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Kremlin says the government is discussing Yandex’s problems after Ukrainian strikes on its data centres

By Thomson Reuters Oct 13, 2026 | 4:59 AM

MOSCOW, Oct 13 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the ​government was ‌discussing problems faced by Russian technology and AI company Yandex after Ukraine struck three ‌of ​its data ⁠centres.

Kremlin spokesman ⁠Dmitry Peskov said it was too early to assess whether users had ​suffered financial losses from outages caused by ⁠the attacks.

Asked ⁠whether the government ​was considering a mechanism ​to compensate users, he ‌said Yandex was “currently facing difficulties, and of course the matter ⁠is being discussed by the government, but the company is ⁠taking ‌urgent steps ⁠to address the ​consequences ‌of the attack.”

“The ​company is ⁠strong and powerful,” Peskov told reporters.

(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov;Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Andrew ​Osborn )