Yandex N.V. (NasdaqGS:YNDX) has hoisted a for-sale sign over its British grocery delivery business amid concerns over the company's links to the Kremlin. Yandex said it was seeing a "considerable amount of interest" in its Yango Deli business, which operates in London. It is also shutting down the service's operations in Paris. Yango Deli launched in London in October 2021 and allows users to order groceries as well as hot food and drinks within 15 minutes. It opened with four warehouses in the capital, capable of delivering to 1.4m users, and expanded in late February. The service is the first major foray into the UK from Yandex, which runs Russia's biggest search engine and taxihailing app. Campaigners have issued warnings about the service, which requires users to consent to their data being trans ferred to Russia. The company's terms say that by using the app users give their "express and unambiguous consent" for data to travel to Russia and the Netherlands. Yandex is listed in the US and registered in the Netherlands, but Russia's government is said to wield influence over the company through a govern ment-linked public interest foundation that has a golden share in the company and the right to appoint directors. Esther Dyson and Ilya Strebulaev, two US-based board members, resigned from the company in the early days of the war, saying it had "become impossible for the team to continue to provide a free and open platform for information for the Russian public". Yandex said it was closing the Yango Deli business in Paris and considering its options in London. "Yango Deli is gradually suspending its ultra-fast grocery delivery operations in Paris," it said. "This was a pilot project with a small number of dark stores, and it has underperformed our internal targets. "The ultrafast delivery market in London is highly competitive and we see a considerable amount of interest in our business there, including from peers. However, we can't provide any further details on this at the moment".