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Yandex co-founder calls war ‘barbaric,’ signaling dismay in Russian elite

Yandex co-founder calls war ‘barbaric,’ signaling dismay in Russian elite

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save A co-founder of Yandex, Russia’s biggest tech company, has become the second major Russian businessman under Western sanctions to publicly denounce President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine, even as other Russian billionaires remain silent. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is barbaric, and I am categorically against it,” Arkady Volozh said in a statement on Thursday. “I am horrified about the fate of people in Ukraine,… Source link

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Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff, Telecom News, ET Telecom

Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff, Telecom News, ET Telecom

By Alexander MarrowMOSCOW: The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex, Arkady Volozh, said goodbye in an internal message to staff on Friday ahead of a corporate restructuring that could see ownership of many of the firm’s core services change hands. Volozh stepped down as CEO and left the board of directors after the European Union included him on its list of sanctions against Russian entities and individuals in June. Volozh called the EU’s decision “misguided”. Yandex, often referred… Source link

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Yandex Co-Founder Bids Farewell to Partitioned Russian Tech Giant

Yandex Co-Founder Bids Farewell to Partitioned Russian Tech Giant

The co-founder of Yandex, Arkady Volozh, announced on Friday that he was leaving the Russian tech giant, addressing a farewell letter to the firm’s employees, in which he described Yandex as “the project of my life” and the plan to restructure the company as “reasonable and necessary.” Volozh, whose fortune was estimated by Forbes at $2.3 billion in 2021, stepped down as Yandex’s CEO in June, after he was included in the EU’s sixth package of economic sanctions against… Source link

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Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff

Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff

MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) – The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex (YNDX.O), Arkady Volozh, said goodbye in an internal message to staff on Friday ahead of a corporate restructuring that could see ownership of many of the firm’s core services change hands. Volozh stepped down as CEO and left the board of directors after the European Union included him on its list of sanctions against Russian entities and individuals in June. Volozh called the EU’s decision “misguided”. Yandex, often… Source link

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UPDATE 2-Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff

UPDATE 2-Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff

(Adds background, Kudrin detail) By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) – The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex, Arkady Volozh, said goodbye in an internal message to staff on Friday ahead of a corporate restructuring that could see ownership of many of the firm’s core services change hands. Volozh stepped down as CEO and left the board of directors after the European Union included him on its list of sanctions against Russian entities and individuals in June. Volozh called the… Source link

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Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff

Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) -The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex, Arkady Volozh, said goodbye in an internal message to staff on Friday ahead of a corporate restructuring that could see ownership of many of the firm’s core services change hands. Volozh stepped down as CEO and left the board of directors after the European Union… Source link

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Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff

Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff

By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) -The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex, Arkady Volozh, said goodbye in an internal message to staff on Friday ahead of a corporate restructuring that could see ownership of many of the firm’s core services change hands. Volozh stepped down as CEO and left the board of directors after the European Union included him on its list of sanctions against Russian entities and individuals in June. Volozh called the EU’s decision “misguided”. Yandex, often… Source link

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Red Bull co-founder and CEO Dietrich Mateschitz, whose sports empire spanned continents, dies at 78

Red Bull co-founder and CEO Dietrich Mateschitz, whose sports empire spanned continents, dies at 78

Red Bull’s Dietrich Mateschitz started an energy drink company and ended up with a sports empire. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson) Red Bull president and CEO Dietrich Mateschitz, a man who co-founded an energy drink company that would eventually become one of the world’s largest sports empires, has died, his company confirmed Saturday. He was 78. Born in Austria in 1944, Mateschitz founded Red Bull GmbH alongside Thai businessman Chaleo Yoovidhya in 1984. The brand would become the top energy drink… Source link

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