<s>
Sputnik	B-Language
is	O
a	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
owned	O
by	O
Rostelecom	O
,	O
a	O
Russian	O
state-owned	O
telecommunications	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
week	O
of	O
the	O
launch	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
0.01	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
traffic	O
in	O
Russia	O
,	O
compared	O
with	O
62%	O
for	O
Yandex	O
and	O
28%	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
Sputnik	B-Language
was	O
the	O
15th	O
most	O
popular	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
in	O
Russia	O
,	O
with	O
1	O
/	O
32,000	O
times	O
the	O
hits	O
of	O
Yandex	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
traction	O
Sputnik	B-Language
first	O
got	O
during	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
engine	O
had	O
two	O
million	O
visitors	O
within	O
the	O
first	O
week	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
other	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
as	O
time	O
passed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
less	O
than	O
1%	O
of	O
Russians	O
used	O
the	O
engine	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
had	O
a	O
preference	O
for	O
Yandex	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
launch	O
of	O
Sputnik	B-Language
was	O
deemed	O
unsuccessful	O
by	O
the	O
President	O
of	O
Rostelecom	O
,	O
Mikhail	O
Oseevsky	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
help	O
bring	O
in	O
users	O
,	O
Oseevsky	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
Sputnik	B-Language
the	O
primary	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
for	O
government	O
agencies	O
and	O
businesses	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
got	O
little	O
to	O
no	O
support	O
for	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Russia	O
spent	O
$20	O
million	O
to	O
create	O
Sputnik	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Sputnik	B-Language
only	O
brought	O
in	O
136.6	O
million	O
rubles	O
in	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
lack	O
of	O
advertisement	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
and	O
unpopularity	O
took	O
a	O
toll	O
on	O
Sputnik	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Rostelecom	O
filed	O
Sputnik	B-Language
LLC	O
for	O
bankruptcy	O
,	O
the	O
reason	O
being	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
pay	O
its	O
debt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
a	O
technology	O
company	O
,	O
KM	O
Media	O
,	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
already	O
and	O
Rostelecom	O
bought	O
them	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
feature	O
that	O
Rostelecom	O
released	O
on	O
Sputnik	B-Language
was	O
Stalker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
an	O
associated	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
also	O
Sputnik	B-Language
,	O
derived	O
from	O
Chromium	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Sputnik	B-Language
was	O
released	O
for	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
tablets	O
and	O
in	O
late	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
came	O
out	O
for	O
PC	O
for	O
OS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
