Yandex said it had been added to a sanction list by the Ukrainian authorities and its bank accounts had been blocked, making it impossible to pay salaries to its local staff.
MOSCOW: Russia's top search site Yandex has decided to close its offices in the Ukrainian cities of Kiev and Odessa, the company said on Thursday.
The decision was announced after Ukraine's State Security Service raided Yandex's Kiev and Odessa offices on Monday, accusing the company of illegally collecting Ukrainian users' data and sending it to Russian security agencies.
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