Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the site: “Arguments and Facts”We think that Rutube is capable of competing with YouTube in the future and once this happens, the question of shutting down the latter will be irrelevant.
He added that the fact that the Russian service was exposed to hacker attacks shows that the resource was perceived as a rival. According to the Kremlin representative, there is a lot of work to be done for Rutube to compete with YouTube.
“And as soon as Rutube starts competing with YouTube, the question you asked will lose its validity,” the Kremlin representative added.
Before that, the Feedback Center conducted a study in which more than half of Russians participated. evaluated positively import substitution of blocked social networks.
Previously owned by State Duma Besogon TV will help development Rutube after blocking.