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Putin: the Internet has emerged as a special project of the CIA
Russian President believes that "Yandex" has also started as a project with Western influence
Russian Internet search engine "Yandex" started as a project with Western influence, President Vladimir Putin said. "When they [the" Yandex "] just started work, they also succumbing: to be so many Americans with them, so much - the Europeans, and they were forced to agree with that", - Putin said, adding that it is a "governing bodies" of the company.
"Yandex" - a national system, but "part of their registration abroad, but not only for tax purposes, but also for other reasons," Putin said at the media forum organized by the ONF (quoted by "Interfax»).
He emphasized that he considers necessary and important place in the territory of Russia servers of large national Internet resources, protection of stored information. "It can be done, but it takes time and capital investment," - quoted him as saying by ITAR-TASS. Putin added that now the main stream of data goes through servers located in the United States, where everything is controlled. "All this [Internet] emerged as a special project CIA and develops" - Putin said. He stressed that the Americans are trying to keep their monopoly, "but this is not possible in the modern world, and we need to purposefully fight for their interests».
However, he noted that "Yandex", and the social network "Vkontakte" trying to develop business, mathematical, information security in Russia. "Our companies were not free resources for such investments, but now they appear," - said the president. He also hopes that the Russian Internet "will evolve rapidly enough, quickly and will ensure our interests».
The question of "Yandex" the president asked the blogger, who noted that the company - "on the one hand, it's a search engine, on the other - it's kind of like the media." "Top 5 News" Yandex "browsing tens of millions of people. "Yandex" in this case has no license and no liability media as the media before the law is not "- said the blogger, as quoted by the" Interfax ". "I wonder when the government will start to make decisions that will relieve us from the digital aggression?" - He said, stressing that not calling close «Yandex».
"There [in the" Yandex "] is not so simple: they can, why can not - it is necessary to ask them," - said Putin saying blogger on forming top news list «Yandex».
After the words of Putin campaign "Yandex" at the opening of trading in the US on April 24 fell by 5% in a few minutes. After that, a few quotes up later decline was about 3 and 5%.
The company itself has confirmed that it has received the first investment from international funds and investors. In response to Putin's statement the company said that it is a common thing for any internet startup in any country of the world. "In our case, it was a purely financial investment. Who Exchange traded about 70% of the shares, but the shares traded on the exchange, do not give their holders the right to strategic and operational management of the company, - the press-service of "Yandex". - The financial interests of the investors and the management of the company in the "Yandex" has always been divided ».
"All Russian people" Yandex "Welcome to Russian data centers. We have a server abroad, but they are used for indexing foreign Web, "- said the representative of the company as well.
The state has long been a question of "Yandex". In the summer of 2008 a senior official of the Russian government in an informal conversation with journalists suggested that large Internet companies - important information resources, scope and effect of which is already comparable to the TV. The state, he continued, is concerned that significant stakes in Internet companies owned by foreigners. In particular, "Yandex" then various investment funds, including Western, was about 45%. Sooner or later, these investors will sell the packages, officials said, and in these circumstances, the state is interested in the emergence of "Yandex" Russian co-investor.
In the same 2008 to buy a stake in the "Yandex" tried businessman Alisher Usmanov, who now owns one of the largest cities users - Mail.ru Group. However, the shareholders of "Yandex" refused the deal, and in 2009 the company as a compromise passed Sberbanku "golden share" (she gives the right to block the sale of the State Bank for more than 25% of the company).
Now most of the shares of "Yandex" (over 70%) is traded on the Nasdaq. The main owners of voting shares are founder Arkady Volozh (10, 4% of the company's capital and 35, 6% of the vote) and the group of funds Baring Vostok (6, 14% of the capital and 18, 36% of the vote). Also, the company's shares owned by managers of "Yandex" and old partners Volozh - El Fenaughty (1, 45% of the vote), John Boynton (less than 1%), the famous American venture capitalist Esther Dyson (less than 1%). Institutional investors - large American Funds - Capital Group, Morgan Stanley Investments, Thornburg Investments, Oppenheimer Funds.
The Board of Directors of "Yandex" heads Volozh also includes advice managing partner of Baring Vostok Elena Ivashentseva, other director - Fenaughty, Boynton, Dyson, Charles Ryan, Roger Rignano and former head of the presidential administration Alexander Voloshin.
April 22 Duma approved on third reading a package of amendments to the law on information, which makes the owners of all Internet sites designed for users to communicate with each other to keep their traffic in Russia for at least six months (under the threat of blocking).
