Leading Russian search engine Yandex will not have to register with the government as a media outlet, the Prosecutor General's Office said on July 2, setting a precedent that suggests search engines' news aggregating sites may be safe from a wave of heightened regulation of the Internet.
The Moscow Times: Internet giant Yandex evades burden of media status
Russian search engine Yandex will not have to register with the government as a media outlet.
