“Co-founder of “Yandex” hired security after a “well-being” from Putin – BloombergArkady Volozh for the first time hired security after a public well-wish from Putin. The founder of “Yandex” previously condemned the war in Ukraine and is not returning to Russia.”, — write on: unn.ua
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It is noted that in August 2023, Arkady Volozh published a statement in which he was “categorically against the barbaric invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine” and “horrified that bombs are flying into the homes of Ukrainians.”
In September of the same year, Putin commented on Volozh’s statement, calling it “forced” because the businessman lived in Israel. He called him a “talented businessman.”
Well, God give him health, let him live well there
Volozh said that after these words he hired security. He noted that it was “not that comfortable” and tried not to think about it.
Putin called Volozh a “talented businessman” – the same expression he “used to describe Yevhen Prigozhin”, who died in a mysterious plane crash. The Kremlin denies its involvement in this
In a conversation with journalists, the co-founder of “Yandex” also compared EU sanctions, the removal of which he managed to achieve in 2024, with prison, and the sale of the Russian part of “Yandex” with the exit of the Jews from Egypt.
Volozh deleted Yandex applications from his phone, did not come to Russia after the start of the full-scale invasion and does not intend to, according to Bloomberg.
“I thought that homesickness would be much stronger,” the businessman admitted.
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Billionaire Volozh’s lawyers asked the EU to lift sanctions days after Volozh condemned Vladimir Putin’s “barbaric” invasion of Ukraine