Search satellite. The creation of a national search engine was considered unsuccessful

Sputnik Browser - fast and secure browser, built on Chromium. The Sputnik browser was developed by Rostelecom for family use.

Rostelecom first created the Sputnik search engine, and then its own browser of the same name. Search engine positions itself as focused on interaction with social services and the provision of public services. Similar purpose family browser Satellite.

The Sputnik browser has built-in protection against harmful and dangerous content, with a filtering system, quick access to the government services portal, children's mode, no advertising.

The main advantages of the Sputnik browser according to the manufacturer:

Simple - the browser is easily and quickly installed on your computer
Convenient - when you start the browser, a panel opens with the “Satellite” search and specially selected widgets
Useful - the widget panel provides direct access to useful information: “Government Services”, “My Home”, “Medicine”, “Maps”, etc.
Smart - the browser uses a smart search bar to quickly access sites
Secure - the browser is protected from spam, pornography, viruses, fraudulent sites, etc.
Child - a special children's mode in the browser that will protect the child from most threats on the Internet
Mobile - Sputnik browser is installed on mobile devices under Android control, iPad, iPhone

The smart browser bar allows you to quickly access the sites you need. When entering search query Suggestions appear based on the text you enter. By default, the browser uses the Sputnik search engine. In the browser settings, in the “Search” section, you can change the search engine to another: Yandex, Google, @MAIL.RU, Sputnik, Sputnik.Children.

The Sputnik browser can be downloaded from the official website for the operating systems Windows, Android, iPad, iPhone.

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To install the browser on your computer, run the downloaded file. Installing the Sputnik browser is very simple.

Convenient access in Sputnik

The Sputnik browser will open the page “ Convenient access", which contains widgets for quick access to the most popular everyday information: weather, exchange rates, news, TV programs, government services, my home, maps, medicine. You can open the easy access page using the “Go to Sputnik services” button, which is located in the left corner of the panel.

On the "Easy Access" page, you can change the background by uploading an image from your computer, select your location. By default, after entering a query in the search field, the search will be carried out using the Sputnik search engine. In the browser settings, the search can be changed to another search engine.

After clicking on the “Medicine” widget, the “Satellite / Medicine” page will open, where you can get a lot of useful information.

In the “Pharmacies” tab, the addresses of the nearest pharmacies with contact information: telephone numbers, opening hours, pharmacies are displayed on the map.

After entering the “Medicines” tab, you will have access to a description of the medications. Select the name of the drug, after reading the description, click on the “Prices and Availability” button. If this drug is available, you will see the price of the drug and the address of the pharmacy where it can be purchased.

In the “Articles” tab, in sections you can get information about diseases, treatment methods and recommended medications for this disease.

On the Gosuslugi portal you can obtain government services: pay traffic fines, pay for housing and communal services, submit tax return, make an appointment with a doctor, get information about tax debt individuals etc.

After clicking on the “My Home” widget, the “Satellite / My Home” page will open. Enter the full address in the search field in order to obtain the necessary information about organizations: management companies, MFCs, schools, kindergartens, clinics, post offices, tax inspectorates, police departments, pharmacies, ATMs, and much more.

On the “TV program” page you can familiarize yourself with the program schedule, get additional information, look online broadcasts TV channels.

Safe search in the Sputnik browser

The Sputnik browser has built-in search filters: « Light filter", "Moderate filter", "Strict filter". Depending on the selected filter, sites with dangerous and prohibited information will not be shown in the search results. Family filter in the browser protects the user's computer and personal data from viruses, spam, pornography, fraudulent sites, etc.

Using the “Search results filtering settings” icon (in the form of a shield), which is located in the address bar of the browser, you can adjust the level of filtering search results. The icon image will be changed after selecting the appropriate filter.

The browser has a built-in “Advertising Blocker” that blocks pop-ups and advertising blocks on web pages. In the Sputnik browser, you can block all advertising after activating the “Block all advertising” option. The Advertising Removal module does a good job of blocking ads.

The browser has a built-in “Stalker” security system that warns the user of danger. If you mark a site as “bad”, then the next time the browser will not allow you to open this site.

The Sputnik browser has a built-in “Invisible” mode. In the "Invisible" mode, the browser will not remember the browsing history, in order not to save user data while surfing. You can launch the “Invisible” mode after entering the “Satellite Main Menu”. To do this, you need to select context menu“New window in invisible mode” item. After this, a new browser window will open.

To exit Stealth mode, close the browser window in this mode.

The Sputnik browser is protected from changes using special protection. Protection protects against changing the search engine, changing the default browser, and changing browser settings third party programs. The built-in Sentinel tool stands guard over the browser, protects the browser from unauthorized changes, and protects the hosts file on the computer from changes.

Children's mode in the Sputnik browser

The Sputnik browser has a “Children's mode”. To enter children's mode, click on the “Duck” image. Then enter and confirm your password. The browser has a one-time password mode, although you can enter the same password each time.

After this, the Sputnik browser window will open running in child mode. In children's mode, the Sputnik.Children search system is activated, which filters search results to those that are suitable for a child audience.

Please note that you will not be able to disable child mode without entering a password. If you close the browser window and then relaunch it, the browser will open again in child mode.

To exit child mode in Satellite, click on the “Duck” icon, and then enter your password.

Sputnik browser extensions

Extensions created for the browser are suitable for the satellite browser Google Chrome, which are available in " Internet- Chrome Store" The satellite blocks the installation of extensions from the store, citing the fact that they have not been verified. Only a few extensions that have been tested and approved by Sputnik are available for installation in the browser. Frankly speaking, there is practically nothing to choose from.

