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Russian Entrepreneurs Thrive Abroad Amid Domestic Challenges
10/31/2025
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Story summary
- Russian entrepreneurs are increasingly launching businesses abroad due to challenges at home since the Ukraine war began.
- Bogdan Leonov launched a power-bank rental chain in Cyprus and Greece.
- Maksim Satanovsky started a dumpling factory in Germany.
- Nebius, spun out from Yandex, has emerged after its founders left Russia.
- Babel Books in Berlin serves the Russian diaspora.
