MOSCOW. April 15 (Interfax) - The number of blogs in the Russian segment of the Internet has increased 23% since November 2007, compared to 55% growth for the preceding six months, Russian Internet company Yandex said.

About 200,000 entries are made to Russian blogs every day and more than 450,000 comments are entered, women making up the majority of bloggers and men the majority of commentators, Yandex said in a survey.

The average Russian blogger is a 22 year old woman who lives in Moscow and has 19 friends. Each of her entries receives comments from 10 people, the survey shows.