Yandex controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2022
Yandex reaches settlement in search competition dispute
Settlement
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.
Source excerpt
Nasdaq-listed Yandex said the settlement confirmed that it had complied with all requirements of the warning, terminated the case without any fines, and set forth certain additional obligations for Yandex to support competition, including sharing information with the FAS.
The FAS told Yandex last February that it had created unequal market conditions for general online search services, that it was preferentially promoting its own products and asked it to stop.
Yandex on Wednesday said it had reached a settlement agreement in a competition law dispute over its search engine results with Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) and a consortium of IT companies.
2021
Unauthorized access to Yandex email accounts
Yandex disclosed that a system administrator had enabled unauthorized access to almost 5,000 user mailboxes.
2019
Government pressure over corporate control
Russian authorities pressured Yandex to restructure its governance, increasing the influence of pro-Kremlin representatives and creating additional barriers to changes in control.
2018
Regin cyberattack against Yandex
Yandex was targeted in October and November by an attack using Regin malware. Kaspersky Lab attributed the operation to intelligence agencies associated with the Five Eyes countries; the reported target was technical information concerning user authentication.