Article is misleading.
Yandex is not part of the sanctions yet.
Electricity was cut simply because they failed to make a new contract.
Finnish source: https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000008786328.html
Finnish source: https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000008786328.html
I think the only matter here related to the war could be that electricity sales companies might be reluctant to sell a contract to them, due to PR reasons. But I bet one of them will, and they will get their power back.
>"Hänen mukaansa aiemmin sähköä myi Yandexille Nivos Energia, mutta sopimus päättyi jo vuodenvaihteessa. Tilalle tuli uusi sähkönmyyjä, joka on nyt lopettanut sähkönmyynnin."
https://www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy-news/russian-yandex-...
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/yandex-signs-5-ye...
EG, if it is an NDA, it often talks about the NDA being void, if compelled to testify etc etc
Most supply contracts should have the same concept. That is, "this contract isn't enforcable, if a party is legally compelled to do thing $x".
Not necessary, as actual engineers and electricians working for such companies could also refuse to make that connection. Also it's likely that sanctions will be more severe soon as Russian troops will do more crimes.
It seems very unlikely that they could launch another front against Finland and achieve anything, even shelling a city.
As Ukrainians push more resources towards the east Russia's problem might be that such artillery isn't quite mobile, there's no run-and-gun capability there, while weapons capable of taking them out are man-portable.
Despite that, I don't see a happy ending for the Ukrainians here. As much as Russia has already lost, they can't accept defeat in this without the power structure suffering what might be a deadly blow.
123m spire ect ect
(be sad)
As per site guidelines
As long as there's no sanctions against Yandex itself, then there's no legal reason to prevent that from happening either.
The only example I can think of where companies make potentially negative contract negotiations public is when cable companies enter into pissing matches with content providers (i.e. call your local NBC station now and tell them you want to keep their channel on DirecTV!)
"The reasons for the disconnection are not clear, as Yandex is not currently on sanctions lists, but its news and blogging services, as well as a senior executive, have been criticized for spreading Russian propaganda"
> Yandex's data center in Finland has been cut off the electricity grid as a response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
It is still kinda misleading.
I wonder if Yandex eventually will be forced to completely move inside Russia. It seems that their Russian operations are main revenue source and they probably would not be able to leave Russia. And with current events unfolding, wall between Russia and Europe will probably only rise.
As of the end of 2018 most of the company’s staff has been located in Russia.
This of course changed as devs were given a choice: either relocate (with company’s support) until the end of March, or leave the company.
Jebrains started on the remnants of russian Borland branch. Founders worked for TogetherSoft (which was accuired by Borland) from Russia till 1999 when they moved to Prague where in 2000 they started Jebrains. But till the very recently most of the development was conducted in Russia.
Taking that aside, I wouldn't say that Yandex is incorporated in Netherlands for tax reasons anyway. (It actually pays most of its tax in Russia anyway).
It was created for legal reasons though. AFAIK its ownership structure (with 2 classes of shares, with different voting rights) was illegal in Russia at the time Yandex went public.