Key Russian media websites temporarily offline after strike on Yandex data centre

Large-scale digital infrastructure failure

A significant malfunction in the operation of internet resources has been recorded in Russia. The websites of the country's largest media companies became temporarily unavailable to users. The likely cause of this incident was a Ukrainian strike on a data centre belonging to the company Yandex.

Which publications were affected

As of 16:10, the official pages of leading media outlets such as RBC, Vedomosti, RIA Novosti, Kommersant, Vesti, Interfax and Rossiyskaya Gazeta were not accessible. At this point, some of these resources have already resumed operation.

Confirmation of the cause of the failure

Previously, access issues were also observed on the websites of CIAN (a Russian real estate database) and Astral Group. Representatives of the latter company officially confirmed that the malfunction was directly linked to the attack on Yandex data centres.