Russian investment firm sees U.S. as land of business opportunity

Russian investment firm sees U.S. as land of business opportunity - Chicago Tribune: "Russian Internet investment company Digital Sky Technologies is gobbling up stakes in such private U.S. firms as social networking site Facebook and Chicago-based daily-deal site Groupon.
The latest investment came with news that Facebook has raised $500 million. When the deal shakes out, Goldman Sachs is expected to have $375 million invested and Digital Sky $125 million, adding to Digital Sky's investment of $200 million in 2009.
Moscow-based Digital Sky Technologies is the investment arm of Mail.ru, the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world. Mail.ru owns mostly e-mail, social networking and gaming sites. Holdings include Russian e-mail and gambling Web site Mail.ru and the ICQ instant-messaging system it bought from AOL. It owns one-third of Russia's largest social networking site, vKontakte."