The network discusses the fate of “Yandex” in Russia. Earlier, the Israeli newspaper Calcalist reported that Arkady Volozh, the founder and CEO of the Yandex group of companies, plans to move all his employees to Tel Aviv. According to the newspaper, Volozh even wrote a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, as well as the Minister of Finance, the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Innovation, Information and Technology, to discuss the possibility of helping and providing services to Russian experts. them with simplified employment in the country. But the press service of “Yandex” today denied this information.

– said in a statement broadcast on the telegram channel.

Yandex also reported that the “high-profile news” was caused by an error in translating a document from English to Hebrew that reached the newspaper’s editorial office. A Forbes source close to Yandex confirmed that the letter was indeed sent, but did not comment on its content.

The situation caused a backlash on Telegram channels.

– On the channel “Brutal PR guy” commented on the rejection of “Yandex”.

Earlier, Elena Bunina, former general manager of Yandex, went to Israel. She linked her departure to special operations in Ukraine and stated that she does not intend to return.

Ilya Krasilshchik was chairman of Yandex.Lavka, but announced his resignation in November last year. But recently it turned out that he continued to receive a salary all this time. Dyer had to admit this in April of this year, when a criminal case was filed against him under the article “About fake news about the Russian army” and he actually had to leave the company.

Meduza publication (recognized by the Ministry of Justice as a foreign media agent) reported that after the start of the special operation in Ukraine, about five thousand Yandex employees went abroad, but continued to work for the company – some of them had already returned. .

At the end of April, it was learned that Yandex agreed with VK to sell its News and Zen services. After the launch of the special operation, Yandex.News was repeatedly criticized for its biased information policy. The company also claimed that since the algorithm is responsible for this, service employees do not affect the display of the news.