... have to work together. That might be sufficient to break the cycle. Yet we did have a crisis in 2008 and it wasn’t big enough, it really didn’t solve the problem. I think the next one has got to be even bigger, unfortunately.
You also said that internet is the ‘wild west’ for social media with everybody using it to their advantage. It seems to be relevant for the Western world — Russia included — do you think that the developing countries are going to step in this direction as well?
I think that there’s really not that much distinction between the developed and the developing worlds with regard to social media. There are ...
... partner of Russia, it is not surprising that more and more Chinese companies are taking an interest in advertising on the Russian market. They understand that advertising does not exist without the Internet, understand the position of Yandex in the Russian Internet and want to buy our advertising services. They also prefer to conduct negotiations in Chinese and in China, rather than correspond with the Moscow office or have to fly to Moscow.
China's Internet is quite isolated: China has its own web search engine, its own social networks, etc. Is Yandex planning to offer its services to the Chinese?
We don’t ...
... government control over Internet communications, restricted access to many sites and actively operates the Golden Shield Project (the Great Firewall of China), which allows governmental agencies to filter almost all inbound and outbound traffic.
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Protecting the Russian segment of the Internet
is particularly relevant in view of the worsening international political situation. It is worth noting that the official position of the Chinese government on the issue is very close to that of Russia. The PRC government aims to keep public ...
