The websites of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and the former Soviet republic's Interior Ministry were put out of action Wednesday as disgruntled Internet users hit back at the government after it shut down a popular file-sharing...

Vkontakte, the largest Russian social-networking website, has put plans for an initial public offering on hold. Vkontakte, the largest Russian social-networking website, has put plans for an initial public offering on hold, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The Internet company...

... of Syria's year-old civil war spread to Russia this week as pro- and anti-government bots splashed criticism and expressions of gratitude across the Russian Internet, and Syrian hackers attempted to commandeer the website of a Russian embassy. The cyber front of Syria's year-old civil war spread to Russia this week as pro- and anti-government bots splashed criticism and expressions of gratitude across the Russian Internet, and Syrian hackers attempted to...

A United Russia party website was knocked offline Thursday after hackers from the group Anonymous claimed to have directed a denial of service attack on the site. A United Russia party website was knocked offline Thursday after hackers from the group Anonymous claimed to...

... neighborhood of half a million each, according to a diagram presented by Romodanovsky. In 2011, migration officials registered almost 10 million foreigners and stateless individuals, almost 810,000 more than in 2010, according to another table on the FMS website . The FMS press office could not immediately explain the discrepancy between the 14 million migrants mentioned by Romodanovsky and the 10 million migrants indicated in the table. It also couldn't provide a breakdown of how many of those 10 million...

Pro-Kremlin youth organization Nashi responded Friday to accusations by a Kommersant executive that Nashi was behind a cyberattack on the newspaper's website in 2008. Pro-Kremlin youth organization Nashi responded Friday to accusations by a Kommersant executive that Nashi was behind a cyberattack on the newspaper's website in 2008. Kommersant general director Demyan Kudryavtsev said earlier this...

... political operative Vladislav Surkov was pushed out as deputy head of the presidential administration. Kommersant's general director, Demyan Kudryavtsev, said recently leaked e-mails linked a 2008 distributed-denial-of-service attack on the paper's website to Nashi officials. "Internal correspondence between Nashi officials reveals that they have understood that their actions were unlawful, but they believed that they were impervious," Kudryavtsev wrote on his blog Wednesday night. Kudryavtsev...

A Volgograd region company that produces knitted woolen goods has received an order for 50 individually designed iPad cases from the region administration, website LifeNews.ru reported Wednesday. The Volgograd administration paid the company, called Uzory, 42,500 rubles ($1,383) for the woolen tablet cases. "Every item will be exclusive, and skilled hands will do the embroidery — stripes, flowers, lace...

... RIA-Novosti reported. About 3,000 Russian tourists remained stranded abroad as of Monday — including in Goa, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico and Italy — while some tourists had managed to return home, the Federal Tourism Agency said on its website. Aeroflot and Transaero have agreed to fly the stranded tourists home free of charge when vacant seats become available, RIA-Novosti reported Tuesday, citing the Federal Air Transportation Agency. The bulk of the tourists waiting to return home...

... fiscal year, the source said. The current two commercial offices in Russia offer a "full range of services to assist U.S. firms interested in developing market opportunities or increasing their business in Russia," the embassy says on its website. These fee-based services include identifying local agents and distributors for U.S. goods and services, arranging tailored appointments for U.S. businesspeople and customized market research. "Our specialists provide counseling to U.S. firms...

Imports into Russia from non-CIS countries grew 26.7 percent year on year to $15.3 billion in January, according to preliminary data published on the Federal Customs Service's website. Imports into Russia from non-CIS countries grew 26.7 percent year on year to $15.3 billion in January, according to preliminary data published on the Federal Customs Service's website, Interfax reported. Machinery imports were $7.76 billion...

... as extremist material, which media outlets are barred from publishing by Russian law, and that United Russia would ask the State Duma communications committee to investigate the matter. The letter by Berezovsky, which was published on Ekho Moskvy's website on Sunday, accuses Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of breaking the rules of the Constitution by running for a third term as president and calls on Putin's election opponents to withdraw from the race. Chief Ekho Moskvy editor Alexei Venediktov said...

President Dmitry Medvedev accepted Trade and Industry Minister Viktor Khristenko's resignation Wednesday, the Kremlin website reported, as the long-serving minister moves to take the position of head of the Eurasian Economic Commission. President Dmitry Medvedev accepted Trade and Industry Minister Viktor Khristenko's resignation Wednesday...

Tabloid news website Life News did not break the law in publishing private telephone conversations of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, because the information contained in the recordings served the public interest, Life News lawyer Tatyana Khokhlova said Wednesday...

... project in which his company AgroTrade International will invest $500 million. Andrei Rogachyov, who started the Karusel and Pyatyorochka chains, is planning to open the stores through AgroTrade America. In a job advertisement posted on recruitment website Monster.com, AgroTrade America wrote that "a private Dutch investment fund is launching a $500 million retailing project bringing in cash earnings from its previous investments in grocery distribution in Europe." The ad says "the...

... events have also been scheduled Feb. 4 at Moscow schools and institutions of higher education for visits by prospective students, according to an order by the Moscow Education Department, a copy of which was posted by the Russian Student Union on its website. In a post on its website, the student group called the order a "ruse" that would cause more students to take part in opposition rallies. "The Russian Student Union believes this ruse of city authorities regarding the holding of...

Commerce on the Russian Internet amounted to $10.4 billion in 2011, according to media reports — an increase of 30 percent over the previous year — as leading e-commerce websites like Avito.ru saw huge increases in users and turnover. Commerce on the Russian Internet amounted to $10.4 billion in 2011, according to media reports — an increase of 30 percent over the previous year — as leading e-commerce...

....<p><b>Marketing Manager</b><br>Samosklad, Moscow<br>Samosklad is a young but ambitious self storage company in Moscow. I wrote the material for and re-prioritised material for the upgraded company website. I advised on aesthetics regarding the image of the company's new location. There was no Marketing team when I arrived and so I carried out this role supported by my own initiative and discussions with the company's...

... institutional reform and a drive to wean Russia off its oil dependency. But, while economic experts said the piece's candor was fresh, other commentators lambasted the 5,000-word article, which was published in business daily Vedomosti and on Putin's election website, as being short on detail and little more than a rehash of old ideas. Putin, who is expected to win Russia's presidential election on March 4, appeared to distance himself from the outgoing president, Dmitry Medvedev. "Over the last few years...

... annual trade, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's attache in the Hague said. The Schmallenberg virus has been found in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Britain, Bob Flach, of the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, said in a report on the USDA website. Russia imposed a ban on live cattle imports from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Britain and France starting Feb. 1 because of the Schmallenberg virus, the government said on Jan. 31. (Bloomberg)