INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian tech giant VK has effectively banned employees from working abroad permanently, state news agencies reported Wednesday, citing a
company letter to workers.VK, which employs more than 10,000 people, owns the popular Mail.ru email and news services as well as the
VKontakte and Odnoklassniki social networks, among others.Its letter to employees comes as Russian officials weigh tactics for luring back
the tens of thousands of skilled IT workers who fled the country last year over the invasion of Ukraine.VK workers must work from Russia in
abroad.Russian lawmakers proposed legislation earlier this year that would ban workers in some sectors from working remotely from abroad.In