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Russian Internet search engine "Yandex" started as a project with Western influence, President Vladimir Putin said. "When they [the" Yandex "] just started work, they also succumbing: to be so many Americans with them, so much - the Europeans, and they were forced to agree with that", - Putin said, adding that it is a "governing bodies" of the company.
"Yandex" - a national system, but "part of their registration abroad, but not only for tax purposes, but also for other reasons," Putin said at the media forum organized by the ONF (quoted by "Interfax»).
He emphasized that he considers necessary and important place in the territory of Russia servers of large national Internet resources, protection of stored information. "It can be done, but it takes time and capital investment," - quoted him as saying by ITAR-TASS. Putin added that now the main stream of data goes through servers located in the United States, where everything is controlled. "All this [Internet] emerged as a special project CIA and develops" - Putin said. He stressed that the Americans are trying to keep their monopoly, "but this is not possible in the modern world, and we need to purposefully fight for their interests».
However, he noted that "Yandex", and the social network "Vkontakte" trying to develop business, mathematical, information security in Russia. "Our companies were not free resources for such investments, but now they appear," - said the president. He also hopes that the Russian Internet "will evolve rapidly enough, quickly and will ensure our interests».
The question of "Yandex" the president asked the blogger, who noted that the company - "on the one hand, it's a search engine, on the other - it's kind of like the media." "Top 5 News" Yandex "browsing tens of millions of people. "Yandex" in this case has no license and no liability media as the media before the law is not "- said the blogger, as quoted by the" Interfax ". "I wonder when the government will start to make decisions that will relieve us from the digital aggression?" - He said, stressing that not calling close «Yandex».
"There [in the" Yandex "] is not so simple: they can, why can not - it is necessary to ask them," - said Putin saying blogger on forming top news list «Yandex».
After the words of Putin campaign "Yandex" at the opening of trading in the US on April 24 fell by 5% in a few minutes. After that, a few quotes up later decline was about 3 and 5%.
The company itself has confirmed that it has received the first investment from international funds and investors. In response to Putin's statement the company said that it is a common thing for any internet startup in any country of the world. "In our case, it was a purely financial investment. Who Exchange traded about 70% of the shares, but the shares traded on the exchange, do not give their holders the right to strategic and operational management of the company, - the press-service of "Yandex". - The financial interests of the investors and the management of the company in the "Yandex" has always been divided ».
"All Russian people" Yandex "Welcome to Russian data centers. We have a server abroad, but they are used for indexing foreign Web, "- said the representative of the company as well.
The state has long been a question of "Yandex". In the summer of 2008 a senior official of the Russian government in an informal conversation with journalists suggested that large Internet companies - important information resources, scope and effect of which is already comparable to the TV. The state, he continued, is concerned that significant stakes in Internet companies owned by foreigners. In particular, "Yandex" then various investment funds, including Western, was about 45%. Sooner or later, these investors will sell the packages, officials said, and in these circumstances, the state is interested in the emergence of "Yandex" Russian co-investor.
In the same 2008 to buy a stake in the "Yandex" tried businessman Alisher Usmanov, who now owns one of the largest cities users - Mail.ru Group. However, the shareholders of "Yandex" refused the deal, and in 2009 the company as a compromise passed Sberbanku "golden share" (she gives the right to block the sale of the State Bank for more than 25% of the company).
Now most of the shares of "Yandex" (over 70%) is traded on the Nasdaq. The main owners of voting shares are founder Arkady Volozh (10, 4% of the company's capital and 35, 6% of the vote) and the group of funds Baring Vostok (6, 14% of the capital and 18, 36% of the vote). Also, the company's shares owned by managers of "Yandex" and old partners Volozh - El Fenaughty (1, 45% of the vote), John Boynton (less than 1%), the famous American venture capitalist Esther Dyson (less than 1%). Institutional investors - large American Funds - Capital Group, Morgan Stanley Investments, Thornburg Investments, Oppenheimer Funds.
The Board of Directors of "Yandex" heads Volozh also includes advice managing partner of Baring Vostok Elena Ivashentseva, other director - Fenaughty, Boynton, Dyson, Charles Ryan, Roger Rignano and former head of the presidential administration Alexander Voloshin.
April 22 Duma approved on third reading a package of amendments to the law on information, which makes the owners of all Internet sites designed for users to communicate with each other to keep their traffic in Russia for at least six months (under the threat of blocking).
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