Runet-2007: What does the future hold?

To get a picture of the future of Runet, the Russian segment of the Internet, Webplanet has polled its most prominent figures, asking them to name two or three most significant events or trends they expect in 2007. One of the major events are the presidential elections slated for 2008, ahead of which we will see mass buyouts of content projects and an overall increase in investments channeled into Runet. Big changes (possibly a financial collapse) are expected at the company SUP, which manages the Russian-language segment of LiveJournal. Also named among the upcoming trends are buoyant growth and redistribution of the contextual advertising market, gambling market trouble in Runet, and more stringent copyright enforcement.