Facebook Tries To Blaze A Path In Russia

NY TIMES -- June 20 -- Google has floundered. So has MySpace. Now Facebook is trying to gain a toehold in Russia. The Russian-language version of Facebook was launched this week, taking on a host of home-grown and successful social networking sites, including VKontakte, a Facebook-like site on the Russian Internet. MySpace, which entered Russia in January, has attained only small percent of the market. MySpace and Google have had similar fates in China, where the two companies, in addition to the online auction site eBay, have been trampled by local look-alikes. FULL ARTICLE @ NY TIMES

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