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By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian government tightened its grip on the internet on Tuesday, as a state-controlled company with close links to President Vladimir Putin agreed to buy the news feed and homepage of the country’s most popular website. Yandex, often referred to as Russia’s Google, said it was selling its news aggregator, content platform Zen and yandex.ru homepage to VK to focus on other business areas, such as food delivery and… Source link

By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian government tightened its grip on the internet on Tuesday, as a state-controlled company with close links to President Vladimir Putin agreed to buy the news feed and homepage of the country’s most popular website. Yandex, often referred to as Russia’s Google, said it was selling its news aggregator, content platform Zen and yandex.ru homepage to VK to focus on other business areas, such as food delivery and… Source link

Russian tech giants Yandex, VK agree to swap some assets Yandex sells news feed, homepage to state-controlled VK Yandex gets food delivery service Delivery Club in return This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine MOSCOW, Aug 23 (Reuters) – The Russian government tightened its grip on the internet on Tuesday, as a state-controlled company with close links to President Vladimir Putin agreed to buy the news feed and homepage of… Source link