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		<title>Google and Apple may be forced to pay more tax in Russia</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/03/06/google-and-apple-may-be-forced-to-pay-more-tax-in-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian authorities may start trying to extract more tax from foreign tech firms such as Google and Apple, according to a report by Vedomosti. There appear to be a couple elements&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s Runa Capital invests $3.4M in database firm MariaDB</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moscow-based Runa Capital has invested €3 million ($3.4 million) in MariaDB, the open-source database company that offers what began as a MySQL fork (Google and Wikipedia are big-name users). Runa, which&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Moses launches crowdsourced tracking of troops in Ukraine</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/04/brown-moses-launches-crowdsourced-tracking-of-troops-in-ukraine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 23:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mathew Ingram]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eliot Higgins, the investigative blogger also known as Brown Moses, has launched a new project that uses crowdsourced data to track Ukrainian and Russian troop and vehicle movements in real time]]></description>
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		<title>Spotify reportedly scraps Russian launch plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The music streamer Spotify was all set to plow into the Russian market, having poached a former Google exec, Alexander Kubaneishvili, to lead the offensive. However, that plan has gone out&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Google and PayPal join Crimea sanctions efforts</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/23/google-and-paypal-join-crimea-sanctions-efforts/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/23/google-and-paypal-join-crimea-sanctions-efforts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest move by a U.S. tech firm to abide by sanctions on Crimea, Google will stop Android users on the peninsula from downloading apps from Google Play, according to&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Russia blocks bitcoin websites over &#8220;shadow economy&#8221; fears</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/13/russia-blocks-bitcoin-websites-as-potential-ban-looms/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/13/russia-blocks-bitcoin-websites-as-potential-ban-looms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor has blocked access to five bitcoin-related websites because the cryptocurrency "contributes to the growth of the shadow economy." The sites include Bitcoin.org, a primary community resource&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Zuckerberg champions free speech while Facebook censors it</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/01/12/mark-zuckerberg-champions-free-speech-while-facebook-censors-it/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/01/12/mark-zuckerberg-champions-free-speech-while-facebook-censors-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2015 23:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mathew Ingram]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has posted public statements on his personal page about his commitment to free speech in the wake of the killings in Paris last week, but the behavior&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Belarus blocks news and commerce websites over currency fears</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/22/belarus-blocks-news-and-commerce-websites-over-currency-fears/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/22/belarus-blocks-news-and-commerce-websites-over-currency-fears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fearing a run on banks and shops due to a faltering currency, the authorities in Belarus have blocked several news and e-commerce websites, according to reports. The Belarusian state-controlled economy is&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Apple shuts down its Russian web store due to ruble instability</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/16/apple-shuts-down-its-russian-web-store-due-to-ruble-instability/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/16/apple-shuts-down-its-russian-web-store-due-to-ruble-instability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 19:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kif Leswing]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you head to Apple's Russian-language online store right now, you'll find that it's not up -- and Apple's providing the usual "We're busy updating the Apple store" message. But Apple's not&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Google to close down Russian engineering operations</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/12/google-to-close-down-russian-engineering-operations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google is closing its Russian engineering office, according to a report in The Information. Google's Russian engineers will be offered jobs in other countries or in other departments, the Financial Times noted&#8230;]]></description>
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