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Top Russian-Language Travel Blogs
Notwithstanding the fact that the year of 2021 did not bring any certainty into tourism development as countries open and close their borders, introduce new rules and restrictions, travel bloggers continue doing their work and delighting followers with new videos and posts.
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Results of a survey by Sports.ru among 1.5 thousand gamers showed that 44% respondents began spending more on games—up to 1,000 rubles per month.
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Russians Named the Best Cities for Cultural and Educational Tourism
In 95% of cases, travelers purposefully want to get information about the place of stay, its history, and culture. Thus, 91% of the respondents independently find what they are interested in on the Internet or in travel guides.
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Specifics of Maintaining Communication with the Audience in Pharma Industry
The new reality, caused by pandemic consequences, led to changes of not only consumer demand, but also very marketing technologies. Digital technologies, which used to develop evolutionarily and enter the distribution and communication system gradually, came to the fore.
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Survey: What are the Best Protection Measures While Traveling During a Pandemic?
A third of respondents chose pre-travel vaccination. 27% of respondents think that it's better to stay at home. 17% of respondents believe that masks and gloves will protect them.
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2021 Russian-Speaking TikTok Bloggers' Ranking
TikTok has increased its audience in Russia twice within one year (from March 2020 until March 2021). More than 12 million Russians go TikTok daily and spend there 33 minutes per day on average.
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Peculiarities of Medicine Promotion in the Russian Market
In every country, medicine advertising is regulated with great care and severity. Russia is not an exception. Advertising of any medicines in offline and online channels is strictly governed by the Federal Law on Advertising.
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Top Russian YouTube Gaming Influencers
As far back as in December, it seemed that let's players began giving ground and would yield the palm to challengers—only 9 let's players stayed in Top 20 by engagement in late 2020. However, as soon as in March 2021, gaming channels began recovering ground again, with 11 authors out of Top 20 YouTubers.
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Pandemic E-commerce: Top 30 Popular Online Retailers in Russia in 2020
The lockdown became one of the most powerful stimuli for e-commerce development, having enforced positions of e-commerce players in the Russian economy, as well as having changed consumer behavior scenarios.
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Chatbots in Tourism: Successful Cases in the Russian Market
A chatbot is a virtual helper that works under a pre-designed pattern. A chatbot is intended for clients who want to quickly find information that they need or to get answers to their questions without making immediate contact with managers by phone or using a feedback form.
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Russian Esports Market: Analytics and Trends
According to PwC, in 2019 the Russian esports market value reached $28.6 million USD, while the compound average growth rate until 2024, according to the forecasts, will be 14.9%, which makes this segment the fastest growing one in the whole video game industry.
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2020 Russian Pharmaceutical Market: Results and Development Trends
The pharmaceutical market value in Russia in 2020 exceeded 2,040 billion rubles, which is 9.8% more than in 2019.
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Clubhouse is on Trend: Analysis of the Russian-Speaking Audience
On February 7, 2021, rapid growth of the Russian segment of the Clubhouse application began, which provoked an increase in discussions in social media. The maximum bursts of discussions occurred on February 14-17.
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Game Localization: Does the Lack of Russian Language Affect the Choice of Gamers?
According to surveys, successful localization of a game will significantly expand its audience, increase its rating in Google Play and the App Store, and help it achieve the precious status of "Extremely positive" on Steam.
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2020 Results of Russian Mobile Games Market Development
The year of 2020 was a very lucky year for mobile developers in Russia. According to Statista, it was mobile games that became a main growth driver for game industry income—the mobile game income equaled to $1.5 billion at year-end.
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2020 Russian Travel Market Development Results: How Tourism Survived the Pandemic
The lowest drop was demonstrated by tourist flows to China (-94% as compared to 2019), Spain (-90%), and Italy (-86%). At that, Top-15 most popular travel destinations among Russians included India (-57%), Cuba (-58%), and the Dominican Republic (-65%) for the first time ever.
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2021 Gaming Industry Events in Russia
In our blog we will tell you, organizers of which conferences and exhibitions of the gaming industry have already taken the chance and announced the holding of events offline, and which have not yet decided to return to the usual format.
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Most Russian Tourists Expect Full Border Opening in 2021
The resumption of travel abroad in full in 2021 is expected by 60% of Russian tourists. Among the most desirable destinations for travel, they named Turkey, Thailand, Egypt and Europe.
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Russian Digital Marketing and Advertising Market Trends in 2021
Interaction with clients will make all the difference in digital market transformation in 2021. The events of 2020 moved business from offline to online, and there was a significant growth of e-commerce in quite different kinds of business.
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2020 Results of Russian Video Game Market Development
The COVID-19 pandemic has played an important role in the game market growth. When the whole world happened to be out of whack with habitual travels and interpersonal communication, when it became impossible just to walk on the streets and enjoy offline entertainments, many people went online and chose games for interactivity and communication tool.