Google closes development center in Russia

Google Inc. closes its engineering office in Russia in connection with the restriction of Internet freedom in the use of these foreign companies operating in the country, writes the Wall Street Journal.





The publication notes that the largest search engine can save part of the state in the areas of sales, business partnerships, technical support, marketing and communications. And according to Bloomberg, in parallel with the conclusion of the department of development of the country, Google plans to increase investment in Russian business operations.

According to Fortune, the reason for the withdrawal R & D-center of the Russian Federation Google became law on storing personal data of Russian citizens only on servers located in Russia, which will enter into force on 1 September 2015.



Google Office in Moscow

Earlier, Bloomberg noted that the change in the Russian legislation directly affect demand in the field of data storage. For large companies, such as Twitter, Facebook and Google, additional costs may be up to 45 million dollars a year.

Contrary to the opinion actively discussing the news of the Western press that Google's decision is directly related to the deterioration of Russia's relations with the United States and Europe, Bloomberg notes that similar actions have been taken previously by a number of other countries, including - in Norway, Finland, Sweden .



R & D-Center Google operates in Russia since 2006. Currently it employs about 50 developers. It is reported that the company leaves them in the state, all of them will be invited to continue working in Google development centers in other countries.

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