Amazon reportedly opening representative office in RussiaApril 19, 2013 - 17:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The world’s biggest online retailer Amazon is opening a representative office in Russia, according to a Forbes magazine report (in Russian) on Friday, April 19. Amazon’s move comes just two days after the e-commerce giant announced its strategy to extend its app distribution business, Android-based Appstore, to nearly 200 countries. Russia is currently Europe’s largest Internet market with an online audience of 61.3 million, a recent study by comScore says. Amazon’s Russia office will be headed by Arkady Vitruk, the former general director of Azbuka-Atticus publisher owned by media tycoon Alexander Mamut, Forbes said, according to RIA Novosti. Vitruk has not officially confirmed his appointment. Forbes sources said Vitruk was currently in talks with Amazon’s management. Russia’s Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) has received the online retail giant’s application for the registration of the Amazon trademark for the storage and delivery of goods, packaging for subsequent transportation, the electronic storage of texts, audio-visual products and files, according to Forbes. Amazon is not the first global online giant to join the Russian-language Internet. In February 2010, U.S.-based Ebay launched a trade portal in Russia and in the summer of 2012 it opened its representative office in Russia. Amazon.com, Inc. started in 1994 as an online bookstore but soon diversified, selling DVDs, CDs, MP3 downloads, software, video games, electronics, consumer goods and other items. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Court in Azerbaijan extends former Karabakh leader’s arrest by 5 months The Binagadi District Court in Azerbaijan has granted the prosecutor’s petition to extend the arrest of Arkady Ghukasyan. U.S. still believes “peace is possible” between Armenia, Azerbaijan The United States continues to believe that peace is possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vedant Patel says. Dozens detained as antigovernment protest continue in Armenia At least 63 people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation were detained on May 14 as they blocked streets in Yerevan. Family of Ilham Aliyev’s security chief owns vast property in UK As head of security for Azerbaijan’s president, Eyyubov is closely trusted by one of the world’s most authoritarian leaders. |