Google has decided to take programmers from Russia – BBC Russian

Google has decided to take programmers from Russia – BBC Russian

• December 12, 2014
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American Internet giant Google translate engineers from Russia to other countries, according to news reports, linking the company’s decision to the new Russian law on storage of personal data.

According to the blog Information, today in the Russian office of Google has about 50 developers, most of which are located in Moscow. They will be offered jobs in other offices of the company.

At the same time, as reported by Bloomberg, in 2015, Google plans to increase investment in business operations in Russia.

Russian service Bi BBC was unable to obtain comment from the Russian representation of Google.

Data remains in Russia

Financial Times suggests that Google’s decision to take out their programmers from Russia can be associated with the recent legislative restrictions and measures to control Internet.

The paper draws attention to the growing demands of the Russian authorities about the removal of certain links on Google. According to the publication, in the first half of 2014 the number of such requests from the Russian authorities doubled, amounting to 253.

In addition, Russia adopted a law on the storage of personal data solely on the Russians in the country.

At the same Financial Times notes that Google and closed before engineering units in other countries due to economic reasons, and that such motivation was the case with Russia.

The more that previously occurred and translation engineers in the company’s offices in other countries – Sweden, Finland, Norway.

The paper refers to the company’s statement, which says that the rest of the staff will continue to work in the Russian division.

September 24 The State Duma adopted on second reading a bill requiring foreign telecom companies to store data about the actions of Russian subscribers exclusively in Russia in January 2015.

This applies to sites for the sale of tickets, consumer goods, as well as social networks.

Later, a number of Russian media reported that the law will come into force before 2016.