Teller Report

The State Duma will discuss with IT companies the initiative to create branches in Russia

5/19/2021, 9:59:52 AM

Russian lawmakers will certainly listen to the opinions and proposals of foreign IT companies in the course of work on the draft law on the creation of their representative offices and branches in Russia, said State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.


“In any case, it will be correct to listen to the proposals of IT companies.

You should always listen to the opinion of the party that will work according to these laws.

We will invite and discuss them, ”RIA Novosti quoted Volodin as saying.

He noted that "the world is so arranged that those who receive fabulous income do not go to self-regulation," and "even when the law is passed, they are trying to find loopholes to continue to receive their profits."

"... We will develop laws based on the national interests of our country," added the speaker of the State Duma.

Earlier, the head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Alexander Khinshtein, said that the deputies plan to introduce a bill that would oblige the owners of foreign information resources with a daily audience of more than 0.5 million Russians to open official representative offices in Russia. 

In February, it was reported that the State Duma Committee on Information Policy was developing a bill regulating the opening of representative offices or branches of foreign Internet companies in Russia.