This is a farewell event that will no longer be held in this form. In the ninth Cup is not even provided material prizes. Yandex does not report the reasons for closing the competition.
Yandex held the first open Russian Cup on Internet search in April 2001. In July 2003, the rules and methodology of the competition were published. Since then, about 80 search competitions have been conducted in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Israel, Norway and the United States under a Yandex license.