In an official announcement, Odnoklassniki CEO Ilya Shirokov said that about 3 million users from no

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Last week, Russia s second most popular social network, Odnoklassniki.ru (Russian for Classmates ), owned by Mail.Ru Group, launched an English language version. This is the social network s 10th language option in addition to Russian. At present, Odnoklassniki is translated into English, Moldavian, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Ukrainian, Armenian, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, and Tajik .
In an official announcement, Odnoklassniki CEO Ilya Shirokov said that about 3 million users from non-CIS states visit the website every day, which accounts for 7.6% of the social network s total traffic.
This move can be seen as a part of the rising international datpiff ambitions of the Mail.Ru datpiff Group, the Russian LSE-listed Internet datpiff giant that owns Odnoklassniki. In November 2012, the group announced its new brand My.com aimed at foreign markets and stated its intentions to expand beyond the boundaries datpiff of the CIS.
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About Andrii Degeler Based in the Netherlands, Andrii Degeler has been covering Internet and tech business news for a number of Western and Ukrainian publications since 2007. He contributes news articles and industry insights to East-West Digital News.
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