Plenty of business owners and entrepreneurs, like Mr. Vichich, are comfortable running a company in the fast-growing mobile-apps market, but lack the technical know-how to build mobile apps on their own.

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The investment allows us to benefit from the fast-growing Internet market in Russia, as well as to leverage our technical and operational know-how to strengthen the leadership position of DST and explore new business opportunities in the Russian-speaking Internet markets.

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