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2001
- Mail.Ru formed from Port.ru and netBridge merger
- Mail.Ru portal launched
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2003
- Mail.Ru Agent (IM service) launched
- Search partnership with Google
- Travel.Mail.Ru (travel portal launched)
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2004
- Mobile email service launched
- Voice calls added to Mail.Ru Agent
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2005
- Lady.Mail.Ru (Women’s lifestyle services) launched
- Mail.Ru Group founded (as Digital Sky Technologies Ltd-DST)
- Launch of Auto.Mail.Ru
- Video calls added to Mail.Ru Agent
- Blogging service launched
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2006
- Odnoklassniki (OK) social network launched
- Mail.Ru games portal launched
- Naspers Ltd, a South-African media conglomerate, acquired a stake in Mail.Ru
- «Legend: Legacy of the Dragons» MMO game launched
- Video portal launched
- First mobile version of Mail.Ru Agent
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2007
- My World social network launched
- Jun Mail.Ru’s in-house search technology launched (beta)
- Dec Mobile versions of OK and My World launched
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2008
- «Perfect World» online game launched under license
- Deti.Mail.Ru (childhood and maternity vertical) launched
- Mail.Ru Group acquired control of Mail.Ru
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2009
- Web-version of Mail.Ru Agent
- Mail.Ru Group acquired control of HeadHunter
- «Para Pa» game launched
- Mail.Ru Group acquired control of online gaming business, Astrum
- Mail.Ru Group acquired a stake in Facebook
- Money service launched
- My World’s API opened to third-party developers
- «Allods Online» game launched
- Health.Mail.Ru (health vertical launched)
- Astrum merged with Mail.Ru
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2010
- Mail.Ru Group acquired a stake in Zynga
- Mail.Ru completed acquisition of its in-house data centre
- Mail.Ru Group acquired a stake in Groupon, a social e-commerce company which offers consumers
- discounts on products and services
- OK opened its API platform to third-party developers
- Tencent Holdings acquired a stake in Mail.Ru Group
- Mail.Ru Group acquired IM service ICQ from AOL
- Mail.Ru Group increased its ownership in Odnoklassniki to 100%
- Mail.Ru Group increased its ownership in Mail.Ru to 100% after Naspers, Mail.Ru’s management and other minority shareholders converted their Mail.Ru shares into Mail.Ru Group
- Marcos Galperin, Chief Executive of Brazil’s Mercadolibre, joined Mail.Ru
- Group as an independent nonexecutive director
- Mail.Ru Group completed an IPO in the form of global depositary receipts (GDRs) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE)
- Stake in VK increased to 32.55%
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2011
- Sang Hun Kim, Chief Executive of South Korea’s NHN Corporation, joined Mail.Ru as an independent non-executive director
- OK moved into Mail.Ru Group’s Moscow headquarters
- My World introduced revenue sharing with developers on its API platform (30% share to My World)
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