You can select an extension in the Chrome store, and after blocking the installation, submit a request for approval of this extension.

Settings

You can enter the browser settings from the “Satellite Main Menu” after selecting the “Settings” context menu item.

Sputnik browser settings are similar to those Google browser Chrome. In the settings you can change the quick access page, search engine, add a new user, change other browser settings.

Conclusions of the article

The Sputnik safe browser protects the user from spam viruses, harmful and fraudulent sites by filtering traffic, blocks advertising, the browser provides quick access to government services, and parents can use “Children’s Mode” for their children.

Sputnik Browser (video)

Rostelecom's launch of its own socially oriented search engine, Sputnik, was perhaps yesterday's main news on the Runet. Its presentation took place at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, as promised earlier.

What is this “Sputnik”? What is it target audience? Isn't this just another tool for Internet censorship? Let's think about this together.

The first thing that catches my eye personally is the name, which evokes sharply negative emotions and associations with “Mail.ru Satellite”, which was once popular with Windows OS users. In addition, the blue color of the logo of the newly-minted search engine is also somehow subconsciously associated with Mail.ru. In my opinion this is bad decision, and the name and color scheme of the logo. Well, oh well, that’s what it’s all about IMHO.

The second is the main page (sputnik.ru). Everything here is standard for domestic search engines - weather, news aggregator, own services... Appearance is a kind of symbiosis of Yandex, Mail.ru and.. Bing

Since the search engine was initially developed as socially oriented, its services are exactly that - search for organizations near your home, search for pharmacies, quick links on regulations and instructions for obtaining various documents and all that stuff.

In general, anyone can see and “touch” all this for themselves. Let me remind you the address – sputnik.ru

What is noteworthy is the inaccessibility of the search engine from foreign IP addresses. This is truly a national search engine. It is stated that this is a temporary measure so as not to cause severe overload of the servers in the first days of beta tests (such as a “habra effect”).

To be fair, I note that yesterday during the day I personally did not observe any freezes, inaccessibility or anything like that. So, the search engine had enough power on the opening day. Already good. Let's move on.

Sputnik target audience

The main goal of the search engine is to focus on social services and safe search.

“Zuckerberg Will Call” joked yesterday: “Sputnik is the world’s first search engine that, for the queries “wet pussies” and “hot peppers,” returns wet animals and baked vegetables.”. And this is true. Finding “adult” content in Sputnik is not so easy.

In fact, yesterday a lot of different “lulz” were identified in the search engine. For example, when requesting “Cartoons,” the pictures displayed were far from children’s cartoons. True, identified “bugs” are corrected very quickly. That's what beta testing is for. By the way, many compared the launch of Sputnik with the launch of Proton-M =)

So, let's return to the target audience of Sputnik:

inexperienced Internet users who need to find some kind of social, as well as official information (in fact, regular search engines also do an excellent job with this);
children - Sputnik will protect them as much as possible from accidentally viewing “adult” and “harmful” content. And this, in my opinion, is the main and the only benefit from this search engine is;
people of retirement and elderly age looking for relevant information;
schools and the public sector. So I personally would oblige the entire public sector to use Sputnik exclusively =)

To whom contraindicated"Satellite":

to all adults and sensible people.

What is the goal of the project?

It is obvious that this search engine is taught exclusively for plausible purposes - helping pensioners and young families, etc., as well as protecting children from harmful content. But perhaps this is just for now. In the future (and in the near future), it is possible that this search engine will be required to be used by all the same schools, the public sector, and not far from the entire Runet.

The likelihood that Sputnik will be used as a powerful censorship tool is very high. I am almost convinced that soon FB, Twitter, Google, etc. will be closed in the Russian Federation. Large-scale exercises are already underway =)

Regarding the “money”: at the current stage of development, the project management denies any monetization of the search engine.

What should webmasters, optimizers and bloggers do?

The first step is to visit the page http://corp.sputnik.ru/webmaster and read the recommendations on the robots.txt file. If you are too lazy to bother, then don’t worry - the Sputnik robot will use general directives for search bots: User-Agent: *

The search engine doesn’t have any add-ons at the moment, so you’ll have to wait for natural indexing. If it happens at all. My blog, for example, has not yet been indexed. How are you doing with this, gentlemen bloggers?

There have been opinions that the Sputnik engine is a clone of KM.ru. The output is too similar. Perhaps this is all true, because there is information from various media outlets that the development of the project was carried out by the KM Media company, purchased by Rostelecom.

Nothing is known about promotion in Sputnik yet. One factor remains obvious - do everything as before, that is, for the people. Although, according to many observations, the top rankings for some queries are not “government” or “social” services, but the most common commercial ones. So, the developers still have to work and work (if they really strive for what they loudly proclaim).

Well, something like this.

My personal summary - the true purpose of the search engine is very vague (well, I don’t believe that all this is being done for the benefit of the people). The project is still raw.

I don't see any special payload in it. Maybe for children's safety (I will use it for children and advise it for these purposes). This search engine will not be popular. For people of sober mind and solid memory, Sputnik, as the main search engine, is generally contraindicated. And most importantly: Sputnik is a potential mechanism for collecting statistics, human sentiments and interests. This is a completely state-controlled system. Naturally, there is no talk of any encryption of requests.

I look forward to your opinions, friends and colleagues.

