He confirmed that the rules for the provision of Zoom services for state-owned companies in Russia will change, but he found it difficult to answer what was the reason.
“There may be 10 reasons, but believe me, no one bans or prohibits buying.
Schools and universities, if they are state-owned, they must supply them according to federal law, ”Petrenko said.
He added that Zoom's public offer states that the company "does not guarantee anything to anyone, the application may not work at any time."
At the same time, Petrenko expressed the opinion that Zoom's decision not to sell access to the service to state-owned companies from Russia does not mean that the current contracts will be canceled.
Earlier, the IT Directorate of the Higher School of Economics reported that Zoom has limited the use of its software for Russian companies with state participation.
The ministry said that Russia has developed five video communication systems that can become an alternative to Zoom in the event of restricting access to the service to Russian government agencies and state-owned companies.