The company could still stabilize in an increasingly isolated Russia, even if its global ambitions are dashed. With Apple Pay now shut off to some Russian customers, Yandex Pay could gain market share, and the same might go for other services where Yandex no longer faces foreign competition. A Chinese buyer might make an offer for parts of the company or even all of it. Alternatively, a Kremlin-controlled firm like Sberbank could take it over, a fulfillment of the Kremlin's apparent designs on Yandex as, in effect, a national-security property.