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bne IntelliNews – The Ukraine war will break up Russia’s internet champion Yandex

bne IntelliNews – The Ukraine war will break up Russia’s internet champion Yandex

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused a tsunami of M&A deals as Russia’s private companies scramble to restructure their businesses to account for tectonic changes in the business landscape. It has cost everyone a lot of money as owners have been forced to sell off businesses exposed to sanctions or in many cases the leading lights of Russian industry has been forced… Source link

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Yandex plans to break up with its Russian motherland • The Register

Yandex plans to break up with its Russian motherland • The Register

Russia’s most prominent tech company, Yandex, has announced steps to move some of its intellectual property out of Putin country and dispose of the rest to local interests. Yandex is a sprawling conglomerate often characterized as Russia’s Google. It started as a search company, then moved into advertising, maps, e-commerce, cloud, and software for self-driving cars. Like its Silicon Valley analogs, Yandex also looked for a more advantageous jurisdiction for its headquarters and picked The… Source link

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Russia’s Biggest Tech Company Wants To Cut Ties With The Country: Here’s Why

Russia’s Biggest Tech Company Wants To Cut Ties With The Country: Here’s Why

With the ongoing war with Ukraine, Russia’s biggest tech company wants to move out of the country. Russia has recently targeted basic infrastructures in Ukraine through a wave of air strikes, causing severe damage in the country.  Often referred to as “Russia’s Google,” Yandex is Russia’s most prominent internet company, widely popular for its search browser and ride-hailing apps. Its Dutch-based parent company, Yandex N.V., now wants out of Russia because of the potential negative impact… Source link

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Yandex parent looks to restructure ownership, governance citing ‘geopolitical environment’

Yandex parent looks to restructure ownership, governance citing ‘geopolitical environment’

Natalya Maisheva/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The parent firm of Russian technology company Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) said on Friday that it would look to restructure the group’s ownership and governance, citing the “current geopolitical environment” amid the country’s war with Ukraine. In a statement, Yandex N.V. (YNDX) said that a special committee had been tasked with exploring a wide range of potential scenarios, including developing international divisions of certain services, such… Source link

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Yandex Seeks Putin’s Approval For Business Restructuring: Report – Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX)

Yandex Seeks Putin’s Approval For Business Restructuring: Report – Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX)

Yandex N.V. YNDX, often described as “Russia’s Google,” sought Vladimir Putin’s permission to sell its operations in the country, spin off its main international projects and appoint a longtime confidant of the Russian president to manage its relationship with the Kremlin. Yandex informally enlisted top economic official Alexei Kudrin to win the Russian president’s approval, in principle, for the restructuring plan, Financial Times reports. The changes would lead to… Source link

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Yandex Seeks Putin’s Approval For Business Restructuring: Report

Yandex Seeks Putin’s Approval For Business Restructuring: Report

Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: YNDX), often described as “Russia’s Google,” sought Vladimir Putin’s permission to sell its operations in the country, spin off its main international projects and appoint a longtime confidant of the Russian president to manage its relationship with the Kremlin. Yandex informally enlisted top economic official Alexei Kudrin to win the Russian president’s approval, in principle, for the restructuring plan, Financial Times reports. The changes would lead to… Source link

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Yandex parent company to review ownership of Russian internet giant

Yandex parent company to review ownership of Russian internet giant

Russian internet giant Yandex’s Dutch holding company on Friday said it planned to divest ownership and control of most of Yandex Group, with the international divisions of some services to be developed outside Russia. Yandex NV said it had started a “strategic process to review options to restructure the group’s ownership and governance in light of the current geopolitical environment“. “As part of the intended restructuring of the group, the board anticipates that Yandex NV will in due… Source link

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Yandex parent to review ownership of Russian tech giant, seek divestment

Yandex parent to review ownership of Russian tech giant, seek divestment

This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. MOSCOW, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Russian internet giant Yandex’s (YNDX.O) Dutch holding company on Friday said it planned to divest ownership and control of most of Yandex Group, with the international divisions of some services to be developed outside Russia. Yandex N.V. said it had started a “strategic process to review options to restructure the group’s ownership and governance in light… Source link

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Lord of the Masses: How Russia’s Fringe Elements Went Mainstream

Lord of the Masses: How Russia’s Fringe Elements Went Mainstream

Russian President Vladimir Putin has one message that he likes to convey in his public speeches: that he is very much a man of the people, with the blood of simple Russian folk running through his veins. His idea of the people, however, has changed more than once during his lengthy reign and is changing once again right now. The people he chooses to meet in public and his own behavior show that for the president, the Russian people are currently embodied by… Source link

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Yandex parent looks to restructure ownership, governance citing ‘geopolitical environment’

Yandex parent looks to restructure ownership, governance citing ‘geopolitical environment’

Natalya Maisheva/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The parent firm of Russian technology company Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) said on Friday that it would look to restructure the group’s ownership and governance, citing the “current geopolitical environment” amid the country’s war with Ukraine. In a statement, Yandex N.V. (YNDX) said that a special committee had been tasked with exploring a wide range of potential scenarios, including developing international divisions of certain services, such… Source link

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