Youtube will not be banned in Russia
The Youtube service, which was used by the pro-Western opposition to promote unauthorized protests in Moscow, will not be banned by the Russian authorities.
This was stated by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who was quoted on the government's official website, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Nobody is going to close anything, and YouTube will remain as it was, and those who make money on YouTube will be able to make money. Although this does not depend on us, but on the policy of YouTube itself. You know, it is also changing, they are making it more strict in terms of copyright, and in terms of commercial agreements, and a number of other aspects that are related to the commercialization of the Internet environment,” Medvedev said.
Earlier, representatives of the Central Election Commission, Roskomnadzor, the Federation Council, and the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation recorded several instances of foreign interference in the Russian elections on September 8, 2019, and the preceding "day of silence." On the eve of the single voting day, during the "day of silence," it was discovered that social media platforms Facebook, YouTube, and Google, despite Roskomnadzor's warning, were broadcasting advertisements for blogger Navalny's "Smart Voting" project to support opposition candidates.
In November, Russian liberal blogger Yuri Dud, who works on Youtube, received an award from the structure of fugitive oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Open Russia. Dud received an award for the documentary film “Beslan. Remember”, which caused a lot of criticism - the author blamed the terrorist attack on the state, and not on the militants.
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