Comment by vzaliva
2 years ago
"The consideration will be paid in a combination of: (i) a cash equivalent of at least RUB 230 billion"
This money will go to Russian economy and will indirectly support the war. Instead these money should have been frozen in an escrow account and potentially used to rebuild Ukrainian economy.
All Yandex's money is already in Russia, in Sberbank or smth. Good luck telling Sberbank to freeze it and send to Ukraine. In this deal, they are salvaging some money and taking it out of Russia.