Yandex blurred at least 6 Russian refineries in satellite images. This does not prevent Ukrainian drones from attacking them. At least 6 Russian oil refineries have already been blurred in the satellite layer on Yandex maps, the Moscow region calculated. The company had to censor some of them due to demands from the security forces through "unofficial channels". Among those blurred in satellite images: the Kirishi refinery in the Leningrad region, the Moscow refinery in Kaputanya, factories in Ryazan, Yaroslavl and Slavut (Bashkyria) and the Achinsk refinery in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Yandex is well aware that blurring makes no sense, because there are Google images, and satellite images of any object can be ordered from Western companies, a Yandex employee familiar with the situation told MO. “But you can't refuse a Major when he asks. That's why we smile and say goodbye." According to the interlocutor of the Moscow district, in the last year the company began to receive requests from the security forces to blur objects on maps directly through unofficial channels. Back in early 2025, the prosecutor's office through the court demanded that Yandex hide the plant in Ryazan, the claim was accepted. On Thursday night, Ukrainian drones attacked this factory, and a fire broke out. This was already the 20th attack on the Ryazan refinery since the beginning of the war. MO was unable to find similar claims against Yandex regarding other refineries. All but the Achinsk oil refinery, located 3,600 km from the border with Ukraine, have been subject to UAV attacks in the past. At the same time, more than 40 other refineries, incl. Located in central and southern Russia, visible in satellite images without blurring. And objects edited by Yandex are open in Google Maps. Yandex Maps started blurring military installations as early as 2024. The company explained this in "regulatory requirements". Later, Putin's residence in Valdai, the buildings of the Ministry of Defense and defense industry factories in Moscow, and at least 119 objects near Russia's western borders, also mostly military, were washed away.

Yandex blurred at least 6 Russian refineries in satellite images. This does not prevent Ukrainian drones from attacking them. At least 6 Russian oil refineries have already been blurred in the satellite layer on Yandex maps, the Moscow region calculated. The company had to censor some of them due to demands from the security forces through "unofficial channels". Among those blurred in satellite images: the Kirishi refinery in the Leningrad region, the Moscow refinery in Kaputanya, factories in Ryazan, Yaroslavl and Slavut (Bashkyria) and the Achinsk refinery in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Yandex is well aware that blurring makes no sense, because there are Google images, and satellite images of any object can be ordered from Western companies, a Yandex employee familiar with the situation told MO. “But you can't refuse a Major when he asks. That's why we smile and say goodbye." According to the interlocutor of the Moscow district, in the last year the company began to receive requests from the security forces to blur objects on maps directly through unofficial channels. Back in early 2025, the prosecutor's office through the court demanded that Yandex hide the plant in Ryazan, the claim was accepted. On Thursday night, Ukrainian drones attacked this factory, and a fire broke out. This was already the 20th attack on the Ryazan refinery since the beginning of the war. MO was unable to find similar claims against Yandex regarding other refineries. All but the Achinsk oil refinery, located 3,600 km from the border with Ukraine, have been subject to UAV attacks in the past. At the same time, more than 40 other refineries, incl. Located in central and southern Russia, visible in satellite images without blurring. And objects edited by Yandex are open in Google Maps. Yandex Maps started blurring military installations as early as 2024. The company explained this in "regulatory requirements". Later, Putin's residence in Valdai, the buildings of the Ministry of Defense and defense industry factories in Moscow, and at least 119 objects near Russia's western borders, also mostly military, were washed away.