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Yandex (YNDX) Chief Executive Officer to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

ADVISORY, May 24, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
/ Source: GlobeNewswire

ADVISORY, May 24, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Yandex [YNDX], a leading internet company in Russia, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to celebrate their initial public offering on The NASDAQ Stock Market which takes place on May 24, 2011.

In honor of the occasion, Arkady Volozh, Chief Executive Officer of Yandex, will ring the Opening Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET      

Contact:

Yandex:
Ochir Mandzhikov
+7 (495) 739-7000
ochir@yandex-team.ru

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Alexandra Honeysett
(646) 441-5211
Alexandra.Honeysett@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:

The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on AMC3 / C20, 87 degrees West, downlink frequency 4140 vertical. The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Alexandra Honeysett at (646) 441-5211.

Radio Feed:

An audio transmission of the Opening Bell is also available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at:

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.

About Yandex [YNDX]:

Yandex is the leading internet company in Russia, operating the most popular search engine and the most visited website. In 2010, we generated 64% of all search traffic in Russia and we were the largest Russian internet company by revenue. In March 2011, our yandex.ru website attracted 38.3 million unique visitors. We also operate in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Our mission is to answer any question internet users may have. Yandex N.V. is registered in the Netherlands. Yandex LLC, our principal operating subsidiary, is registered in Russia and headquartered in Moscow.

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with approximately 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries.  NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit . Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook () and Twitter ().

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