By the way, there is a good review on Lenta, and the comments to it are worth reading. And in general, there are a lot of thoughts on the Internet about the newly-minted search engine. In particular, comments on TJournal and Habré are delivered.

“Everything is not so simple” ©

57 Comments → Is Sputnik just business, censorship or good intentions?

Web-Cat
Hello, hello)) I knew that you would write about Sputnik)
Just now I tried to find at least some of my sites in it - nothing...
The design is not bad, in fact, although everything is still somewhat crude: both the output and the appearance.
Now I wonder how to move under it. And even more interesting is whether this will make sense. That is, if Sputnik becomes available in Russia along with Yandex and Google, that’s one thing. But if with Rambler, then it’s different. Well, only time will tell.
Sergey
I looked at this satellite... damp is putting it mildly. Well, let's write it off as beta =)

I don’t know, but for me the design is too monochromatic and gray; some colors could be added.

I entered my blog into a search by name - it returned a link right up to the 18th page (page18), although in robots they are generally closed from indexing, which did not please the main one xs)

There are also great doubts about the feasibility and relevance of this search engine, but the pressure of Yandex against this background seems to me to be too frightening a sign.
Vasily
I looked at it on the day of the presentation. There's nothing to discuss yet. By the way, my site was already in the search results. :)
Now I looked through the search engines, today I had 2 visitors from there, and yesterday no one.
They talk about Yandex and Google, but there is also Mail.ru and Rambler, not to mention Nigma and so on. The satellite will first need to grow to them.
Well, they will oblige you to use it; anyway, you can’t assign an inspector to every computer, and the way everything happens here, no one will really check it.
It will not be so easy for Sputnik to gain ground in the battle of search engines. Once upon a time, Rambler was our giant, and Yandex was cute. And where is this Rambler now?
Without forceful imposition, Sputnik has no chance.
Alexander Viktorovich
I looked at this new search engine. won't he repeat his fate? last Satellite communications that did not reach orbit?
I tried to create my own real estate website. The output worked, but it was a little strange. I posted my comments on other sites, but with my links it’s somehow not clear.
In general, we'll wait and see.
Alexander Viktorovich
I tried to find it through Sputnik and a second site, it is still very young (two months). Displays records with a link to the site (the link is not active). For example, my ad, a link to the bulletin board, and from there I can get to my website.
The site does not provide information directly, only through intermediaries.
Ilya
Another project to drain the state's money down the drain)) Rostelecom is generally playing an interesting game, on the one hand it is completely subordinate to the state, and on the other hand it has its own warehouses of pirated content (proof -)
1. Alexander Mayer
  Even so! I didn't even know. There are some kind of double standards. Although I didn’t follow the links there, maybe those torrents are “law-abiding”? Although, again, Shareman is still a pirate (it seems)
Ilya
Sorry for being offtopic. Alexander, your site is loading lately endlessly, the problem is in the buttons social networks from Pluso, I had exactly the same thing before. It's better to try others...
Julia Qween
Why are you laughing at him? Search engine as a search engine. It’s just right for grannies - look for cheap medicine, watch TV, pay for utilities. Everything in one bottle. Fewer viruses will be caught :)
Kipelovna
Greetings Sasha! I just scoffed at this miracle today, it seems to me that it will work for a year and die safely, like all wonderful government programs.))
Dmitry
Remember how everyone laughed at Android five years ago? They said that VinMobile was invincible and so on. Now VinFon occupies less than 10% of the market.
Therefore, I would not rush to conclusions :)
Dmitry
I laughed at him myself :) But in general, if the satellite shoots, I will be glad.
More competition for Yandex wouldn't hurt :)
Mikhail Solovyov
Thanks for the article, Alexander. Let's see what comes of this. In the meantime, I’m pleased that my site for the query “Active lifestyle” is on the first line in the search results :)
atomicsky
This satellite is another project of “nanosaws” -) Without forced cleaning of the market by the state, it has no chance... Although the Duma will correct this matter...
Alex
Exactly, in an original way, it is looking for a satellite. Exactly as Alexander Viktorovich described here.
Search query = site name. Position in search results: G-1, I-3, Yah-1, Bing-did not work.
The satellite issued in the second position. link to a comment on a third-party site. And in the comment there is a link to my website. Funny wedge.
Well, I think everything will be fixed...
seoonly.ru
A useless search engine because it doesn’t look for you know what...
PS. Come and visit me on my blog, I’ve already subscribed to yours :)
Seoptimist.ru - SEO blog in verse.
A satellite is not just a PS. This is a kind of catalog of various services. Only promoted sites are included in it. This is for now...
Vladislav
Or for the sake of control.
Natalya Pogorelova
Yes, our state is trying to bring everything under its control. Nothing is allowed... And nowhere is allowed... If they put him on the “obligatory” list, it seems that we will all cry bitter tears. Accustomed to using everything and everyone without any restrictions.
Denis Skripnik
Hello. Quite often I look for some information on Sputnik and send requests to them with recommendations for improving the service. I think that it is the future, and the fact that there will be censorship is good. The Westerners will fool our people less.
1. Alexander Mayer
  Denis, hello! Glad to hear from you!
  Yes, everyone has their own opinion, their own needs. I personally am exclusively against censorship.
  
  The Westerners will fool our people less.
  
  “Ours” have brainwashed ours worse than the Westerners. This is my opinion, of course, I do not impose it on anyone.
Alexander Mayer
NikolayHAOS, everyone has their own opinion.

