Yandex did have a Dutch datacenter when it planned the expansion in Turkey (and other countries later). That expansion didn't work out and that datacenter was c

Yandex did have a Dutch datacenter when it planned the expansion in Turkey (and other countries later). That expansion didn't work out and that datacenter was closed. Taking that aside, I wouldn't say that Yandex is incorporated in Netherlands for tax reasons anyway. (It actually pays most of its tax in Russia anyway). It was created for legal reasons though. AFAIK its ownership structure (with 2 classes of shares, with different voting rights) was illegal in Russia at the time Yandex went public.