[paxys]

That law was signed yesterday. Yandex has been operating for 25 years. Let's not pretend that they are the victim here. The Russian oligarchy has been fully complicit and even instrumental in getting the country to the state it is in today. Yandex itself has been an arm of Putin's government for many years (https://www.ft.com/content/dce2e23c-15c5-11ea-8d73-6303645ac...).

[trhway]

Yandex was back then giving FSB info on people donating to opposition.

[molodec]

You are right it didn't start yesterday. Over the years Putin slowly but surely took control over all main media and news sources and the country let him with little to no resistance, but today it is too late. The remaining liberal channels were shut down this week. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-prosecutors-dem...