{"id":39136,"date":"2021-03-18T11:37:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T09:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=39136"},"modified":"2025-08-30T08:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:06:25","slug":"media-authorities-to-require-major-foreign-it-firms-to-open-offices-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/media-authorities-to-require-major-foreign-it-firms-to-open-offices-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Media: authorities to require major foreign IT firms to open offices in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The Russian government plans to create a &#8216;digital residency&#8217; system for foreign IT companies. The plan envisages mandatory registration of representations or legal entities of such firms on Russia&#8217;s territory and the levying of taxes.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">As reported by <\/span><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.kommersant.ru\/doc\/4731593\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">\u00ab\u042a\u00bb<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">, citing plans to support the IT sector, the requirement for mandatory registration is planned in a separate bill. It is expected that the new rules will apply to companies with an audience of more than 100\u2013500 thousand users in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">\u201cSuch a measure is necessary to ensure equal application of laws to foreign and domestic companies operating in Russia,\u201d said Alexander Zhuravlev, chair of the Commission on Legal Support for the Digital Economy at the Moscow branch of the Association of Lawyers of Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Experts say that Google, Facebook, Booking, Amazon and other services could be covered by the registration requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">A directive<\/span><a href=\\\"http:\/\/kremlin.ru\/acts\/assignments\/orders\/64952\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> to develop additional requirements for foreign technology companies operating in Russia<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">, including obligations to open representative offices of such companies in the Russian Federation, was issued by President Vladimir Putin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Experts noted that the initiative could also affect the blocking of social networks.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"qdA64Pebqv\\\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/experts-explain-how-russias-social-media-self-censorship-law-will-work\">Experts explained how the Russian law on self-censorship of social networks would work<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" sandbox=\\\"allow-scripts\\\" security=\\\"restricted\\\" style=\\\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\\\" title=\\\"\u00abExperts explained how the Russian law on self-censorship of social networks would work\u00bb \u2014 ForkLog\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/news\/eksperty-rasskazali-kak-budet-rabotat-rossijskij-zakon-o-samotsenzure-sotssetej\/embed#?secret=Pd3l5SoSnI#?secret=qdA64Pebqv\\\" data-secret=\\\"qdA64Pebqv\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"282\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" marginwidth=\\\"0\\\" marginheight=\\\"0\\\" scrolling=\\\"no\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian government plans to create a &#8216;digital residency&#8217; system for foreign IT companies. 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