The articles are sorted and added to collections related to key events (so-called Stories).

[2] Since 2016, the service only aggregates publications from publishers with a license issued by Roskomnadzor.

[4] In 2014, a report stated that the government of Moscow manipulated Zen.News (Yandex.News) search results by running a network of local online newspapers that provided positive coverage of city events.

[6][7][8] In 2022, Meduza reported that stories were censored as a part of a secret agreement with the government of Russia.

[9] During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the service allegedly aided state propaganda by suppressing all independent coverage of the Russo-Ukrainian War.