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Russian government approves Yandex NV deal to sell Russian assets

Russian government approves Yandex NV deal to sell Russian assets

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A subcommittee of the Russian government commission for control over foreign investments has approved a number of deals for a group of Russian investors to buy 96.3% of Yandex NV’s Russian business, Russian newspaper Vedomosti reported on Wednesday citing sources. Yandex NV had struck a 475-billion-rouble ($5.21 billion) deal to sell what has been dubbed “Russia’s Google” to a group of Russian investors last month, marking the biggest corporate exit from the country since… Source link

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Russian government approves Yandex NV deal to sell Russian assets

Russian government approves Yandex NV deal to sell Russian assets

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A subcommittee of the Russian government commission for control over foreign investments has approved a number of deals for a group of Russian investors to buy 96.3% of Yandex NV’s Russian business, Russian newspaper Vedomosti reported on Wednesday citing sources. Yandex NV had struck a 475-billion-rouble ($5.21 billion) deal to sell what has been dubbed “Russia’s Google” to a group of Russian investors last month, marking the biggest corporate exit from the country since… Source link

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Russian Antimonopoly Service reveals violations of Yandex.Taxi related with overrated prices

Russian Antimonopoly Service reveals violations of Yandex.Taxi related with overrated prices

Russian Antimonopoly Service reveals violations of Yandex.Taxi related with overrated prices AKIPRESS.COM – The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has revealed violations by Yandex.Taxi, which are associated with overrated prices for trips, as well as blocking of drivers and passengers. In 2023, the company received more than 300 complaints from passengers and drivers, Federal Antimonopoly Service Deputy Chairman Pyotr Ivanov said in an interview with… Source link

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EU to remove Yandex co-founder from Russian sanctions list

EU to remove Yandex co-founder from Russian sanctions list

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

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After months of negotiation, a rare Russian compromise as Yandex changes hands

After months of negotiation, a rare Russian compromise as Yandex changes hands

By Alexander Marrow, Darya Korsunskaya and Polina Devitt LONDON (Reuters) – Before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine two years ago, Russia’s Nasdaq-listed search engine giant Yandex was briefly worth $30 billion. This week, a consortium of domestic investors agreed a deal to buy it for $5.2 billion. In normal times, that would represent a disaster for Dutch parent company Yandex NV and its Western shareholders. But in a world where Western firms have left Russia in droves, sometimes for a nominal… Source link

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Yandex parent company to sell its Russian businesses for $5.2 billion

Yandex parent company to sell its Russian businesses for $5.2 billion

The Netherlands-based parent company of the Yandex group is selling its Russian businesses to local investors for $5.2 billion, the company announced on Monday. Despite a mandatory discount of at least half enforced by the Kremlin, this would be the largest corporate exit from Russia since it invaded Ukraine two years ago. Yandex, often referred to as “Russia’s Google,” was founded in Russia in the late 1990s and went public on the Nasdaq in 2011 via a company called Yandex NV registered… Source link

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Tech company Yandex is selling Russian operations for $5 billion. It’s a big discount

Tech company Yandex is selling Russian operations for $5 billion. It’s a big discount

The Dutch parent of pioneering Russian tech company Yandex is selling its operations in the country at a steeply discounted price of just over $5 billion to its Russia-based managers and oil company Lukoil By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer February 5, 2024, 8:29 AM ET • 3 min read FRANKFURT, Germany — The Dutch parent of pioneering Russian tech company Yandex is selling its operations in the country at a steeply discounted price of just over $5 billion to its Russia-based managers and oil… Source link

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Yandex parent company announces $5.2 billion deal to sell Russian assets — Meduza

Yandex parent company announces $5.2 billion deal to sell Russian assets — Meduza

After a year and a half of negotiations, Yandex founder Arkady Volozh and foreign shareholders have reached a deal to part ways with the company’s Russian assets. The Russian IT giant’s Netherlands-based parent company announced Monday that it will sell a large portion of its operations to a consortium of Russian investors before rebranding and continuing to develop its remaining international properties. The Russian investment fund making the purchase, called Consortium.First, includes… Source link

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Yandex sells its Russian operations to local executives for $5.2 billion

Yandex sells its Russian operations to local executives for $5.2 billion

Yandex, often described as Russia’s Google, has sold its domestic businesses at a knock-down price. Bloomberg reports the search and services giant, now headquartered in the Netherlands, has handed off its Russian operations for 475 billion rubles ($5.2 billion) in cash and shares. The new owners include the management group, as well as Russia’s biggest domestic energy company, Lukoil, and Russian businessman and a former executive at Gazprom, Alexander Ryazanov, among others. Now that… Source link

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