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throw-ru-938 | 2 years ago

Context: Yandex is in the news right now because a couple of days ago its cofounder and former CEO Arkady Volozh was caught trying to hide his Russian past [0], and today he finally issued a public statement condemning the war [1], almost 1.5 years after the full-scale invasion began.

[0] https://kz.kursiv.media/en/2023-08-07/co-founder-of-yandex-e...

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-yandex-volozh...

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londons_explore|2 years ago

> today he finally issued a public statement condemning the war

Would you issue such a statement in his position? Think carefully. If you don't, you will probably have twitter brigades trying to smear your name. If you do, your family back home might be at risk, and you will probably never be able to visit them again.

Personally, I cannot in good faith demand anyone condemn the war, if to do so, they are putting family and friends freedoms at risk.

throw-ru-938|2 years ago

His family has left Russia back in 2014.

helge9210|2 years ago

> I cannot in good faith demand

While some people (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasyl_Makukh ) sacrificed their lives in protest of Soviet Russia invasion into Czechoslovakia, timely public statement is the least he could do.

mistrial9|2 years ago

randomly opens a "history of lynching" academic paper while thinking about this...

risyachka|2 years ago

Nothing to thing about here.

He could've left russia long time ago along with family and friends.

But he enjoys russian money even though he has more than enough for 100 lifetimes.

So yeah, I can in good faith demand from him and most other russians to condemn the war. Because the reason it happened is precisely that everyone does nothing in russia.

Most of them flee the country because they don't want to get into army, and even when they are abroad and in safety - they still don't condemn the war.

So fear has zero to do with their position.

azangru|2 years ago

> If you don't, you will probably have twitter brigades trying to smear your name.

Do Twitter crowds actually do that? Do they keep track of anyone more or less prominent, and write in their comments "Have you spoken out against the war yet?" "I haven't seen you denounce the war"?

avgcorrection|2 years ago

Kazakhstani (born in Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) ethnic Russian stops mentioning “Russia” in his biography during a period of increased Russophobia.

More news at eight?

cabbagesauce|2 years ago

>Kazakhstani (born in Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) ethnic Russian stops mentioning “Russia” in his biography during a period of increased Russophobia.

He is jewish. Just like the rest of the "yandex talents" that moved to work at Israeli office. They all get to be jewish when if suits them.

UPD.

Also, yandex news was (and still is) the pinnacle of russian putin propaganda. And the person in question was complicit with it. Even, given the fact he wasn't living in russia since 2014. He tries to whitewash himself because he is a sanctioned individual. And the protocol to get desanctioned is to publicly state he disapproves the war.

0xDEF|2 years ago

>increased Russophobia

Where in the world is there any "Russophobia"? The far-right in the West and around the world loves Russia and Russians.

NelsonMinar|2 years ago

I'm not sure if that's context or just coincidence. Confiant has been workingon this analysis for 7 months now.

at0mic22|2 years ago

Every time some beefy guy makes such statements, you can safely read it as "I got money in a western bank, please don't freeze it"

pphysch|2 years ago

> “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is barbaric, and I am categorically against it,” Volozh said in a statement. “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. “Although I moved to Israel in 2014, ...

Israel cares a lot about what happens in Ukraine because it is in a similar position, a highly-militarized vanguard of the West. If Ukraine falls despite backing from Washington, what does that say about possible outcomes should a (full-scale) war break out between Israel and Iran/Arab states?

So this helps us understand Volozh's motivations.