I'll leave a few links, just food for thought:
- Rating of countries in the world by level of media freedom (2015): http://gtmarket.ru/ratings/freedom-of-the-press/info (spoiler: Russia is in 181st place out of 199, between Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia
- World Press Freedom Index (2014-2015): http://gtmarket.ru/ratings/worldwide-press-freedom-index/info
- Freedom of speech in Russia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_in_Russia
1. NikolayHAOS
  by giving a link to Wikipedia you just made me laugh.
  And pointing to the assessment of foreign studies about ourselves, well, this is at least illogical, it’s something like asking a characteristic about a person from himself, who would write something bad about himself?
  And in light of the events I mentioned, take the UK for example, what the hell kind of free press is there? Well, if you just think like this:
  If you write what suits our censorship, then you are free to write what you want.
  BUT if, God forbid, you write something that does not suit us, then we will quickly try to cover you up. And once again only the free press remained. :-)
  ZY Tell me at least in the UK or the USA analogues of rain or echo? And even with the support of the state or foreign funding.
  Alas, they don't have those.
Alexander Mayer
Nikolay, in fact, you are now repeating almost word for word our state media and the zombie box. My advice to you is to get information from different sources, not just those you are used to.

"Giving a link to Wikipedia just made me laugh.
And pointing to the assessment of foreign studies about ourselves, well, this is at least illogical, it’s something like asking a characteristic about a person from himself, who would write something bad about himself?”

What's funny about Wikipedia? By at least in this particular article? Have you even read it? By the way, it contains 234 supporting links. Don't believe what is written in the article itself? Check the original source links.

As for the foreign research from Freedom House, I personally do not have the slightest reason to believe that it is biased or anything else. This is an international non-profit organization, on their website there are all “names, addresses and passwords” (and yes, I’ll say right away - Khodorkovsky is listed among their charitable sponsors =)), there are clear methodologies for all research (https://freedomhouse.org/report /freedom-press-2015/methodology), etc. Everything is completely transparent. This is not our valiant Levada Center or VTsIOM, which, for example, ask their questions about Internet regulation to people who have never used the Internet at all. Do you think this is objective research? (and here is an alternative opinion about one of Levadov’s “research” http://rublacklist.net/7759/)

Regarding the foreign press and its freedom, I recommend reading Glenn Greenwald’s book “Nowhere to Hide. Edward Snowden and keen eye Uncle Sam." Greenwald (the human rights journalist) is the guy who Snowden first contacted and to whom he gave his first interview and entrusted all the available materials. Greenwald, in turn, contributed to the appearance of these revelations in the press. Exactly those the loudest, the first.
So, this book (it can be considered a documentary) very informatively describes modern journalism (in the USA and Great Britain), without bias, without embellishment and all kinds of propaganda. And there really is quite strict censorship if the issue concerns national security. But at the same time, there are also publications (those that published the first revelations, for example) that were not afraid to publish such information. Some of them were then put under quite harsh pressure, journalists were detained at the airport on suspicion of aiding terrorism (then, nevertheless, they were released, quite quickly, within the framework of the law), there was persecution on TV in various talk shows (against Glenn himself, including .ch.) etc. In general, almost the same thing is happening here, and probably everywhere. But there is a huge difference between their media and ours - transparency and the lack thereof. They have censorship where it may be really needed (national security, for example), while we have total censorship (from concealing military casualties in peacetime (!), to concealing bribery and blocking articles like “how to get your paw”) . That's the whole difference.

I repeat, everyone has the right to their own point of view. And I'm not going to challenge yours. Think as you see fit.
NikolayHAOS
“In general, almost the same thing is happening here, and probably everywhere. But there is a huge difference between their media and ours - transparency and the lack thereof.”
Well, the criterion for a free press has been determined - the main thing is transparency, the question is what?
The fact that Snowden was published? So, if we did the same thing (shooting unarmed people, intimidating, torturing), and if some agent was already sick of it and decided to publish it, do you think that it wouldn’t be published? Well, my friend, you are very naive. It is possible that it would have started, of course, not from the first channel, but the fact that the information would have become publicly available is unambiguous, because you can’t hide something in a bag.
The example of the USA shows this.
And about the free foreign media, of course, you are exaggerating, for example, the fact that they accused us en masse and in unison of shooting down a Boeing over Ukraine, then this is, of course, freedom of speech, and certainly not unsubstantiated slander.
They are already singing in chorus; this cannot be done without prior agreement.
Alex
There was an interesting discussion. But about what?
Does it affect the situation in the country? No.
Exchange your points of view on types of censorship and other social phenomena. Has it affected your perception? In my opinion no.
Emotional outbursts only affect the state nervous system or vice versa, it makes no difference.
What's constructive? Undoubtedly, content has been added to this site.

The Sputnik search engine was launched this year, and many users were looking forward to it, as it was supposed to show us something new and feature-rich in reality. In fact, this is what happened. The creator of the project is the well-known telecommunications company OJSC Rostelecom. The most interesting thing is that the Russian search engine “Sputnik” is currently available only to citizens of the Russian Federation. This was done in order to establish certain restrictions for preservation, as well as protection Russian Federation. As practice has long shown us, the information space of large states really has something to protect itself from, which is why such decisions came into force. But in fact, users who want to get acquainted with this resource have long done so using various devices. People who live outside the territory of Russia will have to use special tools in order to get to the pages of the new project, but we decided to talk about this a little later.

