The topic of release - what happens to Yandex The largest Russian IT company, due to the “special operation”, was on the verge of default, its general director-under sanctions, and the options of thousands of employees were resetting one day. Yandex suspended or reduced investments in new projects in Russia and abroad, got rid of the most toxic assets and examined more than a dozen business restructuring options.

Hello! It seems inevitable that the confrontation between Russia and the West over Ukraine will only get worse amid a Russian offensive and the tense situation in the south of Ukraine. The West is providing Kyiv with ever more sophisticated weaponry and Moscow’s rhetoric gets ever more threatening. Peace talks, apparently, are all but forgotten – both sides last week released statements complaining of a deadlock in negotiations.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has decided to spend some of its accumulated cash holdings on a large-scale purchase of securities of other companies. The billionaire spoke about new investments at a meeting of shareholders. The deals in the first quarter of 2022 cost Berkshire Hathaway $41 billion, according to Bloomberg. It follows from the report that the holding has increased investments in Chevron. A stake in the energy company was in the top 4 positions in Buffett's portfolio.

The German government supported the plans of the European Union to impose an embargo on oil imports from Russia. There is still no unity among the other participating countries, but the rejection of Russian fuel is becoming more and more likely. Berlin clearly expressed its consent to the imposition of an oil embargo during the latest preliminary negotiations on the sixth sanctions package, DPA reported citing European diplomatic sources in Brussels ( reports Die Welt ).