Η Russia recently announced that LinkedIn could be blocked in the country after the service was not storing data of the country's users on servers inside Russia's borders, and today officially announced that the ban has gone into effect.
Russia requires large tech companies operating in the country not to store data from Russian citizens on servers outside the territory.
Local storage data should only be done on home servers, and apparently LinkedIn failed to comply with this requirement.
According to a TechCrunch publication, LinkedIn has been ruled out across Russia. The authorities have asked the ISPs of the country to restrict access to the service or otherwise have to pay heavy fines.
LinkedIn for his part confirmed the exclusion of his services in Russia.
"LinkedIn's vision is to create financial opportunities for the entire global workforce. "But we hear from Russian members that they can no longer access LinkedIn," the company said.
The ban on LinkedIn is a very strong blow to Microsoft, as the company faces the same problems in Russia, mainly due to the country's President Vladimir Putin's plan that the country should immediately start using domestic software.
Vladimir Putin tries to avoid software developed by foreign companies, arguing that it could hide backdoors (backdoors) that allow other nations to spy on Russia.