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    Facebook Deeper in Hock to Russians

    Please Pay No Attention to the Scary Russian Oligarch Backing Facebook

    The 'Hard' Russian Oligarch Behind Facebook's New Money

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    Image of macbeach macbeach
    07/13/09

    In reply to Facebook Deeper in Hock to Russians
    I'm just glad that all my secret personal details aren't being views by some scoundrel in France!
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    05/28/09

    In reply to Please Pay No Attention to the Scary Russian Oligarch Backing Facebook
    Selling nuclear materials through the Pakistanis has gotten more difficult, opening undreamed of monetization possibilities for Facebook. Congratulations comrade Zuckerberg.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    05/28/09

    In reply to Please Pay No Attention to the Scary Russian Oligarch Backing Facebook
    But will he friend me?
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    05/28/09

    @CaptainFantastic:


    With an invite you can't refuse . . .

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    Image of blix blix
    05/28/09

    @Smitros: When he pokes you it leaves a mark.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    05/28/09

    In reply to Please Pay No Attention to the Scary Russian Oligarch Backing Facebook
    There already is a Russian Facebook: vkontakte.ru. It is a Facebook clone. I have read that the vkontakte.ru stole Facebook source code and have replicated the Facebook features and interface. I don’t know whether this is true. At any rate, vkontakte.ru is the mainstream social networking site for Russians. It would be interesting to know whether and how Facebook or Usmanov would compete with vkontakte.
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    Image of Dr. Nick Dr. Nick
    05/28/09

    In reply to Please Pay No Attention to the Scary Russian Oligarch Backing Facebook
    to be fair, how many Russian oligarchs aren't gangsters and racketeers?
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    Image of Krashstar Krashstar
    05/28/09

    @Dr. Nick: How many Russians aren't gangsters and racketeers?
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    Image of TableNine TableNine
    05/28/09

    In reply to The 'Hard' Russian Oligarch Behind Facebook's New Money
    In related news, Uzbeki oligarchs are considering a possible Friendster takeover.
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    Image of Accidental Billionaire Accidental Billionaire
    05/27/09

    In reply to The 'Hard' Russian Oligarch Behind Facebook's New Money
    This guy is some Russian mobster.


    Zuckerberg is another 20 year old web 2.0 punk who acts like he understands business. Sandberg is the childish, (sorry to say) bitch who is more of an actor to fill a role (In my opinion) than a real business person.


    In real business, paying the rent isn't a soap opera. It's done because, even if you're unheard of in the media, you make deals discretely and privately.


    In facebook, every last deal has to be in the media to give the impression a profitless entity can stay inflated.


    Ladies and Gents, the fad will be long gone before this "buffer money" is eaten through.

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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    05/27/09

    @Widget Economist:


    One would think that if a criminal wanted access to personal information aggregator Facebook, all they need to do is pay off a couple of people. Isn't this lovely... organized, global criminals will have access to all your info, no matter how much you click on the privacy controls.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/27/09

    In reply to The 'Hard' Russian Oligarch Behind Facebook's New Money
    so, this guy owns Arsenal. Roman Abromovich owns Chelsea. And Vladimir Romanov owns Hearts. Are there any Brit or Scot premiership teams not contemplating Russian buyout?
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    05/27/09

    In reply to The 'Hard' Russian Oligarch Behind Facebook's New Money
    Eastern Promises.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/27/09

    In reply to The 'Hard' Russian Oligarch Behind Facebook's New Money
    Alisher Usmanov remembers the heady days of Sputnik, and Uri Gagarin, when the world trembled at the sounds of our rockets. Well they will tremble again, at my profile info. 2 hours ago
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    05/27/09

    In reply to The 'Hard' Russian Oligarch Behind Facebook's New Money
    IN SOVIET RUSSIA DADDY SUGARS YOU!!

    /obligatory
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    05/27/09

    @DennyCrane: ... SUGAR DADDIES YOU.


    /fixed

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