{
  "id": 14976004,
  "title": "Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centers disrupted Russian court operations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/ukrainian-strikes-on-yandex-data-centers-disrupted-russian-court",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T14:16:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/16/ukrainian-strikes-on-yandex-data-centers-disrupted-russian-court-operations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ukraine's military strikes on Yandex data centers resulted in the disruption of numerous court hearings in Russia, according to the independent news outlet Verstka. The first court hearings were canceled on October 8 following an attack on a Yandex data center in the Sasovo region of Ryazan. PravoTech, the firm responsible for the electronic system used by Russia's arbitration courts, announced a widespread outage affecting several regions, including Sverdlovsk, Smolensk, Tula, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Altai Krai, and the Volga district. This outage prevented courts from conducting online hearings, recording audio and video, and processing documents within the \"Moy Arbitr\" system. Consequently, numerous hearings were postponed or interrupted between October 8 and 14, with some petitions remaining unconsidered. By October 16, the issue had not yet been fully resolved, with case files remaining inaccessible on the courts' websites and rulings undownloadable.",
  "summary": "Dozens of court hearings in Russia were disrupted due to “technical malfunctions” after strikes by Ukraine’s armed forces on Yandex data centers, the independent Russian news outlet Verstka reported.",
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        "published": "2026-10-16T09:55:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/russian-drone-attack-injures-7-in-ukraines-rivne",
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        "published": "2026-10-16T10:53:00.000Z"
      },
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/ukrainian-military-strikes-million-dollar-russian-radar-in-krasnodar",
        "published": "2026-10-16T11:11:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/no-ammonia-leak-threat-in-volyn-region-after-russian-strikes-official",
        "published": "2026-10-16T11:37:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "At least three killed by Russian drones in Ukraine which cut power to 370,000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/at-least-three-killed-by-russian-drones-in-ukraine-which-cut-power-to",
        "published": "2026-10-16T12:55:31.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}