@arstechnica kaspersky can't say x or y is true because the Kremlin is engaged in what they term hybrid war against the West and do not have rule of law in any sense at all. I believe yandex aleeady had to yield control to the state which led to many of their ethical employees leaving the Russian empire once they realized they could not run the company freely. Believing Kaspersky, which has essentially root access to every system it runs on, can be used safely is the height of willful naivete.