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Odnoklassniki (Russian: Одноклассники, lit. 'Classmates'), abbreviated as OK or OK.ru, is a social networking service primarily in Russia and former Soviet Republics. [1] The site was launched on March 4, 2006 by Albert Popkov and is currently owned by VK. [2]
In December 2009, Russian-based Internet provider Yota, with over 100,000 subscribers [9] blocked access to some Russian opposition Internet resources for its Moscow-based subscribers for a few days. This occurred after the chief prosecutor of St. Petersburg recommended that the company prevent access to extremist resources.
Mass media in Russia continued to develop in 2000s, as the number of periodicals, broadcasting companies and electronic media has more than doubled from 1997 to 2006. [21] In 2005 a state-run English language Russia Today TV started broadcasting, and its Arabic version Rusiya Al-Yaum was launched in 2007.
Meta said it's banning Russia state media organization from its social media platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify Moscow's propaganda. The announcement drew a ...
The office of Russia's Prosecutor General said on Friday it had designated The Barents Observer, a Norwegian media outlet, as an "undesirable organisation", a move which effectively bans it ...
Russia's press agencies (including the most important Ria-Novosti and Itar-Tass) were also well represented in the Web. [31] In April 2008 Agence France-Presse noted that, "The Internet is the freest area of the media in Russia, where almost all television and many newspapers are under formal or unofficial government control". [35]
According to a new Russian broadcast law, which took effect on March 1, any media platform that reaches more than 100,000 subscribers in the country will be required to include as many as 20 ...
VK, known as Mail.ru Group until 12 October 2021, is a Russian technology company. It started in 1998 as the parent company of Mail.ru, an e-mail service and went on to become a major corporate figure in the Russian-speaking segment of the Internet.