In Russia, Arbitration Courts Were Unable To Resume Operations Three Weeks After The Attacks On Yandex’s Data Centers
- 29.10.2026, 19:40
Due to disruptions, the meetings continue to be postponed.
Russian arbitration courts continue to experience disruptions three weeks after the attacks on Yandex's data centers, as noted by "Verstka". Due to problems with the “Electronic Justice” services, courts are having to postpone hearings and declare recesses. “There have been instability issues with the functionality for conducting online hearings, including test conferences,” according to a statement on the arbitration case registry website.
For example, on October 27, the Arbitration Court of the Altai Krai postponed a bankruptcy case until November 23, citing the inability to hold an online hearing due to a “massive outage” at Yandex’s data center. On the same day, the Arbitration Court of the Tyumen Region made a similar decision. Some courts warned that they would not postpone hearings again due to “systematic” technical glitches and recommended that participants in the proceedings “appear in person”.
Courts began canceling hearings on October 8, when Ukrainian drones struck the first Yandex data center in Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast. The explanation cited not only disruptions to the “Electronic Justice” services but also “difficulties” with audio and video recordings of proceedings, as well as with uploading and viewing documents in the “My Arbitrator” system. The latter two issues have been resolved. It is now possible to access the court case database website and review case materials without any difficulty.
In October, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) struck three Yandex data centers. In addition to the facility in Sasovo, data centers in Kaluga and Vladimir were also targeted. All of them ceased operations. Following this, users across Russia and in neighboring countries experienced disruptions in taxi services, banking apps, “Alisa” smart speakers, and cloud infrastructure. The Yandex Cloud platform was switched to emergency mode, and the remaining IT infrastructure was deemed “unstable.” The issues also affected the Federal Tax Service’s systems and numerous third-party companies, including “Dodo Pizza,” “M.Video,” “Lenta,” and “Magnit.”
Sources at “Kommersant” in the market said that replacing the damaged equipment could take up to six months. Yandex itself stated on October 26 that all three supercomputers (“Lyapunov,” “Galushkin,” and “Chervonenskis”) located in the attacked data centers were not damaged and will be deployed at new sites.
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