Who owns Yandex Mail?
Yandex Mail is owned by Yandex (Russia, MOEX: YDEX).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Yandex Annual Report 2025, Yandex IPJSC, 14 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Yandex International Public Joint-Stock Company reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇷🇺 Russia, Moscow
- Origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Founded
- 2000
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Email & messaging
- Parent ticker
- MOEX: YDEX
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Yandex Mail
Yandex Mail is the email service of the Yandex group. The annual report places the launch of Mail in 2000, alongside Yandex Goods, the predecessor of Yandex Market, and counts Mail among the 13 integrated services of the Yandex 360 virtual office, together with Disk, Telemost, Tracker, Documents and Boards. It also says the Alice Pro AI assistant can work with the messages in Yandex Mail.
Ownership timeline of Yandex Mail
Where Yandex Mail sits in Yandex
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Yandex
Yandex controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Kinopoisk
- Yandex Browser (2012)
- Yandex Eats (2018)
- Yandex Go (2011)
- Yandex Maps (2004)
- Yandex Market (2002)
- Yandex Music
- Yandex Search (1997)
Other brands in email & messaging, and who owns them
The 18 brands in email & messaging on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Snap, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Messenger | Meta | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Firefox Relay | Mozilla | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bitmoji | Snap | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Mail.ru Email | VK | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Gmail | Alphabet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Yahoo Mail | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KakaoTalk | Kakao | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| LINE | LY Corporation | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Yandex
Yandex is a publicly listed company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as MOEX: YDEX.
Yandex IPJSC is the parent company of Yandex Group, which its 2025 annual report describes as a leading technology company in Russia. Its head office is in Moscow and its shares trade on the Moscow Exchange under YDEX. The 2025 report says the year was its first full year of operation as YANDEX IPJSC.
🇷🇺 Yandex Mail and other Russian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 75 brands that began in Russia. 5 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Yandex Mail is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Yandex Mail?
The parent company of Yandex Mail is Yandex, a publicly listed company headquartered in Russia.
Is Yandex Mail Russian?
Yes. Yandex Mail originated in Russia in 2000 and its owner, Yandex, is also headquartered in Russia.
Is Yandex Mail still owned by Yandex?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Yandex Mail is still owned by Yandex. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Yandex Annual Report 2025 — Yandex IPJSC, Annual report, published 14 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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