Yandex Founder Seeks Sanctions Removal After Condemning Russia’s Invasion
- Lawyers say Volozh also no longer has legal control of Yandex
- Volozh in August condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Yandex NV co-founder Arkady Volozh shouldn’t have been sanctioned after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, as he was never close to the Russian president and has blasted Russia’s aggression toward its neighbor, a European Union court was told.
“This is not about another businessman who built his wealth on the wave of privatization and state contracts,” William Julie, a lawyer for the tech magnate, told the EU’s General Court.