Russian web search firm Yandex's co-founder dies

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The co-founder and chief technology officer of Russia's market-leading internet search engine company Yandex has died after treatment for cancer, the Nasdaq-listed company said on Sunday. Ilya Segalovich, aged 48, founded Yandex in 1997 with Arkady Volozh, the company's chief executive officer. He passed away on Saturday after falling into a coma and being taken off of life support by doctors, Volozh said in a statement on the company's blog. ...



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