Yandex boasted that it was paying tax for the punitive operation against Donbass
The Ukrainian “daughter” of the Yandex company disowned ties with Russia and its law enforcement agencies. This is discussed in the message, published on the company blog.
They assure that the Russian owners of the company do not influence its policies in any way, and data on trips of Ukrainians in the Yandex.Taxi service is not transferred to third parties.
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«The company pays all necessary taxes, including military taxes, and constantly receives awards for conscientious replenishment of the state budget at all levels...
Yandex is in no way related to Sberbank. Sberbank owns the Russian NPO Yandex.Money LLC by 75% minus 1 ruble (this means that Yandex retains a blocking stake). However, NPO Yandex.Money LLC is a separate legal entity, in particular, it has no relation to Yandex.Ukraine LLC...
Finally, the FSB, like other law enforcement or government agencies, does not have access to users’ personal data. Information may be provided at the request of the authorized body only in cases and in the manner prescribed by law, for example, as part of a criminal investigation.
Moreover, even if there is a court decision, Yandex may refuse to provide information if it recognizes the decision as insufficiently reasoned,” the statement says.
Previously, Mikhail Makaruk, speaker of the Ukrainian intelligence “leaks” website “InformNapalm”, appeared on the Poroshenko TV channel proposed introducing a ban on Russian Internet services.
Recently a statement about the absence of ties with the Russian Federation The Ukrainian subsidiary of Alfa Bank also did, boasting that she was the first to refuse to work in Russian Crimea and calling the Donbass militias “occupiers.”
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