> thinly veiled racism because the founder is Russian

thanks for the laugh. As far as yandex goes, you are on the right track though: my grandad used to say, "If a russian ever says good morning to you, you have learned two things: it's not good and it's not morning". For the record, the founder is Serbian, As for the claim, sure, they aren't really hiding it: https://kagi.com/changelog#5340

so you're saying because they integrate other services to improve their search, that makes them an 'alternative UI' for that integration?

Fascinating perspective, thanks!

The founder isn't Russian: https://vladimir.prelovac.com/

That's my fault. Thanks for the correction. I edited my post.

I don't have an opinion either way, but they were perhaps referring to the announcement that they are integrating yandex as a source for images. I didn't follow it all closely, but there was some controversy about it.