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UPDATE 1-Yandex, VTB and partners team up to produce servers in Russia

UPDATE 1-Yandex, VTB and partners team up to produce servers in Russia

(Adds detail) MOSCOW, June 3 (Reuters) – Russian internet group Yandex on Thursday signed an agreement with state-owned VTB Bank and other partners to produce servers in an effort to tap into Russia’s growing market for server hardware, the company said. Often described as Russia’s Google, Yandex offers a raft of services, from advertising and search to ride-hailing and food delivery. On Monday Yandex bought a fashion retailer to expand its e-commerce activities. Yandex said it would set up a… Source link

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Yandex, VTB and partners to launch server production in Russia with new JV

Yandex, VTB and partners to launch server production in Russia with new JV

MOSCOW, June 3 (Reuters) – Russian internet giant Yandex on Thursday signed an agreement with state-owned VTB Bank and other partners to produce servers in an effort to tap into Russia’s growing market for server hardware, the company said. Yandex and VTB will set up a joint venture with IT group LANIT and computer equipment manufacturer Gigabyte to sell servers in Russia and abroad, Yandex said. (Reporting by Alexander Marrow, editing by Maria Kiselyova) Source link

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Russia Raises Heat on Twitter, Google and Facebook in Online Crackdown

Russia Raises Heat on Twitter, Google and Facebook in Online Crackdown

LONDON — Russia is increasingly pressuring Google, Twitter and Facebook to fall in line with Kremlin internet crackdown orders or risk restrictions inside the country, as more governments around the world challenge the companies’ principles on online freedom. Russia’s internet regulator, Roskomnadzor, recently ramped up its demands for the Silicon Valley companies to remove online content that it deems illegal or restore pro-Kremlin material that had been blocked. The warnings have come… Source link

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Russia threatens to slow down Google for not deleting unlawful content

Russia threatens to slow down Google for not deleting unlawful content

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with leaders of the country’s political parties represented in the lower house of parliament via a video conference call at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia February 17, 2021. Mikhail Klimentyev | Sputnik | Reuters Russia has threatened to decelerate Google’s traffic and issued the company with a small fine for failing to remove what it says is unlawful content.  A Russian court on Tuesday said it had fined Google 6 million… Source link

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Russia gives Google one day to delete banned content

Russia gives Google one day to delete banned content

The Google logo is seen on on the company’s European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Russia’s communications watchdog on Monday gave Google (GOOGL.O) 24 hours to delete what it called prohibited content or be fined and said Moscow could eventually slow down the company’s traffic in the country. Russia has already placed a punitive slowdown on U.S. social network Twitter (TWTR.N) for not deleting banned content, part of a push by Moscow to rein in… Source link

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Tele2 Russia begins selling SIMs on Yandex.Market – Telecompaper EN

Tele2 Russia begins selling SIMs on Yandex.Market – Telecompaper EN

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