In October 2011, when he was head of state, Dmitry Medvedev was unveiled as a true geek during a trip to the United States where he met, among others, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook boss has returned the favor by traveling to Russia this week.
For the record, AFP reported that the young entrepreneur broke with his habits of dress wearing a suit and tie. He offered to ex-president, now prime minister, a T-shirt with the logo of the Californian company.
The two leaders have not only met for fun. There was also talk business and not just the future Silicon Valley to be built in the suburbs of Moscow. The young boss is also went to defend its interests. In fact, if Facebook has 10 million users in Russia, the country has local alternatives whose two tenors in social networks, Odnoklassniki and Vkontakte are serious competitors for him.
According to a study published in 2011 Renaissance Capital, Vkontakte, whose founder, Pavel Durov, is nicknamed the "Russian Zuckerberg" has twice as many users as the world's leading social networks. Questioned by AFP, Mark Zuckerberg promised to try to "create new products, applications, which I am sure will appeal to Russian users."
A local platform and Facebook is developing research skills. "There are great programmers here applications of social networks, programmers wonderful," said Mr. Zuckerberg. Moreover, the Russian daily Vedomosti revealed that "Facebook riot actively Russian programmers and designers to make come to California."
Part is in progress between the Californian company and Russia. Facebook has assets including the Russian group Digital Sky Technologies (DST), founded by Yuri Milner Russian, owning at least 5% of U.S. social network.
Lobbying is also being among entrepreneurs on the Web. For Anatoli Karatchinski, CEO of IBS Group, a Russian Internet holding the state support to Western companies is inescapable: "If the authorities want to support Russian companies, they must push Western companies to place their orders here, as do India and China. '
For the record, AFP reported that the young entrepreneur broke with his habits of dress wearing a suit and tie. He offered to ex-president, now prime minister, a T-shirt with the logo of the Californian company.
The two leaders have not only met for fun. There was also talk business and not just the future Silicon Valley to be built in the suburbs of Moscow. The young boss is also went to defend its interests. In fact, if Facebook has 10 million users in Russia, the country has local alternatives whose two tenors in social networks, Odnoklassniki and Vkontakte are serious competitors for him.
According to a study published in 2011 Renaissance Capital, Vkontakte, whose founder, Pavel Durov, is nicknamed the "Russian Zuckerberg" has twice as many users as the world's leading social networks. Questioned by AFP, Mark Zuckerberg promised to try to "create new products, applications, which I am sure will appeal to Russian users."
A local platform and Facebook is developing research skills. "There are great programmers here applications of social networks, programmers wonderful," said Mr. Zuckerberg. Moreover, the Russian daily Vedomosti revealed that "Facebook riot actively Russian programmers and designers to make come to California."
Part is in progress between the Californian company and Russia. Facebook has assets including the Russian group Digital Sky Technologies (DST), founded by Yuri Milner Russian, owning at least 5% of U.S. social network.
Lobbying is also being among entrepreneurs on the Web. For Anatoli Karatchinski, CEO of IBS Group, a Russian Internet holding the state support to Western companies is inescapable: "If the authorities want to support Russian companies, they must push Western companies to place their orders here, as do India and China. '