"Sputnik.ru" - search engine: innovations

So, let's figure out what new Russian development has provided us with. The project is primarily intended for users to search for any information, so it’s worth talking about the search results right away. Let's start with Yandex queries and find out what position the new Sputnik search engine ranks. This site is in fifteenth position, which, in principle, is not bad at all, but Google constantly surprises. When entering such a request on the first pages of the search results, the resource could not be noticed. However, let’s assume that we still managed to access the site that interests us. Here the design immediately catches your eye, and it is very nicely done. It is immediately clear that the developers did a great job in this regard. Dropping a little lower home page you will be able to see big pictures, which display all the beautiful places in Russia. Currently, this service is still in beta testing, so photos will be added to the design of the project gradually, after a full launch.

Possible leader

The Sputnik search engine has every chance of becoming a leading service, although this will only happen if access is open to all visitors. For a more comfortable pastime for users, a block with a weather forecast was installed on the new service, the most latest news, as well as a list of TV shows, where a person can choose a channel and find out what programs to watch. These elements don't look as good and the service would be much nicer without them, although the developers could just make them as widgets. Thus, each person would have the opportunity to independently manage add-ons, as well as install them in those places where it is most convenient.

TV

You can’t ignore the fact that there is instant access to a large number TV channels. Naturally, such an opportunity is provided by a special website - Zabava.ru. However, if you wish, you can watch programs that are broadcast in real time. The video quality is not the worst, and there are additional options for viewing settings.

Uniqueness

"Sputnik.ru" - having unique opportunity. Here the user can independently filter the results, or rather, set a query, and then select those sites that are really useful. True, at present there are only three types of sorting, or more precisely - light, moderate and strict control. Naturally, obscene content is purged. The project, like many of its competitors, has its own very convenient map, where you can instantly ask almost any queries, for example, to search for fitness clubs, bars, pharmacies, notary companies, taxis, and so on. The Sputnik search engine in this regard, of course, is superior to other analogues.

Access

Let's now figure out how to get to this interesting development if you are not a citizen of Russia. In fact, it is very simple, and the most important tool for this matter will be a proxy. Servers can be used both paid and free, the most important thing is that their addresses are Russian. Specialized software for visiting the site of interest to us is also suitable.

We hope for further development project, because the start has been quite good. Thanks to the developers for this. Today the hero of our material is the Sputnik search engine. Rostelecom is directly related to it. It must be said that in this case we are talking about the main Russian telecommunications company.

May 22, 2014 with a presentation at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

History of creation

At that time the state search service was planned to be created within federal program"Electronic government". It was planned that the search engine could be launched in 2011.

The creation of a search system called “Sputnik” was announced in the fall of 2013, and its launch was planned in the first quarter of 2014.

On the first day of operation, Sputnik was visited by more than 500 thousand people, and during the first week, about 2 million people took part in testing the portal.

Development

With a team of enthusiasts information retrieval from among the employees of the KM Media company developed her own search system. In 2012, the company was bought by Rostelecom, using its subsidiary RTKomm. And by October 2013, half of the Russian segment of the Internet had been indexed, and by the new year the indexing work would be completed.

The vice president of Rostelecom, Alexey Basov, was appointed curator of the project. He also became the chairman of the board of directors of Sputnik LLC and presented the search system at SPIEF.

Personnel

At the time of start open beta testing(May 22, 2014) the company employed 170 people.

Prerequisites

It is stated that one of the prerequisites for the creation of the search system was the impossibility of controlling non-state search engines, namely their news feeds.

Service positioning

The Rostelecom company presents a search system focused on providing users with social services interacting with government agencies.

Additional services

Personal account

The possibility of creating personal account user, the option was called “Yolka”. Authorization in this account will be through the Unified Identification and Authentication System, where users will be able to order government services.

Mobile applications

Sputnik presented mobile applications“My Home”, “Medicines” and “Sputnik: Browser”. The programs are distributed free of charge and are available on devices with iOS and Android operating systems.

Promotion means

It is planned that the search engine will be used as a standard for everyone government agencies and companies. However, the head of Dmitry Medvedev’s press service, Natalya Timakova, stated back in 2013 that such a default installation of the system would only be on a voluntary basis. This is echoed by representatives of Rostelecom, who intend to promote the search engine exclusively using market methods.

The possibility of entering international markets is not excluded.

Products of Sputnik LLC

In addition to direct search functions, the system provides services in three areas: “information environment” (news, Internet broadcasts of TV channels, weather forecast), “everyday tasks” (search for work, medicines and their prices in specific pharmacies, gasoline prices for specific gas stations and etc.), “public services and related services” (search for nearby social services, access to public services). Information will be provided both in the form of services and in the form of reference materials.

The search engine offers the following additional service sections:

It is planned to expand the list in the future additional services, opening new sections - poster, job search and translator.

As part of the project, the development of a payment system was announced.

Sputnik Browser

The release of a new product from the Rostelecom team took place on September 30, 2015. The Sputnik browser runs on . A special “Advertising Removal” module is installed in the browser, which helps the user remove advertising from sites. According to testing data from the RevolWEB.ru web studio, the module copes with its task, but in some places it still needs improvement. The search engine used is the search engine of the same name, which is in “Beta” status and has a very weak database of sites. The advantages include convenient scaling displayed on the panel, lack of advertising, lack of pornographic sites and children's mode. When the child mode is activated, the browser is locked and the browser is on a special tab, while the list of settings disappears in the menu and you cannot exit without a password (which parents must set in advance).

