars participated in the rally, RIA-Novosti reported . But more than 2,200 people signed up for the event on Facebook. The Yandex Probki road monitoring service indicated traffic jams around the Garden Ring on Sunday afternoon — an unusual occurence on the weekend day. 179742

... Grishin, Mail.ru Group chief executive, said in a statement. Mail.ru raised about $1 billion in a blockbuster initial public offering in London in November 2010, the second-biggest Russian IPO since the financial crisis behind fellow Internet group Yandex. Social media startups have been popular with investors as the number of Internet users hungry for quick information has continued to grow while Russia became Europe's second-largest Internet market in terms of user numbers last year. Mail.ru hopes...

...,” Nordlander said. “Every startup has its challenges — never believe those who say they have no problems. We made mistakes. … We lost a lot of money. In the beginning, we hired those who weren’t taken by companies like Yandex,  Mail.ru or Mamba.” Venture capital holding Fast Lane Ventures got involved in e-commerce beginning in 2010. “Demand from consumers appeared and e-commerce became a logical solution for it,” Fast Lane’s chief executive...

... opposition white ribbons do — according to Putin. Quick as a flash, Yashin said "your white gloves are so you can steal budget money without leaving fingerprints." Chirikova then explained that a) the latest protest was paid for via Yandex, which doesn't accept payments from abroad and b) traveling abroad is not necessarily the same as being hirelings of Western imperialism. "Where've you been?" she asked Mishchenko. "Belarus and Egypt," he said, revealing his...

... low-key warning. "Two in Your House" (Dvoye v Tvoyom Dome) plays Feb. 11 and 25 at 8 p.m. at Teatr.doc, located at 11/13 Tryokhprudny Pereulok. Metro Pushkinskaya, Mayakovskaya. Tel. 8-916-653-0989. Tickets may be ordered by e-mail: teatr-doc@yandex.ru . www.teatrdoc.ru . Running time: 1 hour, 15 minutes. 179687 179742