Mosha v. Yandex Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK YURY MOSHA, Plaintiff, OPINION AND ORDER – against – 18 Civ. 5444 (ER) YANDEX INC., Defendant. Ramos, D.J.: Yury Mosha (“Plaintiff” or “Mosha”) initially brought this action in the Supreme Court of New York, County of New York against U.S.-based advertising company Yandex, Inc. (“Defendant” or “Yandex, Inc.”) because its Russian sister corporation, Yandex, LLC (“Yandex, LLC”) refused to remove websites from its search engine, Yandex.ru (“Yandex.ru”), that allegedly contained defamatory information about Mosha. Yandex, Inc. removed the…