Rambler (russian: Рамблер) is a Russian

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and one of the biggest Russian

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s, owned by the Rambler Media Group. The site was launched in 1996 by Stack Ltd, went public in 2005, was acquired by Prof-Media in 2006, and has since been acquired by Russian government bank

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History

Rambler has been online since 1996. In 2005 the Rambler Media Group went public, and was bought by Prof-Media in 2006. On July 18, 2008 it was announced that

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was to acquire Begun, part of Rambler Media and one of the biggest Russian

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services for $140 million, but the deal was blocked by Russian

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. The main competitors of Rambler in the Russian market are

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and

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. As of July 2013, Rambler ranked 11th in popularity among Russian sites.Rambler.ru
- Alexa In September 2016 it was reported that the site was breached in February 2012. LeakedSource received a dump of the user database at the time that included usernames, passwords, and ICQ instant messaging accounts for over 98 million users. It was revealed that the Rambler.ru database stored user passwords in

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— meaning that whoever breached the database instantly had access to the e-mail accounts of all of its users. In April 2019,

, the Kremlin’s largest lender, took a stake in Rambler Media Group, in a deal organised by Russian oligarch

Alexander Mamut Alexander Leonidovich Mamut also spelled Aleksandr, (russian: Алекса́ндр Леони́дович Маму́т; born 29 January 1960, Moscow) is a Russian billionaire lawyer, banker and investor. Used to be (until 2020) a co-owner of Ram ...

. In October 2020, Sber, the non-banking wing of Sberbank took full control of the group when it acquired Mamut's 45% stake.

Services

Services offered by Rambler include web search,

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, news aggregation,

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and other services to the Russian-speaking community globally. It is complemented by a number of other Rambler Media Group owned web properties including: *

Lenta.ru ''Lenta.ru'' (russian: Лента.Ру; stylised as LƐNTA.RU) is a Russian-language online newspaper. Based in Moscow, it is owned by Rambler Media Group. In 2013, the Alexander Mamut-owned companies "SUP Media" and "Rambler-Afisha" merged to ...

: online Russian language newspaper * Gazeta.ru: online Russian language newspaper * Doktor.ru: health and medical advice * Mama.ru: parenting advice * Ferra.ru: information about computer equipment * rns.online: news aggregation * eda.ru: culinary recipes

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