RUSSIAN PRESIDENT TO STOP THE USE OF GOOGLE.

Russian president Vladimir Putin warns citizens and journalists during a televised event on Thursday said the
Internet was developed by the US as a “special project” by the
Central Intelligence Agency.
When asked about Google, the Russian leader said the
company’s web traffic “goes through servers that are in the
States”, adding “everything is monitored there”.
Shares in Russia’s biggest search engine, Yandex, fell as
Putin expressed concern about its overseas investors,
reiterating his fear of foreign control of the Internet.
“We must fight determinedly for our own interests. This
process is happening. And we will support it from the
government side, of course” he said.
The Kremlin has been anxious to exert greater control over the
Internet, which opposition activists, who are barred from
national television, have used to promote their ideas and
organise protests.
Russia’s parliament passed a law earlier this week requiring
social media websites to keep their servers in Russia and save
all information about their users for six months.
Another new law allowed the government to block blacklisted
sites without a court order, and businessmen close to the
Russian president now control the country’s leading social
media network, VKontakte.
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny had his popular blog blocked
and a widely read news site that covered opposition causes
sacked its long-term editor and changed its stance after a
warning on extremism from the state watchdog.