The US could ban Kaspersky anti virus sales on Thursday, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The US government believes Kaspersky is poses a significant security threat.
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Yandex, Russia's largest Internet company, has agreed to sell most of its Russian operations to a consortium. The deal marks Yandex NV's exit from Russia amid tensions over the invasion of Ukraine.
Recently some Western companies including Google were relieved of some fines imposed by Russians. Out of these, Telegram commented that it was unaware of the reasons why the charges were dropped.
Rosfinmonitoring, Russia's financial monitoring agency, has added Meta to its list of "terrorists or extremists", as reported by Russian news agencies today. This tag does not include WhatsApp so far.
Google's Russian subsidiary has announced that it will be filing for bankruptcy after authorities seized its bank account making it impossible for the company to pay for salaries and other expenses.
The Russian government has made "gray" imports legal. This will allow the Russian citizens to import smartphones, TVs, computers, consoles and even cars and spare parts without the maker's consent.
Amid fears of Russian spying and so-called back doors, one of the largest retailers in the US has removed all Kaspersky software solutions from store shelves, citing 'too many unanswered questions'.