The Sputnik browser opens modern sites quickly and efficiently and is safe, so it is recommended for parents and their children. A few days after the release, versions appeared on operating systems from Apple and Google. On Android, the Sputnik browser was received quite warmly and had the number of downloads from 10 to 50 thousand (numbers vary, as of 10/09/2015). In general, the browser positions itself as a modern, fast and safe browser for the whole family and schoolchildren. According to information from the media, testing will take place in Russian schools.

Stalker technology

On September 11, 2015, the official website of the search engine announced the launch of a technology called “Stalker”, which serves to warn users about “negative content”, based on user surveys when working with these sites.

Project financing

The development of an information retrieval system was entrusted to Rostelecom by the Russian government. Rostelecom is 53% owned by the state. However, the amount of funds spent on development is not disclosed. In October 2013, financial investments from Rostelecom into Sputnik LLC were estimated at $20,000,000, according to other estimates, $52,000,000. According to Alexey Basov, who presented the search engine at the St. Petersburg Economic International Forum, profits already (as of May 22, 2014) exceed investments.

During 2015, the search engine will receive from Rostelecom from 600 million to 800 million rubles. to develop services using big data processing technologies ( Big Data). The investor is going to implement such services within the company in order to provide them to third-party customers in the future.

Search results filtering

Representatives of the Rostelecom company state that there is no provision for filtering search results at the discretion of the authorities

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“And so, my brother” (Pierre caught Karataev’s story at this point), this case has been going on for ten years or more. An old man lives in hard labor. As follows, he submits and does no harm. He only asks God for death. - Fine. And if they get together at night, the convicts are just like you and me, and the old man is with them. And the conversation turned to who is suffering for what, and why is God to blame. They began to say, that one lost a soul, that one lost two, that one set it on fire, that one ran away, no way. They began to ask the old man: why are you suffering, grandpa? I, my dear brothers, he says, suffer for my own and for people’s sins. But I didn’t destroy any souls, I didn’t take anyone else’s property, other than giving away to the poor brethren. I, my dear brothers, am a merchant; and had great wealth. So and so, he says. And he told them how the whole thing happened, in order. “I don’t worry about myself,” he says. It means God found me. One thing, he says, I feel sorry for my old woman and children. And so the old man began to cry. If that same person happened to be in their company, it means that he killed the merchant. Where did grandpa say he was? When, in what month? I asked everything. His heart ached. Approaches the old man in this manner - clap on the feet. For me, he says, old man, you are disappearing. The truth is true; innocently in vain, he says, guys, this man is suffering. “I did the same thing,” he says, “and put a knife under your sleepy head.” Forgive me, he says, grandfather, for Christ’s sake.
Karataev fell silent, smiling joyfully, looking at the fire, and straightened the logs.
- The old man says: God will forgive you, but we are all sinners to God, I suffer for my sins. He himself began to cry bitter tears. “What do you think, falcon,” Karataev said, beaming brighter and brighter with an enthusiastic smile, as if what he now had to tell contained the main charm and the whole meaning of the story, “what do you think, falcon, this killer, the one in charge, has appeared . I, he says, ruined six souls (I was a big villain), but most of all I feel sorry for this old man. Let him not cry at me. Showed up: they wrote it off, sent the paper as it should. The place is far away, until the trial and the case, until all the papers have been written off as they should, according to the authorities, that is. It reached the king. So far, the royal decree has come: to release the merchant, give him awards, as much as they were awarded. The paper arrived and they began to look for the old man. Where did such an old man suffer innocently in vain? The paper came from the king. They started looking. – Karataev’s lower jaw trembled. - And God already forgave him - he died. So, falcon,” Karataev finished and looked ahead for a long time, silently smiling.
Not this story itself, but its mysterious meaning, that enthusiastic joy that shone in Karataev’s face at this story, the mysterious meaning of this joy, it was now vaguely and joyfully filling Pierre’s soul.

– A vos places! [Get to your places!] - a voice suddenly shouted.
There was a joyful confusion and expectation of something happy and solemn between the prisoners and the guards. The shouts of the command were heard from all sides, and on the left side, trotting around the prisoners, cavalrymen appeared, well dressed, on good horses. On all faces there was an expression of tension, which people have when they are close to higher authorities. The prisoners huddled together and were pushed off the road; The guards lined up.
– L"Empereur! L"Empereur! Le marechal! Le duc! [Emperor! Emperor! Marshal! Duke!] - and the well-fed guards had just passed when a carriage thundered in a train, on gray horses. Pierre caught a glimpse of the calm, handsome, thick and white face of a man in a three-cornered hat. It was one of the marshals. The marshal's gaze turned to the large, conspicuous figure of Pierre, and in the expression with which this marshal frowned and turned his face away, Pierre seemed to have compassion and a desire to hide it.
The general who ran the depot, with a red, frightened face, driving his thin horse, galloped after the carriage. Several officers came together and the soldiers surrounded them. Everyone had tense, excited faces.
– Qu"est ce qu"il a dit? Qu"est ce qu"il a dit?.. [What did he say? What? What?..] - Pierre heard.
During the marshal's passage, the prisoners huddled together, and Pierre saw Karataev, whom he had not seen that morning. Karataev was sitting in his overcoat, leaning against a birch tree. In his face, in addition to yesterday’s expression of joyful tenderness when he told the story of the merchant’s innocent suffering, there was also an expression of quiet solemnity.
Karataev looked at Pierre with his kind, round eyes, now stained with tears, and, apparently, called him to him, wanted to say something. But Pierre was too afraid for himself. He acted as if he had not seen his gaze and hurriedly walked away.
When the prisoners set off again, Pierre looked back. Karataev was sitting on the edge of the road, near a birch tree; and two Frenchmen were saying something above him. Pierre didn't look back anymore. He walked, limping, up the mountain.
Behind, from the place where Karataev was sitting, a shot was heard. Pierre clearly heard this shot, but at the same moment he heard it, Pierre remembered that he had not yet finished the calculation he had begun before the marshal passed about how many crossings remained to Smolensk. And he began to count. Two French soldiers, one of whom was holding a removed, smoking gun in his hand, ran past Pierre. They were both pale, and in the expression of their faces - one of them looked timidly at Pierre - there was something similar to what he had seen in the young soldier at execution. Pierre looked at the soldier and remembered how this soldier of the third day burned his shirt while drying it on a fire and how they laughed at him.
The dog howled from behind, from the place where Karataev was sitting. “What a fool, what is she howling about?” - thought Pierre.
The comrade soldiers walking next to Pierre did not look back, just like him, at the place from which a shot was heard and then the howl of a dog; but a stern expression lay on all faces.

