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Yandex’s restructuring and the future of Kremlin tech control — Meduza

Yandex’s restructuring and the future of Kremlin tech control — Meduza

All episodes Subscribe iTunes RSS feed Google Podcasts Spotify Castbox Yandex.Music Yandex’s restructuring and the future of Kremlin tech control 00:0027:30 After a year and a half of negotiations, Yandex founder Arkady Volozh and the company’s foreign shareholders have reached a deal to part ways with Yandex’s Russian assets. The Russian IT giant’s Netherlands-based parent company announced Monday, February 5, that it will sell a large portion of its operations to a consortium of Russian… Source link

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In biggest corporate exit since Ukraine war, search engine Yandex’s owner to leave Russia in $5.2 billion deal | Business News

In biggest corporate exit since Ukraine war, search engine Yandex’s owner to leave Russia in $5.2 billion deal | Business News

Yandex NV has struck a 475-billion-rouble ($5.21 billion) deal to sell what has been dubbed “Russia’s Google” to a group of Russian investors, marking the biggest corporate exit from the country since Moscow invaded Ukraine almost two years ago. The Kremlin-engineered deal would see Russia’s largest technology player fall entirely under Russian ownership, including a fund ultimately owned by oil major Lukoil, and cement Yandex’s departure from Western tech circles. Once seen as one… Source link

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Yandex’s Q2 profits fall as costs rise versus 2022 ‘anomaly’

Yandex’s Q2 profits fall as costs rise versus 2022 ‘anomaly’

By Alexander Marrow and Gleb Stolyarov (Reuters) -Russian tech giant Yandex reported a 27% fall in second-quarter profits on Thursday as costs rose from a year earlier when the company tightened spending in the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Often dubbed “Russia’s Google”, Yandex has struggled to balance domestic pressures with the interests of its Western investors since Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. Yandex’s adjusted net income dropped to 9.6 billion… Source link

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A window into Yandex’s censorship A source code leak reveals how Russia’s top tech company protects Putin’s image — Meduza

A window into Yandex’s censorship A source code leak reveals how Russia’s top tech company protects Putin’s image — Meduza

Last week, Russian Internet giant Yandex suffered a major source code leak when an unknown user (likely a former employee) published parts of the company’s internal repository online. The leaked code provides new insight into the inner workings of Russia’s largest search engine, which has faced growing criticism in recent years for cooperating with the Kremlin. Among other things, the breach confirmed that Yandex has censored image and video search results to prevent the Z symbol and… Source link

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Kudrin accepts Yandex’s offer of advisory role

Kudrin accepts Yandex’s offer of advisory role

A few weeks after the offer was announced, Alexei Kudrin — the former Russian finance minister and a longtime ally of Vladimir Putin — has confirmed that he will join technology giant Yandex. In his new role, he will advise on developing the holding’s corporate structure. “[This] will ensure the company’s long-term and sustainable development in all markets, including international ones,” Kudrin posted on his Telegram channel. “One of the main tasks is… Source link

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Putin ally Kudrin accepts tech giant Yandex’s offer of advisory role

Putin ally Kudrin accepts tech giant Yandex’s offer of advisory role

By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) -Alexei Kudrin, a longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Monday he would join technology giant Yandex to advise on corporate development as the company begins a sweeping governance and ownership overhaul. Yandex’s Dutch-registered holding company last month said it planned to divest ownership and control of most of Yandex Group, including its main revenue-generating businesses, a move that could lead to enhanced… Source link

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Yandex’s Sale of News and Zen to VK Completes – Latest Tweet by TechCrunch

Yandex’s Sale of News and Zen to VK Completes – Latest Tweet by TechCrunch

Yandex’s sale of News and Zen to VK completes https://t.co/m37Zz3t6Ku by @riptari— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) September 12, 2022 (SocialLY brings you all the latest breaking news, viral trends and information from social media world, including Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. The above post is embeded directly from the user’s social media account and LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body. The views and facts appearing in the social media post… Source link

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