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Arkady Volozh

Person of interest · Oligarch · Sanctioned entity
Arkady Volozh is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.
TypePerson[sources]
NameArkadi Jurjewitsch Wolosh · Arkadij Volozj · Arkadiy Voloj · Arkadiy Volozh · Arkady Volozh · 14 more...[sources]
Other nameArkadi Wolosch · Arkadij Wolosch · Arkady Yurievich Volozh · Arkady Yuryevich Volozh · Volozh Arkady · 15 more...[sources]
Birth date[sources]
Place of birthAtyrau · Atyrau : KAZAKHSTAN · Kazakhstan, Atyrau[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalityMalta · Russia · Soviet Union[sources]
CountryRussia[sources]
CitizenshipMalta · Russia[sources]
Country of birthKazakhstan[sources]
First nameArkady · Arkady Yurievich · Аркaдий[sources]
Last nameVOLOZH · Volozh · ВOЛОЖ[sources]
PatronymicYurievich · Юрьевич[sources]
TitleMr[sources]
Websitevolozh.com[sources]
Wikidata IDQ4123823[sources]
PositionCo-fondateur et PDG de Yandex N.V. · general director (2000-2014) · Співзасновник і генеральний директор Yandex N.V.[sources]
EducationGubkin University[sources]
AddressSchiphol Boulevard 165, 1118 Bg Schiphol · Республіка Казахстан, м. Атирау[sources]
Source linkprod-upp-image-read.ft.com[sources]
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Descriptions

Russian State-owned banks such as Sberbank and VTB are shareholders and investors in Yandex. Arkady Volozh is a Russian businessperson with business interests in IT and technology. He is the founder and former CEO of Yandex, having resigned following his listing by the European Union. He is a major shareholder of Yandex, the largest Internet company in Russia, operating Russia’s most popular search engine. Yandex operates in the ICT sector, which brings considerable tax revenue to the Government of the Russian Federation. In 2019, Yandex agreed to a restructuring that gave a “golden share” to a newly formed Public Interest Foundation built to “defend the Russian Federation interests”. Through the Public Interest Foundation, the Government of the Russian Federation is able to have a veto over a defined list of issues, such as the sale of material IP and the sale or transfer of Russian users’ personal data to foreign companies, both of which are deemed to affect Russia’s “national interest”. Yandex is also responsible for promoting State media and narratives in its search results, and deranking and removing content critical of the Kremlin, such as content related to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Since the start of the war, Yandex has followed the information policy and censorship of the Government of the Russian Federation. The search results of Yandex search engine have complied with the demands of the Russian authorities, showing only the sources related to Russian pro-war propaganda. Moreover, Yandex helped websites pushing false and pro-Russian claims about the invasion of Ukraine to make profit through digital advertising. Therefore, Volozh is a businessperson involved in economic sectors providing a substantial source of revenue to the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine. Furthermore, he supported, materially or financially, the Government of the Russian Federation and is responsible for, supporting actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Function: co-founder and CEO of Yandex N.V.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Mentioned in 2018 CAATSA report on Russian oligarchs

Russian Oligarch/Billionaires Database non-official source,

Russian businessman

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

ACF List of War Enablers7,941

A list of Russian decision-makers from government and business composed by ACF/FBK, the anti-corruption organization founded by Alexei Navalny

Russia · ACF · non-official source

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,636

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

Forbes 2021 List of Russian Billionaires100

Based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2021.

Russia · Wikipedia · non-official source

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,954

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,218

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Russian Oligarch/Billionaires Database166

A list of billionaires and oligarchs from CIS countries, most notably the Russian Federation.

OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories410,518

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

UK Companies House People with Significant Control288

The database of beneficial owners of companies incorporated in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

External dataset · United Kingdom · CoH

Wikidata373,816

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source


Source data IDs: ch-seco-55388 · fr-ga-4774 · ua-nsdc-17399-voloz-arkadij-urijovic · eu-tb-logical-140940 · ua-nazk-person-2084 · gb-coh-psc-13371836-xumjtercwjan0nehaju41v2syey · ua-nabc-person-2084-volozh-arkady-yurievich · acf-a94eab1a2351c82758b8094a7723f015ff49b46c · acf-38135c64ec4677fd0dab22f8c09e977990ef1ee7 · eu-fsf-eu-8359-47 · mc-freezes-05dffc3f649ecddc009620089553c44a7653740e

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