Fridays at Russian tech giant Yandex — the company once christened as "Russia's Google" — are marked by a large-scale all-hands meeting where employees can bring questions and problems to the company's upper management. Called khural, among the company's employees, a name for Mongolian parliament, the values behind it are usually associated with Silicon Valley. When Yandex's founders created the weekly ritual, they wanted to foster a sense of transparency, democracy, and community not found in other Russian companies.
One of the Wagner Group boss' biggest complaints was about how Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu was running the Ukraine war. But little has been said about Shoigu's future as yet.
Many questions remain after Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny. While it was certainly a turning point for Vladimir Putin's rule, the consequences for Russia and Ukraine remain unclear.
Many questions remain after Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny. While it was certainly a turning point for Vladimir Putin's rule, the consequences for Russia and Ukraine remain unclear.
Many questions remain after Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny. While it was certainly a turning point for Vladimir Putin's rule, the consequences for Russia and Ukraine remain unclear.