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2026
Ukraine expands drone strikes on Yandex-owned data centres
Reuters reports that Ukraine has expanded drone strikes targeting data centres owned by Russia's Yandex, with the company's data centre infrastructure as the object of the strikes.
2026
Yandex suspends operations at Sasovo data center after drone strike
Russian internet company Yandex suspended operations at one of its key data centers in Sasovo, Ryazan, in western Russia on Thursday (Oct. 8, 2026) after a drone strike caused a fire and affected part of its infrastructure. Yandex said the data center has stopped operating entirely and some of its services may be unavailable to users, while its core services were unaffected. The company said there were no casualties and emergency services were on site dealing with the aftermath. Ukraine, which has been stepping up attacks on Russian infrastructure, has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
2026
Drone attack hits Yandex data hub site in Russia
Drones struck a Yandex site in Russia, which Reuters reported as the first major attack on a Russian data hub.
2022
Yandex reaches settlement in search competition dispute
Yandex said it reached a settlement with Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service and an IT companies consortium over its search engine results. The settlement confirmed compliance with the warning, ended the case without fines, and established additional competition-related obligations; the FAS said Moscow's Arbitration Court approved the agreement.
2022
Microsoft Bing and Yandex release IndexNow WordPress plugin
Microsoft Bing and Yandex released a plugin that integrates the IndexNow protocol with WordPress websites, enabling automated URL submission to multiple search engines.
2021
Grubhub and Yandex announce robot delivery at the University of Arizona
Grubhub and Yandex announced robot delivery at the University of Arizona, where students can order food from on-campus dining locations through the Grubhub app and have it delivered by Yandex rovers.
2021
Yandex announces acquisition of Wind
Yandex announced its acquisition of Israeli e-scooter rental company Wind. Yandex said it expected the deal to be finalized by the end of 2021; financial terms were not disclosed.
2021
Yandex introduces SignalQ2 driver monitoring camera
Yandex announced its new SignalQ2 LTE-enabled driver monitoring camera, based on Ambarella's CV25 system-on-chip, and said the camera was available immediately.
2021
Yango Deli launches express food delivery in Paris
Yandex launched express delivery of foods from local mini-warehouses in Paris under the Yango Deli brand. The service was available in ten municipal districts and several nearby communities.
2021
Yandex announces fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 results
Yandex announced unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2020.
2021
MLU completes acquisition of selected Vezet Group assets
Yandex announced that MLU B.V., its ride-sharing and food-delivery joint venture, completed the acquisition of Vezet Group’s call centers and cargo business.
2021
Yandex launches Yandex.Station sales in Israel
Yandex launched sales of its Yandex.Station smart speaker in Israel, its first market outside the Commonwealth of Independent States.
2020
Yandex starts food deliveries with autonomous robots
Yandex began using its self-driving Yandex Rover robots to deliver orders from its Yandex Eats food delivery service in a central Moscow business district; the article also says the service is available in Innopolis.
2020
Yandex and Tinkoff terminate merger discussions
Yandex and Tinkoff shareholders mutually agreed to terminate discussions about a possible offer for Tinkoff after failing to agree on definitive transaction terms; Yandex said it did not intend to make an offer.
2020
Yandex launches SoundsEasy skill
Yandex introduced SoundsEasy, a skill for its Alice intelligent assistant designed to help children practice pronunciation and support children with speech disorders and early speech impediments.
2020
Yandex sets initial conversion price for $1.25 billion notes offering
Yandex announced the final pricing of an offering of $1.25 billion in aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2025. The notes’ initial conversion price was set at $60.0751.
2019
Yandex announces video streaming service on Yandex Zen
Yandex announced a video streaming service that will allow users to publish videos on its Yandex Zen recommendation platform.