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A founder of Russia’s largest technology company condemned his country’s war in Ukraine on Thursday, a rare step among Russian tycoons caught between fear of Western sanctions and retribution at home. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is barbaric, and I am categorically against it,” Arkady Volozh, who until last year ran Yandex, often referred to as Russia’s Google, said in a statement. “I have to take my share of responsibility for the country’s actions,” he said, without… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yandex founder says he’s horrified by Russia’s ‘barbaric’ Ukraine war  Business Insider Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yandex Co-Founder Arkady Volozh Condemns ‘Barbaric’ War in Ukraine  The Moscow Times Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yandex founder slams Russia’s ‘barbaric’ war in Ukraine  BBC Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Exclusive-Fear of Tech ‘Brain Drain’ Prevents Russia From Seizing Yandex for Now -Sources  U.S. News & World Report Source link

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

If you live in Russia, there’s no avoiding Yandex. The tech giant—often referred to as “Russia’s Google”—is part of daily life for millions of people. It dominates online search, ride-hailing, and music streaming, while its maps, payment, email, and scores of other services are popular. But as with all tech giants, there’s a downside of Yandex being everywhere: It can gobble up huge amounts of data. In January, Yandex suffered the unthinkable. It became the latest in a short… Source link

News that the Russian security service could potentially gain access to data collected by the Yandex taxi service has raised alarms among users and regulators in Europe and Central Asia. Often referred to as “Russia’s Google,” Yandex runs the biggest search engine in the country and also provides an Uber-like ride-hailing and food-delivery service under the name Yango, or YandexGo, in more than 20 countries. These include Israel, Norway, Finland, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Georgia, and… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Regulators fear Russia could access Yandex taxi data from Europe, Central Asia  The Record from Recorded Future News Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Finland and Norway ban Yandex from transferring data to Russia  Reuters Source link