Nothing like the threat of a rising new economy to get the blood flowing (thanks, Vlad!). Internet-wise, there’s a lot happening in Russia: Mail.ru became its first billion-dollar online company, Blackberries plan to invade, LiveJournal was sold to a Russian firm that aspires to go global — starting with the US, and in September Russia led total growth in European internet adoption.
The Quintura blog put together a short list of significant deals that occurred in December amongst Russian internet companies.
Russia’s urban middle class has expensive taste and money to spare. Time to start thinking eastward, da?
