The company Yandex gives in to the enormous censorship pressure in Russia and abandons its web portal yandex.ru. Yandex News and the Zen recommendation service are also being divested.
VKontakte takes over services loyal to the state
Yandex has already been facing growing censorship pressure for some time. For example, the company has only been allowed to display news approved by the Kremlin in its news division since 2017. In 2019, Yandex also had to grant the Russian state a stake…
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