The depot, the prisoners, and the marshal's convoy stopped in the village of Shamsheva. Everything huddled together around the fires. Pierre went to the fire, ate the roasted horse meat, lay down with his back to the fire and immediately fell asleep. He slept again the same sleep that he slept in Mozhaisk after Borodin.
Again the events of reality were combined with dreams, and again someone, whether he himself or someone else, told him thoughts, and even the same thoughts that were spoken to him in Mozhaisk.
“Life is everything. Life is God. Everything moves and moves, and this movement is God. And as long as there is life, there is the pleasure of self-consciousness of the deity. Love life, love God. It is most difficult and most blissful to love this life in one’s suffering, in the innocence of suffering.”
“Karataev” - Pierre remembered.
And suddenly Pierre introduced himself to a living, long-forgotten, gentle old teacher who taught Pierre geography in Switzerland. “Wait,” said the old man. And he showed Pierre the globe. This globe was a living, oscillating ball that had no dimensions. The entire surface of the ball consisted of drops tightly compressed together. And these drops all moved, moved and then merged from several into one, then from one they were divided into many. Every drop sought to spill over, to capture largest space, but others, striving for the same thing, squeezed it, sometimes destroyed it, sometimes merged with it.
“This is life,” said the old teacher.
“How simple and clear this is,” thought Pierre. “How could I not know this before?”
- There is God in the middle, and every drop strives to expand so that largest sizes reflect it. And it grows, merges, and shrinks, and is destroyed on the surface, goes into the depths and floats up again. Here he is, Karataev, overflowing and disappearing. “Vous avez compris, mon enfant, [You understand.],” said the teacher.
“Vous avez compris, sacre nom, [You understand, damn you.],” a voice shouted, and Pierre woke up.
He rose and sat down. A Frenchman, who had just pushed aside a Russian soldier, sat squatting by the fire, frying meat put on a ramrod. Veiny, rolled-up, hairy, red hands with short fingers deftly turned the ramrod. A brown gloomy face with frowning eyebrows was clearly visible in the light of the coals.
“Ca lui est bien egal,” he grumbled, quickly turning to the soldier standing behind him. -...brigand. Va! [He doesn't care... a robber, really!]
And the soldier, twirling the ramrod, looked gloomily at Pierre. Pierre turned away, peering into the shadows. One Russian soldier, a prisoner, the one who had been pushed away by the Frenchman, sat by the fire and ruffled something with his hand. Looking closer, Pierre recognized a purple dog, which, wagging its tail, was sitting next to the soldier.
- Oh, did you come? - said Pierre. “Ah, Pla...” he began and didn’t finish. In his imagination, suddenly, at the same time, connecting with each other, a memory arose of the look with which Plato looked at him, sitting under a tree, of the shot heard in that place, of the howl of a dog, of the criminal faces of two Frenchmen who ran past him, of the filmed a smoking gun, about the absence of Karataev at this halt, and he was ready to understand that Karataev was killed, but at the same moment in his soul, coming from God knows where, a memory arose of the evening he spent with the beautiful Polish woman, in the summer, on the balcony of his Kyiv house. And yet, without connecting the memories of this day and without drawing a conclusion about them, Pierre closed his eyes, and the picture of summer nature mixed with the memory of swimming, of a liquid oscillating ball, and he sank somewhere into the water, so that the water converged above his head.
Before sunrise, he was awakened by loud, frequent shots and screams. The French ran past Pierre.
- Les cosaques! [Cossacks!] - one of them shouted, and a minute later a crowd of Russian faces surrounded Pierre.
For a long time Pierre could not understand what was happening to him. From all sides he heard the cries of joy of his comrades.
- Brothers! My dears, my dears! - the old soldiers cried, crying, hugging the Cossacks and hussars. Hussars and Cossacks surrounded the prisoners and hurriedly offered them dresses, boots, and bread. Pierre sobbed, sitting among them, and could not utter a word; he hugged the first soldier who approached him and, crying, kissed him.
Dolokhov stood at the gate of a ruined house, letting a crowd of disarmed French pass by. The French, excited by everything that had happened, spoke loudly among themselves; but when they passed by Dolokhov, who was lightly whipping his boots with his whip and looking at them with his cold, glassy gaze, promising nothing good, their conversation fell silent. On the other side stood the Cossack Dolokhov and counted the prisoners, marking hundreds with a chalk line on the gate.
- How many? – Dolokhov asked the Cossack who was counting the prisoners.
“For the second hundred,” answered the Cossack.
“Filez, filez, [Come in, come in.],” Dolokhov said, having learned this expression from the French, and, meeting the eyes of the passing prisoners, his gaze flashed with a cruel brilliance.
Denisov, with a gloomy face, having taken off his hat, walked behind the Cossacks, who were carrying the body of Petya Rostov to a hole dug in the garden.

