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Putin vs. the Internet: The Laws That Matter

By Bloomberg
September 2, 2015
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Edward Snowden, Russia — The revelations of U.S. mass surveillance as revealed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have been used to justify the data localization legislation.

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A new law in force in Russia from Sept. 1 is intended to force foreign Internet firms to maintain local servers to handle data on Russian citizens.

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