A prominent Russian legislator has censured Google for shifting its Russian tax burden to local contractors – just weeks after Google and other US Internet companies were accused of avoiding taxes in countries like France, Italy, and the UK. Ruslan Gattarov, a senator heading the committee for information policy of the Council of the Federation …
Roskomnadzor, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, released its annual report on the personal data law last week. The agency reported 53 personal data leaks in Russia in 2012. Around 30 cases involved non-compliance with the requirements of the personal data law, while the remaining 20 cases involved an …
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Russia’s second most popular social network, Odnoklassniki.ru, have teamed up to help Russia’s rare and endangered species. This week, the two launched a “Rare Page” on the social network’s 404-error page to encourage users to help protect and preserve rare animals. Users who incorrectly type the social network’s address …
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Users of Russia’s leading social network Vkontakte.ru (VK.com) published half a million posts about Alexey Navalny in the hour following his conviction today on embezzlement charges. Navalny was mentioned approximately 480,000 times in the hour, with an average 134 posts per second. The social network only registers such a high level of posts on New …
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