The turnover penalty is a serious measure that will help the Zoom company decide whether it will “land on or off” the territory of Russia as required by law, organize its economic work and interaction with control and supervisory authorities accordingly, or whether it will be forced to do so. Leaving the Russian market. Artem Kiryanov, Deputy Chairman of the Economic Policy Committee of the State Duma of Russia, reported this to socialbites.ca.
“The fact that Zoom in Russia faced a fine for not complying with the landing law attracted the attention of the Russian public and made them talk personally about this video conferencing platform, since during the pandemic this service has become quite noticeable for many residents of Russia. country,” the parliamentarian explained.
At the same time, he emphasized that Zoom must comply with the country’s legislation if it wants to remain in the Russian economic space.
“We must understand that today Zoom can replace a large number of Russian applications that provide video conferencing capabilities and provide an appropriate level of encryption and privacy,” said Artem Kiryanov.
In particular, he noted that the state has no duty to force the company to exit the market.
“We are ready to cooperate with anyone who implements Russian legislation. But if we do not see a desire to comply with the law, then the company will have to pay fines and suffer losses as it loses the market,” the deputy chairman of the Duma committee concluded.
This opinion is shared by Vadim Vinogradov, Dean of the Law Institute of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE).
“Since we are talking about protecting the rights and interests of Russians on foreign online platforms, it is important to comply with the requirements of the removal law. If foreign IT companies are not ready to do this, they will be fined.
Western IT companies must understand that if they want to work in Russia, they must comply with the country’s legislation,” the expert told socialbites.ca.
According to Vinogradov, the “exit” law is primarily aimed at protecting the rights and interests of Russians on foreign online platforms.
Let us remind you that it was previously known that on October 17, the magistrate of district 422 of the capital will consider the administrative protocol prepared on Zoom Video Communications, according to which the company will face a fine of up to one tenth of the turnover. The amount of income received due to non-compliance with the requirements of Russian law. The company is charged with an offense under Part 2 of Art. 13.49 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (failure to fulfill obligations established by the legislation on the activities of foreign persons on the Internet on the territory of Russia).