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DST Taking Full Control Of Russian Social Net Odnoklassniki.ru

Aug 24, 2010 6:56 AM

Russian internet investor Digital Sky Technologies’ online buy-up is continuing ahead of its possible 2011 IPO. It’s acquiring the 20 percent of social network Odnoklassniki.ru it does not already own from founder Albert Popkov, Vedomosti reports (via Quintura).

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Countries, Europe, Russia, odnoklassniki.ru

192.com Says It Owns Russia’s Top Social Net, Contests In Court

Dec 4, 2008 5:47 AM

192.com directory owner i-CD is suing a former director, claiming ownership of Russia’s most popular social network Odnoklassniki.ru. The network was started by Albert Popkov in 2006 but London-based i-CD claims Popkov founded Odnoklassniki.ru while working for it - a claim he strongly denies. The company brought a claim to…

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Posted In: Legal, Social Media, Countries, Europe, Russia, i-cd, odnoklassniki.ru

Google May Power Search, Ads For Russia’s Odnoklassniki Social Net

Nov 25, 2008 3:42 AM

Russia’s top social network Odnoklassniki.ru is testing Google’s search box, both companies confirmed to business paper Kommersant, in a possible ad-sales split between the two companies in one of the world’s fastest growing online ad markets. With Google’s acquisition of RuNet portal Rambler’s Begun contextual ad agency recently blocked by…

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Posted In: Advertising, Companies, Google, Countries, Europe, Russia, odnoklassniki.ru

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