Nebius partners with Palantir; Russian officials allege data handover to US

Nebius, founded by Yandex co-founder Arkady Volozh, announced a strategic partnership with Palantir, making Nebius a preferred partner for AI infrastructure. Russian state media and officials, including VGTRK manager Andrey Medvedev, claim Volozh will transfer sensitive Russian IT knowledge to Palantir, escalating rhetoric against Volozh. The partnership signals a major commercial alignment between a Russian-founded AI firm and a US defense-tech company, but the alleged data handover is unverified and likely propaganda.