The Yandex Leak: How a Russian Search Giant Uses Consumer Data

cecilkorik, 9 months ago

If anyone’s having problems loading the images due to Google rate limiting, Internet Archive has mirrored the article here

counselwolf, 9 months ago

I’ve always thought yandex was based on China (because of the great Chinese translation).

Akasazh, 9 months ago

Surprisingly, the Netherlands:

Most of Yandex’s services are based in Russia but its parent company, Yandex N.V. is based in The Netherlands.

abhibeckert, 9 months ago

The Yandex N.V. “head office” is conveniently located in the third largest airport in the world, so people can pick up mail sent to that address without having to actually live in the country.

Their headquarters are very much in Russia, and the Netherlands address is surely about avoiding political sanctions.