Arkady Volozh, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Yandex Group of Companies, attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia June 7, 2019.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File PhotoAug 10 (Reuters) - The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex (YNDX.O), Arkady Volozh, on Thursday condemned what he described as Russia's "barbaric" invasion of Ukraine, days after criticism in Russia over his apparent efforts to distance himself from the country.
"Russia's invasion of Ukraine is barbaric, and I am categorically against it," Volozh said in a statement.
Volozh developed Yandex in Russia, creating the country's largest tech company and ultimately taking it public on the U.S. Nasdaq stock exchange in 2011.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yandex has sought to balance domestic pressure on one side with its Western investors on the other.
Persons:
Arkady Volozh, Maxim, Volozh, –, Yandex, Alexander Marrow, Jason Neely
Organizations:
Yandex, of Companies, St ., Economic, REUTERS, U.S, Nasdaq, European Union, Thomson
Locations:
St, St . Petersburg, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Ukraine –, Israel, Yandex