Yandex ranked largest Russian internet company - ForbesFebruary 27, 2012 - 18:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Internet search engine Yandex ranks first among Russia’s largest Internet companies, according to a survey posted by the Forbes magazine on its website on Monday, February 27, RIA Novosti reported. Forbes ranked Russian companies by their annual revenues, which put Yandex in the first place last year with $690 million, far ahead of second-placed Mail.ru with just $515 million. Utkonos, the Internet-based supermarket chain, came third, followed by AnywayAnyday and Ozon online sellers. Avito.ru is ranked as the tenth largest internet firm in Russia. Russian companies needed to have annual sales of at least $140 million to join the list of the top ten Internet companies and $10 million to be included in the list of Russia’s 30 largest Internet firms. Forbes did not include the subsidiaries of foreign companies like Google in its rating, and also firms that mainly generated revenues offline, like Aeroflot airline, electronic retailer Eldorado, and mobile phone retailer Svyaznoy. The revenues of Russian Internet firms are far behind world Internet giants, with Google’s sales exceeding the revenues of all Russian websites put together, Forbes said. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |