As foreign digital firms leave Russia, local providers pounce ...Qatar

Russian domestic tech companies, led by entities controlled or associated with state-owned gas giant Gazprom, are pouncing on the blockade and exodus of foreign Internet firms, sensing opportunities in Russia’s growing digital isolation. Russia has restricted access to Twitter and Meta Platforms’ flagships Facebook and Instagram since sending thousands of troops into Ukraine on February 24, as the country’s long-simmering dispute with Big Tech escalates into a battle to control information flows. The digital exodus provoked by Western sanctions, and a clampdown by Russian media regulators, has opened the door to domestic players, with VK, which runs the country’s most popular social media s

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