Facebook and Twitter have already been blocked anywayDeputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko instructed the Ministry of Digital Development to prepare measures to “protect the country's information infrastructure.” As part of these measures, Russian government agencies were offered to register on Telegram and VKontakte. Discuss
Chernyshenko has already held a meeting with the heads of digital transformation of federal and regional authorities. He said that the main thing now is to fight cyber attacks. Chernyshenko's office said that many sites are now hosted on non-professional sites. Yandex, Rostelecom and VK are ready to provide their public “clouds” for the fastest moving sites. Government agencies should create accounts in Telegram and VKontakte.
In addition, the authorities want to allocate funds to IT companies to improve living conditions and increase the salaries of employees, provide them with soft loans, etc.
Source: TASS