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Russia Blocks Linkedin

Russia Blocks Linkedin

Russia's communications regulator ordered public access to LinkedIn's website to be blocked complying with a court ruling that found the social networking firm guilty of violating a data storage law.

LinkedIn is the first major social network to be blocked by Russian authorities, setting a precedent for the way foreign Internet firms operate. It has over 6 million registered users in Russia.

The Kremlin said that the decision was legal and that President Vladimir Putin did not plan to interfere in the case.

Russian law requires websites that store the personal data of Russian citizens to do so on Russian servers, something communications regulator Roskomnadzor said LinkedIn had not done.

That law was approved by Putin in 2014 and came into force in September last year.
LinkedIn's site will be blocked within 24 hours, Interfax news agency cited Roskomnadzor spokesman Vadim Ampelonsky as saying.

One Internet service provider, Rostelcom, said it had already blocked access.

The LinkedIn spokeswoman said the firm was still interested in meeting Roskomnadzor "to discuss their data localization request."

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