Tag Archives: Yandex

Putin’s regime continues to tighten its grip on how information on the war in Ukraine is shared in Russia, and in the wake of that, tech giants in the country — which, like Facebook, Google and Twitter, are also major players in the media sphere — are starting to restructure their media assets. Yesterday Russian press reported that Yandex — a local giant often called the “Russian Google” — is in negotiations to sell its media division, with Russian social networking giant VK named as… Source link

Tech major Yandex is mulling the sale of its media platforms Yandex.news and Yandex.zen to Russian internet company VK, according to sources close to the negotiations. The move away from media would help the company out of a bind between the competing demands of Russian regulation and international stakeholders. … Source link

The European Union has sanctioned Rostelecom president Mikhail Oseevsky, Yandex deputy CEO Tigran Khudaverdyan, and VK Company CEO Vladimir Kiriyenko due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions restrict the individuals from traveling to the EU or doing business with companies that operate there. The EU said that it enacted the sanctions due to “a blatant violation… Source link

Yandex, arguably the most successful and emblematic Russian digital company over the past 25 years, could default in a matter of days. The company warned about this risk even though none of its entities, main shareholders, directors or managers have been targeted by western sanctions, reports East-West Digital News (EWDN). … Source link

The head of Russia’s top technology firm Yandex quit late Tuesday after being slapped with EU sanctions in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Brussels hit Yandex executive director and deputy CEO Tigran Khudaverdyan with an asset freeze and travel ban earlier in the day, citing the firm’s role in “hiding information” from the Russian public through the manipulation of search results on its platform. Yandex — often dubbed “Russia’s Google” — is the… Source link

MOSCOW, RUSSIA and AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS / ACCESSWIRE / March 15, 2022 / Yandex N.V., a Netherlands-registered company and one of Europe’s largest internet businesses as well as the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, today announces that Tigran Khudaverdyan has stepped down with immediate effect from his positions as Executive Director and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Yandex N.V. and at its Dutch subsidiaries. Yandex has a strong and deep management team in place… Source link

Mozilla has removed Yandex and Mail.ru from its Firefox browser. The release notes for Firefox 98.0.1, which debuted on March 14, note that “Yandex and Mail.ru have been removed as optional search providers in the drop-down search menu in Firefox.” Yandex and Mail.ru are both essentially Russian takes on Google in that they offer email services, news platforms, and other products in addition to their search engines. Mozilla goes on to say: “If you previously installed a customized version of… Source link

Mozilla released Firefox 98.0.1 on March 14, 2022. It is a minor release that comes a week after Firefox 98. Firefox 98.0.1 removes the search providers Yandex and Mail.ru from the web browser in select regions. When Mozilla released Firefox 98, it did hint at the removal of search engine providers in Firefox, but did not mention any by name or provide more details other than that it did not “receive formal permission” to integrate the unmentioned search engines in Firefox. The Firefox… Source link

Image: Sundry Photography — Shutterstock Mozilla released Firefox 98.0.1 on Monday with one entry in its release notes. “Yandex and Mail.ru have been removed as optional search providers in the drop-down search menu in Firefox,” Mozilla said. “If you previously installed a customized version of Firefox with Yandex… Source link

Ever since the onset of the Ukraine war, Russia, the invader, has met with stringent sanctions from the western nations, with many global enterprises suspending or terminating their Moscow-based operations. On Monday, March 14, web browser Mozilla Firefox removed the Russia-based search engine Yandex from its settings and replaced it with the default search of Google. The users of Mozilla Firefox were notified regarding the change today, as per the reports of Telecomtimes. Earlier, users… Source link