Business
Billionaires compete to buy the ‘Russian Google’ Paid Members Public
Yandex, one of Russia’s biggest IT companies and a local equivalent of Google, is about to decide on its new owners. The corporation is currently going through a “divorce” from its founder, Arkady Volozh, who is retaining part of the company’s businesses to develop them abroad. As The
Russia opts for nationalization of foreign firms Paid Members Public
More than 14 months after launching the invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has begun to nationalize the assets of foreign companies. A presidential decree published Tuesday bestowing the new powers said they were in response to the nationalization of Russian assets abroad. The first targets were Finland’s Fortum and
Russia looks to ensure social media influencers pay tax Paid Members Public
The Russian authorities appear to be continuing in their quest for ways to maximize tax revenue amid Western sanctions and rising military expenditure. Now, even the country’s social media stars are in their sights. Police last week carried out a very public arrest of Yelena Blinovskaya, a self-styled “personal
How Rostec cleaned up anonymous Telegram channels — a joint investigation by The Bell with Meduza Paid Members Public
Over the past year, Russian state corporation Rostec has been waging a war on two fronts. In addition to supplying weapons for the Russian military, it’s also fighting to rid Telegram of any criticism of its head, Sergei Chemezov, its former PR chief Vasily Brovko, and his wife Tina
Guest list scrutiny as Putin meeting with billionaires Paid Members Public
At his second meeting with major business leaders since the start of the war, Putin last week praised those who “stayed here and didn’t leave.” Behind closed doors, there were discussions of a 300 billion ruble “voluntary contribution” that most businessmen still hope to see presented as a tax
Russian opposition splits over support for lifting sanctions on oligarchs Paid Members Public
Lobbying by prominent billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Pyotr Aven in an attempt to have European sanctions on them lifted caused a bitter row last week. The tycoons, who are co-owners of one of Russia’s biggest investment outfits, Alfa Group, tried to recruit the leaders of Russia’s opposition in
Oligarchs & the opposition Paid Members Public
Hello! This week our top story is about a group of Russian tycoons who have been recruiting opposition leaders in a bid to help get Western sanctions lifted. We also look at a political crisis in Georgia and why the WWF was designated a “foreign agent” despite historical support from
