Russian Billionaire Yuri Milner

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  Silicon Valley Billionaire Yuri Milner Renounces Russian Citizenship

  Milner's foundations have donated at least $11 million to help refugees from Ukraine and scientists forced to flee the country, according to DST Global.

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  Scientists Win $3 Million for Detecting Einstein's Waves

  The Breakthrough Prizes were created by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner along with several technology pioneers.

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  Stephen Hawking, Russian Billionaire Unveil Plan To Reach Alpha Centauri

  Billionaire Russian investor Yuri Milner and British cosmologist Stephen Hawking on Tuesday announced an ambitious new space initiative for a mission to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to Earth.

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  Science's 'Breakthrough' Winners Earn Over $21 Million in Prizes

  Academia just turned a little more glitzy for a select group of scientists.

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  USD 1 Million Prize for Crafting Best Message for Aliens

  Yuri Milner, the Russian billionaire who is funding the USD 100 million search for aliens, is offering USD 1 million prize money to craft the best message to send to an extraterrestrial civilisation.

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  Stephen Hawking, Russian Billionaire launch $100-Million Alien Search

  British cosmologist Stephen Hawking on Monday launched the biggest-ever search for intelligent life in the universe in a 10-year, $100-million (143-million-euro) project to scan the heavens.

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  Ola Raises $400 Million in Funding, Aims to Expand to 200 Cities This Year

  The Series E round of funding was led by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner's DST Global.