The EU decided on March 12 to lift sanctions against Arkady Volozh, the co-founder of Russia’s most popular search engine, Yandex. Volozh’s name was listed in an announcement on the EU’s website along with 11 other individuals who were removed from the sanctions list. The EU sanctioned Volozh in June 2022, arguing that Yandex promotes pro-government narratives and is complicit in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Volozh resigned as CEO of Yandex after being sanctioned. Volozh has publicly spoke out… Source link

This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: Even by the standards of bitcoin bulls, Michael Saylor stands out. The MicroStrategy executive chairman spends his days posting quasi-mystical bitcoin memes and prophet-like pronouncements (see his pinned post on X). His company now holds 205,000 bitcoins (~$14.5 billion right now) and he’s spearheaded MicroStrategy’s transition from a modest business software company… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Stocks struggled to maintain momentum in the wake of another record-breaking session on Wall Street, as a rally in Europe took a breather despite dovish comments from policy makers. Most Read from Bloomberg Futures on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were little changed after the indexes clocked up gains of more than 1% in the wake of an inflation reading that did little to alter traders’ conviction that the Federal Reserve will shift to cutting interest rates this year. Treasury… Source link

The European Union has removed sanctions that were placed on Russian tech billionaire Arkady Volozh after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to a document published on Wednesday.  Volozh, who co-founded the Russian tech giant Yandex, announced his resignation as CEO of the company in mid-2022 after being targeted by EU sanctions. In August, his lawyers petitioned the EU for sanctions relief when he became one of the few members of the Russian elite to… Source link

OREANDA-NEWS The EU has excluded from the anti-Russian sanctions lists the ex-head of Yandex Arkady Volozh, the vice-president of AFK Sistema Sergey Mndoyants and the head of the Night Wolves club Josef Gambalek, according to a document published in the official journal of the EU. The document says that “commemorations of these persons are removed” from the sanctions lists, and “the decision comes into force the day after publication.” On Tuesday, the EU Council extended the current personal… Source link

Lara Trump, who is Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and the new co-chair of the Republican National Committee, on Tuesday raised eyebrows with her claim about life in America under her father-in-law in 2020. “People look around and they say, ‘Am I better off now than I was four years ago?’” she said on Fox News. “The answer to that is, ‘No,’” claimed Lara Trump, who is married to the former president’s son Eric Trump. “You can compare very easily how much better your life… Source link

Report: Patriots to sign QB Jacoby Brissett originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots reportedly will welcome an old friend back into their quarterback room for 2024. Jacoby Brissett is set to rejoin the team that drafted him back in 2016, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reports it’s a one-year, $8 million contract for the 31-year-old signal-caller. Brissett spent last season as Sam Howell‘s backup in Washington. In three appearances, he… Source link

Kawhi Leonard has dealt with injuries throughout his Clippers career. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) The Los Angeles Clippers are holding their breath on Kawhi Leonard. The six-time All-Star exited Tuesday’s game with what the team called thoracic spasms, per ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk. Leonard did not play at all in the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves and was seen walking away from the Clippers locker room in street clothes. He was later reported to have left Crypto.com… Source link

(Reuters) – Data center operator Equinix on Tuesday named Alphabet’s Google Cloud executive Adaire Fox-Martin as its CEO, with the appointment effective late next quarter. Fox-Martin, who has been on Equinix’s board since 2020, will succeed the company’s current Chief Executive Officer Charles Meyers. Martin has been at Google Cloud for three years and has also held global positions at software companies such as SAP and Oracle. Meyers will transition to the role of executive chair after six… Source link

The NFL news cycle is in full swing with free agency and trade news coming fast and furious. What does it mean for fantasy football in 2024? Matt Harmon breaks down the key signings, deals and speculation by position to help you sort through it all. You can also follow all of the latest developments with Yahoo Sports’ NFL free agency tracker. Quarterbacks Falcons go all-in for Kirk Cousins The Falcons did what they had to do to get this done. Atlanta was too good last year to land one of the top… Source link