“Houston, we have a problem” – time for IT companies to land in Russia

Earlier, we wrote about the new law “on landing” foreign IT companies, under which some of them must open a representative office, branch or separate legal entity in Russia starting January 1, 2022. Based on this law, on November 22, Roskomnadzor published a list of such companies, which currently includes Google, Apple, Meta Platforms (aka Facebook), Twitter, TikTok, Telegram, Zoom, Likeme, Viber, Discord, Pinterest, Spotify and Twitch.