In the Russian Federation is going to limit the speed of the Internet

So officials want to force foreign companies to comply with the decisions of the Russian courts and agencies.

In the legislation of the Russian Federation are prepared to make changes that will allow a court decision to slow down the speed of access to sites of the companies-offenders.

The developers of the document — the Federal Antimonopoly service, Roskomnadzor and other interested agencies. The law is in the final stages of approval.

According to sources, the idea was born during discussions of the case, the FAS against Google. Officials at the end of 2015, Google has recognized a violator of the law on protection of competition: the company had forbidden the manufacturers of mobile Android devices are preinstalled apps of its competitors. Service fined Google for 438 million rubles and ordered to eliminate violations, but Google didn’t do it. Later Facebook and Twitter refused to remove allegedly illegal content.

“There are a number of foreign Internet companies, earning money in Russia, but do not implement our laws. It is a kind of civilized form of coercion to dialogue,” said one of the officials.

Russian officials have decided to close access to major resources is impractical, especially during the election period, so it was decided to have recourse to this measure as the reduced speed of communication.

Amendments about decrease the speed of the Internet will probably be introduced in the Duma in the spring, said an employee of a large Telecom operator.

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