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Russian-language media reported widespread outages across the company\u2019s products over the weekend, with people unable to access certain websites and applications.\nThe attacks, which Kyiv says are a retaliation for Russia\u2019s strikes against similar targets, represent a new phase in Ukraine\u2019s air campaign against Russia. Ukraine has increasingly sought to undermine Russia\u2019s economy by striking infrastructure vital to some of its largest businesses in recent months, but this is the first time that targeting their data centers has become part of that strategy.\nWhat happened?\nOn Oct. 9, Yandex, Russia\u2019s largest technology company, announced that two of its data centers had been struck by drones, one in the city of Sasovo southeast of Moscow and the other in the Kaluga region southwest of the capital. A third facility in the suburbs of Vladimir east of Moscow would be hit before the weekend was through.\u00a0\nSerious damage was reported at all three locations. In a statement posted on Friday, Yandex said that operations at its Sasovo facility were \u201ccompletely halted\u201d while part of the infrastructure in Kaluga was \u201cdisabled.\u201d The Vladimir facility, meanwhile, was taken completely offline on Sunday, according to the company.\n\u201cYandex teams are working around the clock to ensure our services remain operational and to help those affected by the incident,\u201d the company said after the two initial strikes. \u201cThis is our top priority right now, but unfortunately, it\u2019s not easy.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSmoke billows from Yandex's Sasovo hub.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t@exilenova_plus / Telegram\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The effects of the attacks were not limited to the data centers they targeted. Nine people were injured in the Kaluga region, while about 1,600 customers were left without electricity in the Vladimir region, the heads of each region said. Neither explicitly mentioned the Yandex facilities.\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 8 that the attacks were retaliation for Russia\u2019s own strikes against its data centers. Indeed, last month, Moscow struck such facilities in the Kyiv region, causing temporary internet outages for roughly 100,000 households.\nMoscow claimed that the data centers it struck were used by Ukrainian military intelligence bodies.\nWhat is Yandex?\nTo understand the impact these attacks are having on regular Russians\u2019 lives, consider what would happen if Google suddenly went offline.\nGone would be access to the company\u2019s flagship internet browser, but also to its many other essential services: maps, payment, email and its virtual workspace, to name a few.\nLike Google, Yandex is a company whose tendrils have stretched to nearly every corner of the Russian technology market since its founding in the 1990s. However, in Russia, its monopoly over digital services is arguably even larger.\nWhile apps like Yandex Maps and Yandex Pay might be expected offerings of Russia\u2019s largest technology company for people in the West, something like the widely used taxi and food delivery app Yandex Go rolls the function of Uber and DoorDash into one. In Russia, they\u2019re all managed by the same company.\nWhat\u2019s more, Yandex offers a cloud computing service that provides digital infrastructure for some of Russia\u2019s largest companies. According to the Yandex Cloud website, the platform has more than 64,000 customers. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeople stand next to a Yandex Taxi car on a street in Moscow.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tREUTERS / Anastasia Barashkova\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t How disruptive are the attacks?\nAs with any other major player in the technology industry, data centers form the backbone of all of these operations.\nUnderstandably, after some of them were hit, people quickly began flagging issues. Russian-language media reported over the weekend that many Yandex apps had gone down temporarily but had been restored. Others were still experiencing interruptions or complete outages on Monday.\nYandex itself urged some users to switch to alternative platforms during the outages. Taxi drivers told the exiled outlet Vyorstka that they received a notification from Yandex advising them to switch to Google Maps or Waze while the company was fixing its servers.\nSeparately, the websites of other companies that use Yandex\u2019s cloud services were reportedly impacted, including grocery giant Magnit, fast-food chain Vkusno i Tochka and household appliance retailer M.Video, the Kommersant newspaper reported, citing publicly available outage data.\nYandex\u2019s operations outside of Russia also appear to have been affected. According to The Times of Central Asia, users in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have\u00a0reported difficulties accessing the company\u2019s apps. Similar outages were noted in the Armenian capital Yerevan, forcing users to book their taxis with a local competitor, which was in turn strained by the surge in traffic.\nParticularly disruptive for Russians was the attacks\u2019 effect on digital financial services. Yandex is so integrated into everyday payments that when its digital wallet application, Yandex Pay, went down, it warranted its own explanation from company leadership.\n\u201cAll your money is safe,\u201d Dima Pirogov, CEO of Yandex\u2019s FinTech Division, said in a statement posted to the company\u2019s social media platforms on Sunday. \u201cThe money itself isn\u2019t stored in the data center. That\u2019s where the servers that power our services are located.\u201d\n\u201cWe can\u2019t yet give you a precise timeline for restoration,\u201d Pirogov added, \u201cbut we promise: we won\u2019t stop until the service is restored.\u201d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Yandex delivery robot passes a courier outside the Yandex office in Moscow.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tREUTERS / Anastasia Barashkova\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t How are officials reacting?\nPresident Vladimir Putin has so far not commented on the attacks. That\u2019s not unusual \u2014 Putin is rarely the first one to telegraph the Kremlin\u2019s reaction to such developments.\nSome hints have emerged, however, that the Kremlin is taking the situation seriously.\nOn Monday, Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev told a State Duma committee that his office was working with the Defense Ministry on measures to protect data centers, a sign that officials are worried about the effect of further attacks.\n\u201cThe scale of the attacks \u2014 which we were all monitoring in real time \u2014 was unprecedented,\u201d Shadayev said, adding that \u201cthe entire industry is now helping to resolve\u201d the chaos they caused.\nAs two major questions vex Yandex \u2014 how to restore service completely and how to repair damaged infrastructure \u2014 the company could be grappling with the fallout from the attacks for a while.\nAccording to a source who spoke to Kommersant, delivering replacement equipment to the damaged facilities could take as long as six months. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\tA Message from The Moscow Times:\n\tDear readers,\n\tWe are facing unprecedented challenges. 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