<s>
Zen	B-Application
News	I-Application
(	O
tr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zen	O
Novosti	O
;	O
formerly	O
Yandex.News	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
Russian	O
news	O
aggregator	O
developed	O
by	O
Yandex	O
in	O
2000	O
and	O
owned	O
by	O
VK	O
since	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
monthly	O
audience	O
of	O
Zen.News	O
(	O
Yandex.News	B-Application
)	O
totaled	O
34	O
mil	O
users	O
—	O
which	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
visitors	O
to	O
the	O
Yandex	O
main	O
page	O
which	O
featured	O
top	O
Stories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
top	O
Russian	O
media	O
,	O
the	O
share	O
of	O
visitors	O
from	O
Zen.News	O
(	O
Yandex.News	B-Application
)	O
reached	O
up	O
to	O
36%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
known	O
that	O
the	O
government	O
of	O
Moscow	O
had	O
learned	O
to	O
manipulate	O
Zen.News	O
(	O
Yandex.News	B-Application
)	O
search	O
results	O
by	O
running	O
a	O
network	O
of	O
local	O
online	O
newspapers	O
that	O
provided	O
positive	O
coverage	O
of	O
city	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
Meduza	O
reported	O
that	O
Yandex	O
censored	O
Zen.News	O
(	O
Yandex.News	B-Application
)	O
stories	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
behind-the-scenes	O
agreement	O
with	O
Putin	O
's	O
administration	O
—	O
and	O
the	O
Yandex	O
employees	O
knew	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
