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Yuri Litvinenko

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(He/Him)
Moscow
As seen in: Kommersant, Medium, MDPI, VICE, Atlas Obscura, Pocket, Vedomosti, Nintendo Life, Worldcrunch, Tedium Newsletter, Milknews
Covers:  online businesses, internet infrastructure, Russian tech policy, gaming and the metaverse, ad market
Doesn't Cover: product announcements
also @ylitvinenko.com on bsky // Media & Telecom Correspondent @kommersant. lee-twee-NYEN-ko, he/him

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Yuri Litvinenko’s Journalist Portfolio

History of Windows CE: A Diminutive System for Microsoft's Grand Ambitions - 30pin

History of Windows CE: A Diminutive System for Microsoft's Grand Ambitions - 30pin

A deep dive at Microsoft’s early mobile software platform, featuring insights from Microsoft’s former VPs and…

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Wii Was a Celebration of TV's Visual Culture

Wii Was a Celebration of TV's Visual Culture

Nintendo’s mid-2000s motion control sensation was inspired by television in more ways than it might have seem…

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Outdated Connectors, USB Hacks, and the Upcoming EU Regulations

Outdated Connectors, USB Hacks, and the Upcoming EU Regulations

A look back at the time when every hardware manufacturer was seemingly set on either designing their own char…

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Russia's Retro Lenin Museum Still Runs on Decades-Old Apple II Computers

Russia's Retro Lenin Museum Still Runs on Decades-Old Apple II Computers

A story of Lenin Museum in former Soviet Museum, its unlikely cooperation with foreign contractors, and Apple…

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This Siberian Subway System Has Just One, Non-Functional Station

This Siberian Subway System Has Just One, Non-Functional Station

How the world’s most useless metro became the point of local pride for Omsk residents?

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Inside The Twisted And Abusive Culture Of Yasha Haddaji's Nintendo Russia

Inside The Twisted And Abusive Culture Of Yasha Haddaji's Nintendo Russia

An investigation into work issues within Nintendo's Russian division, reportedly caused by its general manage…

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Articles

Nintendo Of Europe "Has Decided To Wind Down Operations" In Russia

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By Yuri Litvinenko Verified
| Nintendo Life Verified
Update [Fri 14th Apr, 2023 11:45 BST]: Nintendo of Europe has provided a statement to Eurogamer saying that following its suspension of the eShop and officially shipping products to Russia in 2022, it "has decided to wind down operations of its Russian subsidiary".
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Russian Nintendo Managers Reportedly Running A Shadow Office To Keep Goods Flowing

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By Yuri Litvinenko Verified
| Nintendo Life Verified
Achivka LLC, a Russian legal entity which formally shares office and the management with Nintendo’s dormant local branch, is importing video games to the country shunned by international businesses following its invasion of Ukraine. As reported by Russian business newspaper Kommersant, copies of Metroid Prime Remastered bearing Achivka’s stick-on label are finding their way to local retailers.
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Why Do Modern Computers Have So Many Marketing Stickers?

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By Yuri Litvinenko Verified
| Tedium Newsletter Verified
Hey all, Ernie here with a piece from Yuri Litvinenko, who is immensely curious about the state of stickers on computers, a fact of life for anyone who is buying a machine made by a company other than Apple. Read on to understand how this happened. Today in Tedium: Whether you think they’re neat or annoying, stickers indicating what’s inside your computer have been a key part of basically every pre-built machine this side of Apple.
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Interview

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Put a reasonable amount of historical or geographical context in your email pitch.

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

Vice, which I was lucky to be syndicated by—just once.

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

Too many agents pitch me lawyer’s comments for publishing at Kommersant, and I wish they’d understand they are no use for me,
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