The Russian search engine Yandex opens its own division in California - Yandex Labs. It will be led by the former head of the Yahoo! Vish Makhijani. As long as it is a small office, 10-12 people will work there until the end of the year. The goal of opening a representative office is to support the quality of the search - there are many good specialists in this field in the US, primarily programmers, Volozh says. In addition, Yandex has become an international company: we need to maintain contacts with other major players in this market, and it is easier to do this, being close to them - in the USA.