Posted on 12/12/2014 7:45:03 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Google is going to close its engineering office in Russia, the Financial Times says.
Russian authorities have been cracking down on internet activity throughout 2014.
In Russia, a new law forces tech companies to keep all data about Russians inside the country's borders.
Google has so far declined to comment.
The government asked Google to remove 253 links from its search engine during a six-month period in 2013, the FT reports.
Google may well be joined in its escape by a host of entrepreneurs and engineers who want to work in less restrictive environments.
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No Ruble no Google?................
If they want to be surrounded with reminders of Communism, I guess they’ll now have to be content with their office in the East End of Pittsburgh...
Looks like they’re going back to a complete police state!
Mad Vlad Putin looks up to Mad Vlad Lenin
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