https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2022/04/18/yandeks-ubral-izpoisko...
https://zona.media/news/2021/12/25/oiya
https://www.rbc.ru/politics/07/09/2021/613709739a79476fd52e1...
They are complying with russian censorship laws and it's gotten so bad that they are planning to sell the news service altogether to VK which is far worse than Yandex when it to how eager they are to enforce these laws and to work with cops.
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5258943