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Russian decree lets data-centre operators use foreign compute with FSB approval after drone strikes on Yandex sites Single source

• Silicon UK reports the Russian government has given data-centre operators temporary permission to use computing resources located outside the country, after Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex facilities in October disrupted some services. Companies will require permission from the Federal Security Service (FSB) to form such links with foreign companies, according to a Monday decree by the presidential administration posted on the government's legal information portal.
• The decree also obliges Russian data-centre operators to reserve 10 percent of their capacity for supporting government information resources. Companies can continue to use the reserved capacity, but it must be made available within 24 hours upon request.
• Silicon UK reports that in October Ukrainian drones targeted three Yandex data-centre facilities, and that Yandex said on 26 October it had relocated its Lyapunov, Galushkin and Chervonenkis supercomputers to new facilities, adding that they were not damaged: "The supercomputers will continue to serve as infrastructure for Yandex's services and for training foundational language models."
• Silicon UK is the only outlet reporting this that could be opened from here; the decree text itself was not read, and the report does not say which foreign providers would be eligible or how the FSB approval process will work.