Yandex - Russian Internet company

The search engine yandex.ru was launched on September 23, 1997 and was publicly presented at the Softool exhibition in Moscow. Initially the search engine was developed by Comptek. In 2000 Yandex was incorporated as a standalone company by Arkady Volozh

Yandex is a Russian Internet company which operates the largestSearch Engine in Russia with about 60% market share in Russia

Yandex also operates in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Turkey