For comparison’s sake, Yandex has double the market share of Google Inc. over in Russia, and this certainly gives them the brand presence and leverage to snap up other companies, including expanding their scope beyond that of Internet search. In fact, Yandex did pick up Multiship, an online-delivery aggregator in January this year, while in October last year, they forked out $80 million for KinoPoisk, the Russian equivalent of the IMDb movie database.
In addition, Auto.ru happens to be the leading vehicle classifieds website in Moscow, and has taken its place among the top three over in Russia, so it would be extremely interesting to see just how this particular will develop in the long run.