In Russia, they proposed to take a fee from foreign Internet services for traffic

In favor of Russian telecom operatorsAgainst the background of the withdrawal of foreign cloud and streaming services from Russia, the government proposed to support Russian telecom operators with fees for traffic from companies remaining in the country. Discuss

This initiative – “the service of passing data traffic from international big tech companies” – Mintsfiry is discussing with the government. The idea was also appreciated by experts. In their opinion, if such a measure is really introduced, then users of the Google search engine, YouTube video hosting and WhatsApp messenger that remain in Russia may lose them. In particular, the head of the Internet Research Institute, Karen Kazaryan, expressed doubt that such a measure is feasible in the current situation. pay 1.2% of the annual turnover to the universal service fund. This is explained by the fact that, according to Rostelecom, over five years, the total Internet traffic of foreign companies in Russia has grown six times.