Russian president Vladimir Putin, in a blazer with a red tie, stands next to Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh, in a blazer and white shirt, while he speaks and gesticulates with his hands.
Russian president Vladimir Putin and Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh.
  • A Russian oligarch called on the EU to lift sanctions against him after condemning Putin's war.
  • Arkady Volozh made the call days after calling the war "barbaric," the Financial Times reported.
  • The EU accused Volozh's company Yandex of promoting Russian propaganda through its search engine.

Russian oligarch Arkady Volozh will be the first to formally ask for sanctions to be lifted after condemning Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, a report says.