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Advertising Banned on All Sites Blocked in Russia Starting September

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Yandex divests Russia-based businesses and plans rebranding

YandexRussia-based businesses

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Putin Signs Ban on Advertising for ‘Foreign Agents’

Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday signed into law a bill that bans advertisers from working with “foreign agents,” a move widely expected to make it next to impossible for independent […]

Russian governmentadvertisers

RegulationWeb · Rule changeRussia

General Mills suspends marketing in Russia, a small piece of its business

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Apple Suspends Search Ads on the App Store in Russia ‘Until Further Notice’

Apple AdsRussian advertisers

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Google suspends all ad sales in Russia as censorship demands grow

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Google setzt Werbung in Russland aus – Intel stoppt Lieferungen

Google AdsRussian advertisers

RestrictionSearch · Market exitRussia

Russian Legislators Pass Law Targeting International Media as ‘Foreign Agents’

Russian lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to pass legislation allowing authorities to force any foreign media organization to register as a “foreign agent” under penalty of fines or a possible ban […]

Russian governmentforeign media

RegulationWeb · Rule changeRussia

Russian government condemns Twitter’s ad ban for Russia Today and Sputnik

The Russian government officially slammed Twitter’s decision to ban Sputnik and Russia Today from its advertising products. The Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova has posted a statement on Twitter and Facebook. Zakharova goes one step further and attacks the U.S. government directly. According to her, this […]

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Mail.ru Launches A Mobile Ad Platform

Mail.ru, the Russian internet company, today launched a mobile ad platform called myTarget, opening up the Russian mobile audience to advertisers within Russia as well as internationally. The Russian online advertising market has historically been very insular, which is an issue that Mail.ru wanted to tackle, according to CEO Dmitry Grishin. “It’s usually local advertising […]

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