Security service searches Yandex offices in Ukraine under treason

MOSCOW, May 29 (PRIME) -- The Security Service of Ukraine is carrying out searches of offices of Russian Internet giant Yandex in the cities of Kiev and Odessa under a treason case, the service’s spokeswoman Yelena Gitlyanskaya said in a Facebook post on Monday.

Yandex said in a statement earlier that Ukrainian offices of the company in the two cities have been visited by people from the Security Service of Ukraine.

“We do not have any information on today’s activities of the Security Service of Ukraine. Lawyers are on their way to our offices. We’re ready to provide all required information to the authorities within legal procedures,” Yandex said.

Yandex’ resources have been banned in Ukraine since May 17 under President Pyotr Poroshenko’s sanctions against a list of Russian companies and individuals.

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov said “we are not in possession of the whole information.” “We should understand first what it is linked to. We don’t know it yet. That’s why I can’t tell you any more details,” he said.

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