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With over 400 million users, Facebook is the world"s largest social network. Its main competitor, My Space opened a Russian office in 2009 but closed it because of spending cuts.
Experts say Facebook is likely to cooperate with the three major Russian mobile operators, MTS, VimpelCom and Megafon. The site already has around 100 partners among mobile phone operators worldwide.
Leading UK multinational mobile network operator Vodafone launched free Facebook SMS alerts and a Mobile Text service in December 2009.
"During talks with Facebook we discussed several possible areas for cooperation," Vedomosti quoted a spokesman from one of the three mobile operators as saying.
"In particular we have been talking about integrating operator services and the social networking site, about payments for Facebook content by SMS and about reduced tariffs."
Some experts expressed doubts about Facebook"s chances of success in Russia.