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True, but on the other hand, people outside of Russia can decide for themselves how to react to and treat companies from unfriendly countries. You mention olig
by dotdi 4y ago
True, but on the other hand, people outside of Russia can decide for themselves how to react to and treat companies from unfriendly countries.
You mention oligarchs - how can it be ruled out that Yandex is directly or indirectly, fully or partly owned, and even directed, by them?
- app4soft 4y ago> people outside of Russia can decide for themselves how to react to and treat companies from unfriendly countries. Since 2019 Yandex and the FSB (Federal Security Bureau of Russia, ex-KGB) had reached an agreement where the company would provide the required data without handing over the encryption keys.[0] Learn more about Russian war crimes & ongoing invasion of Ukraine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai... N.B. I'm Ukrainian living in Ukraine. Here is my statement for HN:[1] + Verified Ways to Help Ukraine: https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/02/27/verified-ways-to-help-the-ukrainian-army/ https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/02/27/verified-ways-to-help... + My Patreon: https://patreon.com/app4soft https://patreon.com/app4soft [ Please, DONATE me just right now ] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandex#Security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandex#Security [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30395897 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30395897
- cies 4y agoHow can I help specifically the people of the Donbas?
- Nerwesta 4y agoNow ? I think it's too late, your question sounds bizarre, Russia is indeed helping them. But I guess there are quite a few pro-separatists NGOs out there. Not the ones aligned with Kiev though, so they are leaning pro-Russia.
- cies 4y agoI also saw some news that Russia send them supplies. I feel they are the most oppressed people in this conflict.
- myth_drannon 4y agoWell the CEO of Yandex resigned in protest and fled to Israel.
- samhw 4y agoI have no dog in this hunt, but I just looked this up, and there's no indication he 'resigned in protest'. Their company news site says that he resigned after being sanctioned by the EU.[0] It appears heavily implied that he was forced to resign as a result of the sanctions – either directly (I'm not familiar with how EU sanctions work) or in that it made his position untenable. [0] https://yandex.com/company/press_center/press_releases/2022/2022-03-15 https://yandex.com/company/press_center/press_releases/2022/... Edit: This report appears to bear out that the sanctions forced him to resign pretty-much-directly, as the company does business in Europe, and the sanctions prevent him from doing business in Europe: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/yandex-deputy-ceo-resigns-after-being-sanctioned-company-considers-selling-assets-to-vk/ https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/yandex-deputy-ceo...
- myth_drannon 4y agoI was talking about the CEO Elena Bunina, not deputy CEO - https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/yandex-ceo-relocates-to-israel-cannot-work-for-a-country-at-war-1.10722163 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/yandex-ceo-rel...
- samhw 4y agoAh, fair enough, I’m sorry - for some reason only the deputy CEO’s firing came up when I searched about the CEO, so I assumed that was what you had meant. My bad. Please disregard my comment!
- lotusmars 4y agoNo support to the fact that she resigned in protest. Please don't spread this whitewashing of Yandex. Many Russian executives stepped down so not to be hit by sanctions. She was already scheduled to be replaced by Khudaverdyan and then invasion started.