MOSCOW (AP) — Ilya Segalovich, the co-founder of Russia’slargest search engine, Yandex, has
died, the company said Sunday. He was48.Segalovich died Saturday at a London hospital, Yandex director
general and fellow founder Arkady Volozh said.Volozhsaid in the company’s blog that Segalovich was
diagnosed with stomachcancer last year. He responded positively to chemical therapy, but thendeveloped a
brain cancer that caused his death.On Thursday,Yandex announced Segalovich had died but then corrected
itself withinhours, saying he was on life support with no brain function. Volozh saiddoctors removed the
life support after it became clear Segalovichcouldn’t be saved."The only hope we had was a
diagnosis error,"Volozh said. "We couldn’t make a miracle. We only could offer a chancefor it
to happen."Segalovich’s body will be brought home Wednesday, Volozh said. Funeral plans have yet to
be announced.Segalovichfounded Yandex in 1997 with Volozh, his school friend. The company hasbeen a
Russian success story, with a share of 62 percent of the searchengine market in Russia compared with
Google’s 25.6 percent.Segalovich invented the engine’s name, derived from Yet Another Index, and served
as its chief technological officer.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.