loudspeaker - 6:59 am on Jan 13, 2010 (gmt 0)

Reminds me of those Western companies that were shocked when Putin Inc confiscated their properties with bogus tax charges.

Would you care to remind me exactly which Western property was confiscated by Putin Inc? It's been a few years already and my memory is a little hazy, but I am an avid reader of the world press and I simply don't think there were any. (Yukos, if you're thinking that, was not a Western company).

Anyway, closer to our topic, Russia is indeed another market where Google is not #1, despite years' worth of efforts. Should we expect something of the same nature there?