He suggested that Meta, in response to a turnover fine imposed by a court in Moscow, could threaten to "close WhatsApp for officials."
In this regard, he Malkevich noted the need "to consolidate the refusal of officials and employees of state corporations from WhatsApp at the legislative level."
“It is better we leave ourselves in an organized manner than they throw us out of there,” TASS quotes him.
Malkevich also believes that it is necessary to move to Russian platforms in an organized manner.
Earlier, the magistrate's court in Moscow imposed a turnover fine on Meta (Facebook) of 1.99 billion rubles for repeated failure to delete prohibited information.
Prior to that, the court also imposed a turnover fine on Google in the amount of more than 7.2 billion rubles for systematic failure to delete prohibited information.
Roskomnadzor said that Google and Meta (Facebook) are facing new turnover fines for non-deleted materials.