PoliticsRussian oil tycoon Vagit Alekperov readies $3.5 billion bid for IT giantVagit Alekperov teams up with Russian businessmen to bid for stake in YandexBids: Vagit Alekperov, pictured while executive chairman of Lukoil in 2018.Photo: REUTERS/SCANPIXVladimir Afanasiev