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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 Source link

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

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

Arkady Volozh, the billionaire cofounder of Russia’s biggest internet company, was removed from the EU sanctions list today, clearing the way for his return to the world of international tech. On Tuesday a spokesperson for the European Council confirmed to WIRED that the Yandex cofounder was among three people whose sanctions were lifted this week. Volozh, 60, was initially included on the EU sanctions list in June 2023, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022…. Source link

So in January, when the Amazon founder invested in a company seeking to take Google’s place in the food chain, people sat up and took notice.  Bezos took part in a $74m investment in Perplexity, a San Francisco start-up that aims to answer queries with artificial intelligence rather than a list of links.  Type a question into the app – how to roast a chicken – and it will confidently answer with a couple of sentences and a few bullet points, rather than… Source link

EU countries agreed to remove Arkady Volozh, co-founder of Russia’s most popular search engine Yandex, from the list of sanctions against entities and individuals associated with Russia’s war against Ukraine, Reuters reported on Feb. 21, citing three unnamed sources familiar with the discussions. The EU sanctioned Volozh in June 2022, arguing that his company serves the interests of the Russian government and promotes pro-Kremlin media and narratives, as well as censors content critical of… Source link

The EU has agreed to lift sanctions from Russian tech billionaire Arkady Volozh, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing three sources familiar with the matter.  Volozh co-founded the Russian tech company Yandex and announced his resignation in mid-2022 after being targeted by EU sanctions. In August, his lawyers petitioned the EU for sanctions relief after he became one of the few members of the Russian elite to criticize the war. “I understand that I also share responsibility for… Source link

Business By Thomas Barrabi Published Feb. 13, 2024, 10:10 a.m. ET Nicole Shanahan, a lawyer and the ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, was reportedly a driving force behind Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s $7 million presidential campaign ad during this year’s Super Bowl. Shanahan – whose divorce from Brin was finalized last fall after rumors she had an affair with his billionaire friend Elon Musk – revealed that she donated $4 million to… Source link

Google cofounder Larry Page has purchased another private island, this time in Puerto Rico. In 2018, Page, whose net worth is estimated to be approximately $127 billion, bought the island of Cayo Norte for $32 million, Business Insider recently reported. Cayo Norte is located between Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. Page purchased the island in two separate transactions via a limited liability company called U.S. Virgin Island Properties, which Business Insider… Source link