Since October 28, when frosts began, the flight of the French only took on a more tragic character: people freezing and roasting to death at the fires and continuing to ride in fur coats and carriages with the looted goods of the emperor, kings and dukes; but in essence, the process of flight and disintegration of the French army has not changed at all since the speech from Moscow.
From Moscow to Vyazma, out of the seventy-three thousand strong French army, not counting the guards (which throughout the war did nothing but plunder), out of seventy-three thousand, thirty-six thousand remained (of this number, no more than five thousand died in battles). Here is the first term of the progression, which mathematically correctly determines the subsequent ones.
The French army in the same proportion melted and was destroyed from Moscow to Vyazma, from Vyazma to Smolensk, from Smolensk to Berezina, from Berezina to Vilna, regardless of the greater or lesser degree of cold, persecution, blocking the path and all other conditions taken separately. After Vyazma, the French troops, instead of three columns, huddled together in one heap and continued like this until the end. Berthier wrote to his sovereign (it is known how far from the truth commanders allow themselves to describe the situation of the army). He wrote:
“Je crois devoir faire connaitre a Votre Majeste l"etat de ses troupes dans les differents corps d"annee que j"ai ete a meme d"observer depuis deux ou trois jours dans differents passages. Elles sont presque debandees. Le nombre des soldats qui suivent les drapeaux est en proportion du quart au plus dans presque tous les regiments, les autres marchent isolement dans differentes directions et pour leur compte, dans l "esperance de trouver des subsistances et pour se debarrasser de la discipline. En general ils regardent Smolensk comme le point ou ils doivent se refaire. Ces derniers jours on a remarque que beaucoup de soldats jettent leurs cartouches et leurs armes. vues ulterieures qu"on rallie l"armee a Smolensk en commencant a la debarrasser des non combattans, tels que hommes demontes et des bagages inutiles et du materiel de l"artillerie qui n"est plus en proportion avec les forces actuelles. En outre les jours de repos, des subsistances sont necessaires aux soldats qui sont extenues par la faim et la fatigue; beaucoup sont morts ces derniers jours sur la route et dans les bivacs. Cet etat de choses va toujours en augmentant et donne lieu de craindre que si l"on n"y prete un prompt remede, on ne soit plus maitre des troupes dans un combat. Le 9 November, a 30 verstes de Smolensk.”
[It is my duty to inform Your Majesty about the condition of the corps that I examined on the march in the last three days. They are almost in complete disarray. Only a quarter of the soldiers remain with the banners; the rest go on their own in different directions, trying to find food and get rid of service. Everyone thinks only about Smolensk, where they hope to relax. In recent days, many soldiers have thrown away their cartridges and guns. Whatever your further intentions, the benefit of Your Majesty’s service requires gathering corps in Smolensk and separating from them dismounted cavalrymen, unarmed ones, excess convoys and part of the artillery, since it is now not in proportion to the number of troops. Food and a few days of rest are needed; the soldiers are exhausted by hunger and fatigue; In recent days, many have died on the road and in bivouacs. This distress is constantly increasing, and makes us fear that, unless prompt measures are taken to prevent the evil, we will soon have no troops at our command in the event of a battle. November 9, 30 versts from Smolenko.]

On May 22, 2014, a presentation of a new search system – Sputnik search engine Rostelecom – took place in the Russian Federation. It provides many conveniences to the user when searching necessary information thanks to its versatility.

Search engine originality

The search engine has several sections called “Search”, “News”, “Maps”, “Convenient Russia”, “Medicines”, “My Home”, “Finance”, “More”. Searching for the necessary information is done using the “Search” menu. To do this, you just need to enter the question the user is interested in and the search engine will return many answers.

To download and install the Sputnik browser, click on the picture below

System cognition

You can learn about new events and study the map of the country in more detail in the “News” and “Maps” sections.

The “News” section will help the user learn interesting facts about the life of the country. Here are notes about the latest events that occurred in Russia and in the world.
The “Maps” section will help you understand the location of various administrative facilities, highways, etc. When you enter the name of the desired locality, the Sputnik search engine will display its map, which shows the name and location of the streets.

To use the Sputnik search engine from Rostelecom, follow the link

Posting useful information

Information useful for citizens of the country is posted in the sections “Convenient Russia”, “My Home”, “Medicines”. The “Convenient Russia” section contains links to the most frequently asked questions of citizens of the country. This includes the topic of insurance, deferment from the army, maternity capital, technical inspection, etc. Using the “My Home” section you can find absolutely all the information about organizations that provide maintenance to residential buildings. Using the Sputnik search engine, you can find out a variety of information about medications, as well as the number and location of pharmacies that are located near the user’s place of residence. To do this, you just need to go to the “Medicines” section.
Photo: search engine screenshot

Search engine advantages

The search engine was developed by Rostelecom.

It was worked on by highly qualified professionals who are masters of their craft. The uniqueness of the Sputnik browser is explained by its focus on the Russian contingent. In it you can find absolutely all the answers to questions from citizens of the Russian Federation. What makes the search engine attractive is its original layout. A random picture depicting a landmark of the country is placed on the screen. The only drawback is that Sputnik is only available within the Russian Federation. Russians who live abroad cannot use it.

Video: about the search engine and its capabilities