Russian e-commerce platform Yandex Market has updated its seller agreement to exempt itself from liability for losses caused by drone attacks, missile strikes and other wartime incidents, the exiled news outlet Vyorstka reported Wednesday.
The changes, which were published and took effect two days after the first Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries logistics hubs, make Yandex Market the latest major Russian marketplace to shift more of the financial risk from wartime disruptions onto merchants.
Under the revised agreement, Yandex Market says it is not liable for the partial or complete failure to fulfill its obligations if disruptions result from the use or impact of weapons, military equipment, aircraft, including drones, ammunition or their fragments.
The updated force majeure clause also covers shelling, explosions, blast waves, terrorist attacks and military operations.
The previous version of the agreement, dated July 1, did not list specific force majeure events and exempted both parties from liability in such circumstances rather than only the marketplace, Vyorstka reported.
