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Re:Uber Cedes Russia to Yandex with $3.7B Merger Agreement by COMMENT___ on Thursday July 13, 2017 @03:49PM (#14764563)
Oh, now I get it. However, aren't you forgetting that a lot of Uber drivers in Russia were or are still driving with Yandex Taxi and Uber concurrently?

Uber does not really do anything special to ensure this professionalism in Russia except a brief screening, AFAIK.

That's why I don't think that anything will change from rider's perspective.

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Re:Uber Cedes Russia to Yandex with $3.7B Merger Agreement by Grue3 on Friday July 14, 2017 @02:01AM (#14767857)
In Moscow none of Yandex.Taxi drivers drive their own car. They drive a yellow Yandex.Taxi car with standartized livery. A lot of them have zero knowledge of the streets. I took a ride to the airport once and the driver didn't know how to use the toll road. I (who never owned a car in my life) had to explain how to use the damn thing. This is the quality of drivers we're dealing with here.
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Re:Uber Cedes Russia to Yandex with $3.7B Merger Agreement by sushid on Thursday July 13, 2017 @05:07PM (#14765248)
I think OP is agreeing with you. The drivers were not better quality, per se, but Uber's customer service was.
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