Yahoo wants to go to Runet and can buy Russian Yandex

Yahoo is negotiating on the purchase of one of the largest search portals of Runet. This is necessary for Yahoo to enter the Russian market. Experts believe that a Western company can buy Yandex, reports ComNews .

“Representatives of Yahoo came to Russia and are actively negotiating with our companies,” one of the participants in the negotiations said. “Specific plans are still unclear, and how soon the purchase will happen is difficult to say.”

From the point of view of purchase, the market participants call the most interesting asset for Yahoo, as one of the most popular Russian portals.

Not so long ago, Yandex announced an IPO. “Such behavior is characteristic of companies at a crossroads. In this situation, options are really possible - the sale of a strategic investor or IPO. In the next six months a year, several major transactions should be expected,” one of the experts is sure.

Other sources report that the Yahoo delegation was also met with representatives of Rambler.

During the initial accommodation on NASDAQ this fall, Yandex expects to sell shares for $ 1.5-2 billion, the preliminary estimate of the entire company is 5 billion. This was reported by Reuters with reference to a source close to accommodation. Does Yahoo have money for such a purchase is unknown.

Earlier, Western experts have already "sold" Russian "Yandex". True, then the buyer was supposed to become Microsoft (which, of course, has a means for this). According to analysts, the Microsoft Corporation should strive to expand its presence in the markets outside the United States, and not try to become a monopolist in his country.