[neoromantique]

Yandex these days is pretty much directly Kremlin, so it's not "through taxes".

That being said Kagi -> Yandex hop does indeed make it indirect.

(I too have stopped using Kagi after I found out that they pay Yandex and employ people who support Russian war).

[cantalopes]

Wait what? They employ pro russian employees and use yandex?

[nirv]

This Reuters article provides some useful context about Yandex: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/after-months-negotiati....

Yandex was split for a while into a Russian-controlled part and an independent part in the Netherlands, controlled by the original co-founder, which later become Nebius AI. Nowadays, these entities are completely detached, and Arkady Volozh has renounced his Russian citizenship.

[cantalopes]

No i mean i'm surprised they support putin and pay yandex. But what is that pro russian employee thing?

[neoromantique]

Their support agent in the forum very unambiguously answered to one of the early complaints about the Yandex thing with "Our opinion about war differs", I nope'd out right there and then

[cantalopes]

That's terrible, i will also cancel my subscription