The Russia-based internet group sells stakes in the US-based daily deals, gaming and social media companies.

The Mail.ru Group recently sold its stakes in Groupon and Zynga – 4.12% and 1.17%, respectively – and reduced its stake in Facebook from 0.75% to 0.52%, according to information published during the last few weeks on the group’s corporate website.

These stakes in leading US Internet companies resulted from investments made in 2009 and 2010 by DST, the top Russian fund from which the Mail.ru Group spun off before its introduction on the London Stock Exchange in late…