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EU countries have agreed to remove the sanctions from the founder of Russian internet major Yandex, Reuters reported citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter on February 21. Reportedly, Volozh will be one of three individuals who will be removed after March 15 when the sanctions regime is renewed. As followed by bne IntelliNews, the lawyers of Volozh have reportedly formally requested for the EU sanctions on him to be lifted back in August 2023 and were not justified. But their arguments are understood to have gained more traction after Volozh publicly condemned Russia’s “barbaric war” …

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