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Yandex And Polymetal Shareholders Approve Major Russian Exit Deals

Yandex and Polymetal shareholders set to approve exit deals, reflecting changing Russian business landscape amid regulatory challenges and geopolitical ten...

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Russia-Ukraine war latest: Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death confirmed by Russian investigators – as it happened

Genetic testing confirms identities of 10 people killed in plane crash including Wagner mercenary group boss, says Russia’s investigation committee

The Guardian - AU

Co-founder of Russian tech giant Yandex condemns ‘barbaric’ war

Arkady Volozh, who lives in Israel, offers some of strongest criticism yet by a prominent Russian business figure

The Guardian - UK

No, this video doesn’t show Ukrainians setting fire to an Orthodox church

Did Ukrainians really set a Russian Orthodox church on fire? A video purporting to show just that has been circulating online since April 5, 2023. However, it turns out that this video was filmed in Russia more than ten years ago and shows an accidental fire.

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Hacker who ran BreachForums could face 20 years in prison

The alleged administrator of leading online hacking community BreachForums has been arrested following a US police operation last week. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, who goes by the online moniker of ‘Pompompurin’, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud, according to court documents filed in the US. SEE…

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Russian lawmakers approve Kudrin exit, paving way for Yandex move

The upper chamber of Russia's parliament approved the resignation of Alexei Kudrin as head of the Audit Chamber on Wednesday, paving the way for him to take up a potential role at Russian technology giant Yandex.

Reuters

Putin, Kudrin touch on future of Yandex in late-night meeting - sources

Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin touched on the future of internet giant Yandex in a late night meeting, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

Reuters

Yandex, Russia's "Google", wants to flee the country

By leaving the Russian market, Yandex hopes it can save its new businesses from being cut off from the rest of the world.

Fortune

Dutch court sides with squatters of sanctions-hit Russian’s mansion

Ruling against Arkady Volozh in Amsterdam exposes awkward situation for Russia’s rich and powerful in Europe

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s Yandex to sell off news service as state tightens grip on online media

State-controlled social media platform VK to buy news and blogging services of country’s largest internet firmRussia-Ukraine war: latest news

The Guardian - UK

How to verify a photo online and fight the spread of misinformation

You just received a photo on WhatsApp, Facebook or Twitter. The image makes you angry, sad or joyful, and the caption encourages you to share it as widely as possible. You're a little cautious, however, because the story seems too good to be true. You are right to be careful.…

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Benzinga

Buying When There's Blood In The Streets: The Pros And Cons. Three Examples From The Ukraine War.

Buying When There's Blood In The Streets

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Blacklists 'Butchers' of Bucha and Mariupol in Latest Russia Sanctions

The European Union on Friday blacklisted Russian military commanders who it said led troops involved in atrocities in Ukraine, describing them as the "butchers" of Bucha and Mariupol. Its latest sanction list also included Alina Kabaeva, whom it described as "closely associated" with President Vladimir Putin, although he has denied…

Reuters

EU blacklists "butchers" of Bucha and Mariupol in latest Russia sanctions

The European Union on Friday blacklisted Russian military commanders who it said led troops involved in atrocities in Ukraine, describing them as the "butchers" of Bucha and Mariupol.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Promises to Bolster Russia’s IT Security in Face of Cyber Attacks

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the number of cyber attacks on Russia by foreign "state structures" had increased several times over and that Russia must bolster its cyber defenses by reducing the use of foreign software and hardware. The websites of many state-owned companies and news websites have…

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The Guardian - UK

Western-owned Russian firm helps sites pushing false news profit from ads

Yandex-delivered ads found alongside misinformation and propaganda about Ukraine on Russian-language news sites

Benzinga

Researchers Accuse Russia's Yandex Of Breach Of User Privacy

Researchers alleged that Russian internet company Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX) had embedded code into apps found on mobile devices that help to transmit user information to Russian servers, the Financial Times reports. Yandex's software helped developers create apps for devices running Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google's Android, systems that ran the vast majority…

France 24

The fall of Yandex, the shining star of Russian tech

Though some may confuse it with a certain stretchy garment, Yandex is in fact Russia's largest tech company. It's a search engine, marketplace, taxi hailer, food deliverer, music streaming platform and a lot more. But Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brought its share price crashing down and forced many of…

The Guardian - UK

Warnings raised over Russian tech giant Yandex’s UK operation

MPs want restrictions placed on the company, known as Russia’s Google, which also runs the Yango Deli grocery service

The Independent UK

Delivery robots with Russian ties pulled from 2 US campuses

Two U.S. university campuses are losing their food-delivery robots for now because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Benzinga

What's On With Yandex Shares Today

Lithuania's transport and economy ministers have asked Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) to remove the app for the Yandex taxi ride-hailing service in the country, Reuters reports. The app is a threat to Lithuanian national security, Lithuania's transport minister Marius Skuodsi said. Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER) and Russia's Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX) own the app.…

Benzinga

Why Yandex Shares Are Plunging Today

Russian internet technology company Yandex NV (NASDAQ: YNDX) is plummeting Thursday amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The significant decline in Russia's largest tech stock is part of a wider collapse of Russian stocks, as investors fear conflict escalation.

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