January 21, 2019 Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky
I'm not sure how to think about this, from perspectives of freedom and privacy. On the one hand, it's prudent for the Russian government to want its citizens' data to be more secure from the NSA etc. As I recall, Brazil had made similar noises. But on the other, as for any country, most Russian citizens are arguably at more risk from their own government than from others. I'm reminded of Venezuela's recent talk of controlling its chunk of the Internet.
Russia Fines Facebook $47 Over Citizens' Data Privacy Dispute April 12, 2019 https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/russia-data-localization.html
Russia’s watchdog Roskomnadzor threatens to fine Twitter and Facebook February 2, 2020 https://securityaffairs.co/wordpres...-roskomnadzor-threatens-twitter-facebook.html
Russian court fines Facebook $63,000 over data law breach - RIA February 13, 2020 https://in.reuters.com/article/russ...-63000-over-data-law-breach-ria-idINKBN2071UT Russian court fines Twitter $63,000 over data law - RIA