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Russia too unpleasant for Google

by on12 December 2014

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Shuts workshop

Life under Tsar Putin is too grim for Google.

The search outfit has announced that it is shutting its engineering office in Russia amid a crackdown on internet freedoms and a law regarding data-handling practices.

Google said that the internet search engine company might retain some employees to assist in sales, business partnerships, user support, marketing and communications, but it is washing its hands of the country.

In July, Russia's parliament passed a law to force Internet sites that store the personal data of Russian citizens to do so inside the country, a move the Kremlin says is for data protection but which critics see as an attack on social networks.

The law was passed soon after new rules were established requiring blogs attracting more than 3,000 daily visits to register with a communications watchdog and a regulation allowing websites to be shut without a court order.

 

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