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Yandex is set to be sold to a group of Russian investors. Yandex NV, the Dutch parent company of Yandex, announced today that it has reached a $5.21 billion deal to sell most of its Russian operations to a consortium led by investors with ties to Russian oil giant Lukoil. Under the terms of the deal, a new investment fund, Consortium.First, will acquire Yandex”s leading search, advertising, ride-hailing, and other services that generate over 95% of its… Source link

By Alexander Marrow LONDON (Reuters) – A $5.2 billion cash and share deal to sell the key Russian assets of technology group Yandex, often labelled as “Russia’s Google”, to a consortium of Russian investors was announced on Monday after months of negotiations. Here’s why the deal is significant. RUSSIA’S LARGEST TECH ASSET Moscow has long sought to gain more influence over Yandex, set up in the dotcom boom in the late 1990s, as it became a key player in online services such as search and… Source link

Tech giant Yandex announced Monday it has agreed to sell its Russian assets to a consortium of Russian investors for 475 billion rubles ($5.2 billion). The Amsterdam-based Yandex N.V. had been negotiating a restructuring after Western sanctions over Russia’s war in Ukraine forced Yandex to effectively split into two companies, with one based in Russia and the other in the Netherlands.  “Yandex N.V., the Dutch parent company of the Yandex group… has entered into a definitive… Source link

Image Credits: YURI KADOBNOV/AFP / Getty Images Yandex N.V., the Dutch parent company of the eponymous Russian internet giant, is selling the last of its remaining Russian businesses at a steep discount, following geopolitical pressures that emerged from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine two years ago. The value of the transaction, which will include the sale of all Yandex N.V. businesses in Russia and a handful of neighboring markets, will amount to around 475 billion rubles… Source link

Yandex, the company often referred to as “Russia’s Google”, has agreed to sell its operations in the country in a cash-and-shares deal worth Rbs475bn ($5.2bn), as it seeks to secure its future in the aftermath of the war in Ukraine. The sale by Yandex’s Nasdaq-listed, Netherlands-based parent company, announced on Monday, to a consortium of Russian investors will also result in the group spinning off some of its main international projects. The move follows a protracted 18-month… Source link

A Russia-based company has become the legal owner of tech giant Yandex as it prepares to separate from its Dutch parent company, the state-run Interfax news agency reported Tuesday. MKAO Yandex was registered last month in the Kaliningrad region’s Oktyabrsky Island, an offshore zone known as a “special administrative region.” In addition to offering low taxes, the offshore zone allows major Russian companies to repatriate their businesses while avoiding Western sanctions as… Source link

Home > Piracy > Torrent Sites > The Pirate Bay is no longer the leading pirate site on the Internet, but it remains the most censored one. Similar to other search engines, Yandex appears to make it hard to find the notorious torrent site’s official domain name in the top results. The motivation is unclear but other more popular pirate sites remain easy to find. The Pirate Bay and search engines are not a happy marriage recently. On the contrary. For example, we previously reported… Source link

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The clock is ticking on Yandex’s restructuring deal, but reports now suggest it is not expected to be completed until early 2024. The delay puts plans for the search engine and other business units on hold. The Russian tech company and search engine listed on the Nasdaq flourished until Moscow … Source link

Search engines face challenges as they look to protect assets during difficult economic times and the turmoil of war. Some smaller engines are either trying to sell off assets or partner with larger companies with strong technology they can capitalize on. Yandex’s Dutch holding company is considering selling its Russian … Source link