Amazon appears to be "gearing up for the latest chapter in its international expansion: an operation in Russia," according to TechCrunch, which cited an article in the Russian edition of Forbes reporting that the online retail giant "has opened its first office in the country, headed by Arkady Vitrouk. Vitrouk is the former general director of ABC-Atticus, a publishing group owned by media baron Alexander Mamut."
TechCrunch also noted that Vitrouk's LinkedIn profile refers to him as "director of Kindle Content for Amazon in Russia.... Looking a little closer, Amazon is hiring for at least three other positions for Russia specifically for its Kindle business and the sourcing of local content: a senior product manager for Kindle content pricing, and a principal for content acquisition for Kindle Russia, and another content acquisition manager."
