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The Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg and the recently appointed Trade Minister, Dominic Johnson, are to offload their holdings in a firm that has strong financial links to a Kremlin propaganda machine, i can reveal. Mr Rees-Mogg and Mr Johnson are co-founders and shareholders in Somerset Capital Management LLP, which holds around 2.5 million shares in Russian internet giant Yandex. Known as Russia’s Google, Yandex pumps out pro-Kremlin search results on issues ranging from the war in… Source link

Russian billionaire Arkady Volozh still owns property in Amsterdam even though the European Union sanctioned him. The founder of the Russian search engine Yandex managed to avoid the Dutch government’s detection through a property construction, according to NRC and De Groene Amsterdammer. Volozj owns a mansion on Vossiusstraat right next to the Vondelpark. He bought it in two transactions from 2018 to 2019, paying a total of 3.4 million euros. He purchased the house through Paraseven… Source link

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The Finnish authorities, acting on EU sanctions levied against Russian oligarchs and friends of the Kremlin in June, have seized the assets in Finland of Russian billionaire and Maltese-citizen-since-2016 Arkady Volozh. The Finns were acting on EU sanctions against Yandex founder Arkady Volozh, who acquired Maltese citizenship in 2016 through the highly contentious Individual Investor Programme, known as the cash-for-passport scheme. The Maltese-Russian… Source link

The Finnish authorities, acting on EU sanctions levied against Russian oligarchs and friends of the Kremlin in June, have seized the assets in Finland of Russian billionaire and Maltese-citizen-since-2016 Arkady Volozh. The Finns were acting on EU sanctions against Yandex founder Arkady Volozh, who acquired Maltese citizenship in 2016 through the highly contentious Individual Investor Programme, known as the cash-for-passport scheme. The Maltese-Russian… Source link

Billionaires Rotenbergs co-founder of Yandex Arkady Volozh are under sanctions of the European Union The shares of the Rotenbergs’ Långvik Capital and its shares in two other companies, as well the accounts of the Finnish division of Yandex, have all been seized. As a result of the arrest of Långvik Capital, Finnish authorities gained control over the shares of the Helsinki Halli ice arena and the Långvik company, which manages a hotel complex. In addition to the Rotenbergs, Russian… Source link

The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MOSCOW, Sept 12 (Reuters) – A Moscow court on Monday accepted a bankruptcy application by Google’s Russian subsidiary and started initial bankruptcy proceedings, placing the company under supervision, Russian news agencies reported. Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOGL.O) Russian unit filed for bankruptcy this… Source link

Russian gas giant Gazprom said Tuesday that China will start paying for Russian gas in rubles and yuan instead of Western currency, as Moscow seeks closer ties with Beijing in the wake of economic sanctions over the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.  “A transition was made to making payments for Russian gas supplies to China in the national currencies of the countries — the ruble and yuan,” Gazprom said in a statement following a video conference meeting with Chinese oil group… Source link

As Russia continues its assault on Ukraine, the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) is keeping a close eye on Russia’s movements across the military, cyber, and information domains. With more than seven years of experience monitoring the situation in Ukraine—as well as Russia’s use of propaganda and disinformation to undermine the United States, NATO, and the European Union—the… Source link

Russia has been one of the prime targets of hackers since the country waged war against Ukraine. The latest attack was targeted against a ride-hailing service Yandex Taxi. The news was first published on Reddit.com. For your information, Yandex Taxi is owned by Yandex, Russia’s leading IT corporation, also called Russian Google. It is worth noting that the EU sanctioned the company’s co-founder Arkady Volozh for “de-ranking and removing” content related to Russian aggression… Source link