But Yandex, like Google, has not just limited itself to providing speedy and relevant search results. It also provides Yandex Maps, Yandex Money (an e-payments system) and Yandex Photos. The list continues, but it has also come up with digital services bespoke for Russia’s needs, such as a phone app which shows where the traffic jams are occurring throughout the intensely congested streets of Moscow and beyond. In every taxi I took, before I decided to abandon the traffic and take to the beautiful underground system, the driver was held mesmerised by a combination of Yandex Maps and the Yandex traffic app.