The Mayor of Vilnius wants to know the point of view of the Department of State Security on "Yandex.Taxi" "- Industry – Financenet

Lithuanian state television reported on Wednesday that Yandex's parent company, Yandex.Taxi, acknowledged that seven years ago, Russian intelligence services had provided information about the supporters of the company. opposition

. information and the municipality is about to turn to VDD with a request regarding the operation of this company in Lithuania, "said Linas Kvedaravičs, Deputy Mayor of Vilnius on Thursday.

He notes that Yandex.Taxi is already present in Latvia and Estonia and their special services

VDD press secretary Aurelija Katkuviene refused to disclose whether VDD had any information that might raise doubts about Yandex, adding that all possible threats , if any, would be addressed to Heads of State and competent authorities.

"Yandex.Taxi" began operations on Thursday in Vilnius.With the help of the program, about 300 taxis can be called in the capital of Lithuania.

Yandex.Taxi does not work directly with drivers, but only cooperates with taxi companies and shipping services. Call a taxi on iOS and Android mobile apps. The service automatically detects the location of the user and sends the request to the nearest driver.

Yandex.Taxi announced his intention to enter the Baltic markets in 2016. Since March this year, Yandex.Taxi has been operating in Riga and since May in Tallinn.

Yandex.Taxi also provides taxi services in Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and Ukraine. In Uzbekistan