[jjani]

It doesn't take years to set up a local equivalent of Yandex, or indeed what Russia has set up. It's very feasible to do the same as Russia.

[mike_hearn]

Yandex is older than Google itself is.

[jjani]

The building you in being 30 years old doesn't mean it takes 30 years old to build a new building.

[mike_hearn]

Buildings aren't comparable to tech companies, are they? Tech companies continuously build out their technology stack. They don't build a product then fire everyone who isn't a keep-the-lights-on-sysadmin. Modern Google or Yandex is the result of 30 years of continuous building, every day.