Business

Billionaires compete to buy the ‘Russian Google’ PRO Members Public
Yandex, eines der größten IT-Unternehmen Russlands und ein lokales Pendant zu Google, steht kurz vor der Entscheidung über seine neuen Eigentümer. Das Unternehmen befindet sich derzeit in der "Scheidung" von seinem Gründer Arkadi Wolosch, der einen Teil der Geschäftsbereiche des Unternehmens behält, um sie im Ausland zu entwickeln. Wie The

Russia opts for nationalization of foreign firms PRO Members Public
Mehr als 14 Monate nach dem Beginn der Invasion in der Ukraine hat der Kreml damit begonnen, das Vermögen ausländischer Unternehmen zu verstaatlichen. Ein am Dienstag veröffentlichter Präsidialerlass, der die neuen Befugnisse verleiht, besagt, dass sie eine Reaktion auf die Verstaatlichung russischer Vermögenswerte im Ausland sind. Die ersten Ziele waren die finnischen Unternehmen Fortum und

Russia looks to ensure social media influencers pay tax PRO 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 PRO 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 PRO 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 PRO 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 PRO 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