Following suit from the EU, Russia parliament has approved a broader version of “Right To Be Forgotten” law that gives people the right to request removal of information from search engines that’s deemed outdated, irrelevant or untrustworthy.  The only blockade stopping this from going through into law is President Vladimir Putin.  If he signs it, it’ll […]

It looks like Russia is getting close to being the next country to possibly pass the “right to be forgotten” law, as they are only a couple votes away from passing it.  There are some critics who say this law, if passed, would be impossible to follow while also preventing citizens from accessing important information […]

Today, Russian search giant, Yandex released its Q1 2015 earnings, and reported $211.1 million (RUR 12.3 billion) in revenue for the first three months of 2015. Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh had this to say in a news release listing the company’s financials, “Despite a challenging macroeconomic environment, we delivered good top-line performance with text-based advertising on our […]

As many people who follow the news, Russia is in increasingly trouble relations with the West, and their currency is in precipitous decline.  Because of this, the Russian search engine and internet company, Yandex has been caught up in the country’s problems as well. Yandex announced both their Q4 and full year financial results this morning.  The company […]