Odnoklassniki social network’s English-language site launchedJune 18, 2012 - 21:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Odnoklassniki, Russia’s second largest social network, has launched an English-language version of its web site, the company’s spokesman said on Monday, June 18, according to RIA Novosti. Odnoklassniki, which means “Classmates” in Russian, was launched in 2006 to reunite former classmates. Today the social network, which is owned by Mail.Ru Group, has some 90 million activated accounts and 29 million daily unique visitors, according to LiveInternet statistics. Russia's largest home-grown social network, Vkontakte (Vk.com), which already has an English version, boasts 33 million daily unique visitors. “People in 229 countries use the Odnoklassniki social network. Pitcairn Islands [in the Pacific] is the only territory we have not registered a single visit from. Therefore, we decided to translate Odnoklassniki into English,” Alexander Izyadnov, the project’s marketing and strategic communications director, told RIA Novosti. According to Odnoklassniki statistics, the social network has 61 users from North Korea, 12 from the Cook Islands in South Pacific and one from Vatican City. The network intends to open branches in former Soviet republics, including Uzbekistan, Georgia, Armenia and Moldova. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |