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[unable to retrieve full-text content]GPS services malfunctioning in Moscow  Meduza Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Zelensky sanctions Sergey Shoigu’s daughter, several famous athletes, and Yandex  Meduza Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yandex launches beta-version of Shedevrum, an AI app that generates ‘artwork’  Meduza Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Russian Ministry of Justice declares World Wildlife Fund, economist Sergey Guriev ‘foreign agents’  Meduza Source link

Last week, Russian Internet giant Yandex suffered a major source code leak when an unknown user (likely a former employee) published parts of the company’s internal repository online. The leaked code provides new insight into the inner workings of Russia’s largest search engine, which has faced growing criticism in recent years for cooperating with the Kremlin. Among other things, the breach confirmed that Yandex has censored image and video search results to prevent the Z symbol and… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A window into Yandex’s censorship  Meduza Source link

Russian technology entrepreneur and Yandex founder Arkady Volozh has finally, formally informed staff that he’s left the company completely. In a message posted today on an internal company portal, he announced his departure and thanked long-time colleagues for helping to build “the best technology company in the country,” according to The Bell. “All these 30 years, we’ve been doing this together,” Volozh wrote. “From nothing, amid global competition, we endeavored to operate… Source link

Russia’s Federation Council voted to approve the early dismissal of Alexey Kudrin from his post as Audit Chamber Chairman, according to Interfax. Kudrin’s dismissal was requested earlier by Vladimir Putin. At the session, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko indirectly confirmed that Kudrin plans to work at Yandex, saying that she hoped the Federation Council’s statements will start appearing in the search engine’s top results more frequently. According to sources close to… Source link

A group of squatters have taken up residence in a house in Amsterdam that belongs to Yandex founder Arkady Volozh, they told the publishing network IndyMedia. The house’s new inhabitants said that they chose it intentionally, because despite the sanctions imposed against Volozh, the Dutch authorities have not seized his property. “It’s obvious that limiting [the rights of] Russian billionaires and oligarchs is not a priority for the Dutch authorities,” said the squatters. According to… Source link

In late April, Russian Internet giant Yandex announced it was selling its news service, Yandex.News, and its personal recommendations service, Yandex.Zen, to the social networking company VKontakte (VK). VK is run by Vladimir Kiriyenko, son of Russian presidential administration First Deputy Chief of Staff Sergey Kiriyenko. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, these products (just like Yandex overall) have faced a barrage of criticism for misleading millions of users by withholding… Source link