Lenovo Group Ltd started selling smartphones in Russia as China's second-largest vendor of the devices seeks to extend its global dominance in personal computers to mobile phones and tablets.

Lenovo has started offering its S880 and P700i models in the country, its fifth overseas market for the devices, spokesman Chris Millward said in a telephone interview on Tuesday, without giving a target for sales.

Chief Executive Officer Yang Yuanqing's PC maker surpassed Hewlett-Packard Co last quarter as the world's largest and Yang has said he intends to seek growth in global sales of mobile devices.