'I am horrified about the fate of people in Ukraine...whose houses are being bombed every day,' said Yandex co-founder Arkady Volozh.
"I am categorically against Russia's barbaric invasion of Ukraine," Volozh said in a statement shared with independent Latvia-based Russian-language news outlet Meduza and The Bell news website."I am horrified about the fate of people in Ukraine—many of them my personal friends and relatives—whose houses are being bombed every day."
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to then-Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh while visiting the main office of Yandex on September 21, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. Volozh issued a statement saying he was"categorically against Russia's barbaric invasion of Ukraine.""Despite the fact that I have not lived in Russia since 2014, I understand that I also share responsibility for the country's actions," Volozh said.
"These people are now out, and in a position to start something new, continuing to drive technological innovation. They will be a tremendous asset to the countries in which they land," Volozh said. Earlier this week, Russian media reported that Volozh deleted mention of Russia from his biography on his personal website. Russia, where Volozh lived and conducted business for a long time, is mentioned in his biography only in the context of IT enterprise CompTek, and Yandex is designated as"one of the largest Internet companies in Europe," Meduza reported.
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