diff --git a/monai/apps/utils.py b/monai/apps/utils.py
index a36caf2e66..35322be2a8 100644
--- a/monai/apps/utils.py
+++ b/monai/apps/utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import hashlib
+import json
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 from urllib.error import ContentTooShortError, HTTPError, URLError
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
-from urllib.request import urlretrieve
+from urllib.request import urlopen, urlretrieve
 
 from monai.config.type_definitions import PathLike
 from monai.utils import look_up_option, min_version, optional_import
@@ -203,6 +204,17 @@ def download_url(
                 if not has_gdown:
                     raise RuntimeError("To download files from Google Drive, please install the gdown dependency.")
                 gdown.download(url, f"{tmp_name}", quiet=not progress, **gdown_kwargs)
+            elif urlparse(url).netloc == "cloud-api.yandex.net":
+                with urlopen(url) as response:
+                    code = response.getcode()
+                    if code == 200:
+                        download_url = json.loads(response.read())["href"]
+                        _download_with_progress(download_url, tmp_name, progress=progress)
+                    else:
+                        raise RuntimeError(
+                            f"Download of file from {download_url}, received from {url} "
+                            + f" to {filepath} failed due to network issue or denied permission."
+                        )
             else:
                 _download_with_progress(url, tmp_name, progress=progress)
             if not tmp_name.exists():
diff --git a/tests/test_download_url_yandex.py b/tests/test_download_url_yandex.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0946f9f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_download_url_yandex.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright (c) MONAI Consortium
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from urllib.error import HTTPError
+
+from monai.apps.utils import download_url
+
+YANDEX_MODEL_URL = (
+    "https://cloud-api.yandex.net/v1/disk/public/resources/download?"
+    "public_key=https%3A%2F%2Fdisk.yandex.ru%2Fd%2Fxs0gzlj2_irgWA"
+)
+YANDEX_MODEL_FLAWED_URL = (
+    "https://cloud-api.yandex.net/v1/disk/public/resources/download?"
+    "public_key=https%3A%2F%2Fdisk.yandex.ru%2Fd%2Fxs0gzlj2_irgWA-url-with-error"
+)
+
+
+class TestDownloadUrlYandex(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_verify(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdir:
+            download_url(url=YANDEX_MODEL_URL, filepath=os.path.join(tempdir, "model.pt"))
+
+    def test_verify_error(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdir:
+            with self.assertRaises(HTTPError):
+                download_url(url=YANDEX_MODEL_FLAWED_URL, filepath=os.path.join(tempdir, "model.pt"))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()