<s>
Rambler	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Russian	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
biggest	O
Russian	O
web	O
portals	O
,	O
owned	O
by	O
the	O
Rambler	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Group	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rambler	B-Application
has	O
been	O
online	O
since	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
the	O
Rambler	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Group	I-Application
went	O
public	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Prof-Media	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
July	O
2008	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
was	O
to	O
acquire	O
Begun	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
Rambler	B-Application
Media	I-Application
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
biggest	O
Russian	O
contextual	O
advertising	O
services	O
for	O
$140	O
million	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
deal	O
was	O
blocked	O
by	O
Russian	O
Federal	O
Antimonopoly	O
Service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
competitors	O
of	O
Rambler	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Russian	O
market	O
are	O
Yandex	O
and	O
Mail.ru	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
Rambler	B-Application
ranked	O
11th	O
in	O
popularity	O
among	O
Russian	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
Rambler.ru	B-Application
database	O
stored	O
user	O
passwords	O
in	O
plaintext	O
—	O
meaning	O
that	O
whoever	O
breached	O
the	O
database	O
instantly	O
had	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
e-mail	O
accounts	O
of	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
Sberbank	O
,	O
the	O
Kremlin	O
’s	O
largest	O
lender	O
,	O
took	O
a	O
stake	O
in	O
Rambler	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Group	I-Application
,	O
in	O
a	O
deal	O
organised	O
by	O
Russian	O
oligarch	O
Alexander	O
Mamut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Services	O
offered	O
by	O
Rambler	B-Application
include	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
,	O
e-mail	O
,	O
news	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
,	O
e-commerce	O
and	O
other	O
services	O
to	O
the	O
Russian-speaking	O
community	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
complemented	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
Rambler	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Group	I-Application
owned	O
web	O
properties	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
