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Yandex Puts Off IPO Plans

Solid reports have indicated for several months that Yandex, the popular Russian search engine, would file for an IPO sometime this year.  Now it seems that international problems have made it delay things until 2009 instead.Blame the global economy for starters.  Unsteady markets and rising inflation have caused investors to become nervous, making them less likely to sink money into anything without a long and solid track record.  Yandex, which was founded in 1997 and became profitable in 2002, might not be embraced.

Russian Internet Population Expanding Fast

Deteriorating relations between the U.S. and Russia have a few people worrying about an exchange of missiles.  Executives of American Internet companies may also be concerned about missed business opportunities, as Russia has been declared home of Europe's fastest-growing Internet population.

Google Didn't Wipe Georgia Off The Map

People noticed over the past couple of days that street maps of recently-froggy nation of Georgia were missing from Google Maps. This sparked subsequent (invented) speculation that Google had removed data about Georgia in the wake of the Russian retaliatory invasion.

Georgian Gov't Sets Up Cyber Camp At Blogger.com

After government servers were allegedly knocked offline by Russian cyber attackers, the Georgian government seems to have revived its Web presence on Blogger, Google's free blogging service.

Russia Says "Nyet" To Idea Of Advertising Recession

The poor old Dow went down almost 225 points today, and we expect that some tears are being shed within certain sectors of the American economy.  A new report indicates that Russian advertisers are operating on the opposite end of the spectrum, however, with big year-over-year growth taking place.

In Russia, Google's New Service Grows Fast

Russian contextual ad network Begun, purchased by Google from Rambler Media, saw a quick uptick in its business through the start of 2008.

Google Bids And Wins Russia's Begun

Context ads firm ZAO Begun joined Google after the search advertising company purchased it from parent firm Rambler Media for $140 million.

Russian Blogger Convicted Of Inciting Hatred

A Russian blogger who referred to local police as "scum" in a post received a suspended jail sentence on Monday for extremism, leading other bloggers to express concern over online free speech.Savva Terentiev, a 28-year-old musician from Syktyvkar, 940 miles north of Moscow, wrote a post that suggested the police should be dealt with by burning officers two times a day in a town square.

Previet, Russia! Google Says To $1B Market

The vast expanses of Russia may be as potentially rich in online ad revenue as they are in oil and minerals, and Google hopes to be the next firm to mine that resource.

Google Predicts Impressive Online Ad Growth In Russia

Thanks to matters of both proximity and size, discussions concerning overseas search tend to focus on the UK and China.  Russia may soon enter more conversations, though, as at least one expert feels its online ad market is ready to explode.