Russia's Yandex Tries to Keep Region's Top Coders From Heading West to Google, Facebook
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Google's Sergey Brin, PayPal's Max Levchin, WhatsApp's Jan Koum -- Silicon Valley abounds with star programmers with Eastern bloc origins.
As the U.S. tech giants line up to grab the next generation of code wizards from the region, Russia's Yandex doesn't want to see them leave. Its plan is to retain a good haul of these experts by heading a bit west itself.