| 2011-12-15 17:08 Don't provoke protesters, ex-minister Kudrin tells Putin |
Russia’s ex-finance minister Alexei Kudrin criticized on Thursday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s remarks regarding the white ribbons worn by protesters at recent nationwide rallies against alleged electoral fraud.
American director Woody Allen began shooting his latest movie in Paris on Monday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday said a European Parliament resolution calling for new State Duma elections “means nothing.” 
After Wimbledon Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova came to Belarus. 
South-African company buys Mail.ru Internet portal · 2007-01-24 12:16
South-African Naspers Limited will buy 30% in the Russian Mail.ru Internet portal for $165 million, the company announced Tuesday. A stake in a major Internet portal is the perfect way to enter the Russian media market, which the South Africans have been striving to do for over a year, experts say.
At the same time, the deal is important for global online portals as their prospects for their gaining good footing in Russia have become vague for at least three or five years. The stocks will be bought from Mail.ru's co-owners, Russia's Digital Sky and U.S. Tiger Global Management. The two companies will become Mail.ru's minority shareholders.
According to Kommersant, Mail.ru provides Internet and communication services for Russian speakers worldwide. 24 million people go on to Mail.ru every month. Mail.ru earned 17.3 million in 2005 with net profits at $3.1 million.
• Russian beauty's apartment robbed
• Russia to take measures against Estonia
|
|
|