Yandex Director General leaves its post due to sanctions of the European Union

The General Director of Yandex and a member of the Board of Directors Tigran Khudardyan leaves these posts due to inclusion in the sanctions list of the European Union, the company's statement said . Khudardyan was appointed to the post of general director of the company for Russia on the eve of March 15: he took the position of Elena Bunina, who will now act as head of Yandex within a month.

"We are extremely surprised that Tigran was in the sanctions list of the European Union, and we are very sorry that he can no longer be a member of the Council of Directors and be the deputy general director of Yandex NV Tigran has been working in the company for more than 15 years and has been investing in the" Yandex "to develop as a technological company of world -class, given the interests of users, partners, employees and shareholders," said the chairman of the chairman Board of Directors of Yandex NV John Boynton.

On the inclusion of Khudardyan in the EU sanctions list, it became known on March 15. Together with him, 14 individuals fell under the sanctions, including Channel One Channel Director Konstantin Ernst, businessman Roman Abramovich and Senator Suleiman Kerimov.

According to the Tigran Khudardyan card, he got into the EU sanctions list for the Yandex.NOVISS service policy and for help in the distribution of Russian propaganda through the search engine. Earlier, the former project manager Lev Gershenzon said that Russian users of the Main Page of Yandex do not see a complete picture of what is happening in Ukraine, including data on the dead military and shelling of civilians. In addition, Khudardyan was present at a meeting in the Kremlin on February 24, which the EU was interpreted as evidence of the entry into Putin "Circle of the Oligarchs". The sanctions of the European Union regarding the general director of Yandex have also been imposed for a significant role in the sector, which presents a significant source of income for the government responsible for the annexation of Crimea and destabilization in Ukraine.

Assets of persons included in the list are frozen. Citizens and companies from the European Union are prohibited from concluding transactions with persons and companies from the sanctions list. Personal persons are additionally extended by a ban on trips.

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