eBay lured the director of Google Russia to its Russian office

Internet auction eBay opens a representative office in Russia. The local company, which will be called eBay Marketplaces , will be headed by Vladimir Dolgov, according to Vedomosti. Prior to that, he had led the Russian division of Google for six years, and before Google had headed the Russian online store Ozon for five years.

According to Roem.ru , the name of the eBay Marketplaces is purely technical and there will be no difference with a large eBay . The Russian office of Google, for the time being, will work without the general director.

The entry of eBay into the Russian market was complicated by the fact that the PayPal payment system for a long time allowed Russian users only to pay for purchases, and it was impossible to accept payments to the account. Last year, PayPal allowed to withdraw funds to bank accounts, but only in American banks.