Co-founder of "Yandex" Ilya Segalovich alive but in coma

Ilya Segalovich, a co-founder of "Yandex", whose death was announced earlier this morning by the CEO of the company, Arkady Volozh, is actually alive but in a coma, on life support.

"We have received information that Ilya is on life support. Last night Ilya's family announced that he had died. Now we are waiting for official information," RIA Novosti quotes the spokesman of "Yandex" Ochir Mandzhikov.

Arkadiy Volozh also issued a new statement: "We would like to clarify the earlier statement issued by the company. We learned that Ilya is in a coma and on life support, but there are no signs of brain activity."