Where is Yandex blocked?

Yandex is blocked, restricted or age-gated in 5 countries and territories — 4 complete bans and 1 partial restriction in total.

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Eritrea

Complete ban Since: Ongoing Reported

Islamic Republic of Iran

Partial restriction Since: Longstanding Reported Wikipedia

Subject to broad censorship and internet disruptions, though not explicitly targeted like Western platforms.

Latvia

Complete ban Since: December 2023 In force NEPLP (Latvia)

Latvia's NEPLP, which had already blocked VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, restricted access to Yandex's homepage in April 2022 over war disinformation, then expanded the block to all Yandex domains (including Yandex Music) in December 2023 citing content tied to EU-sanctioned individuals.

North Korea

Complete ban Since: Forever Reported Wikipedia

Ukraine

Complete ban Since: 2017 Reported Baker McKenzie sanctions news

Blocked via ISP-level restrictions since May 2017 under a Poroshenko-era NSDC decree; Ukraine's NSDC most recently renewed the sanctions for a further 10 years under Presidential Decree No. 227/2023 (April 2023), keeping yandex.ru and yandex.ua inaccessible.