Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the bill into law in July, 2014. Initially, the law was to become effective from September 1, 2016. Lawmakers were asked to delay the regulation`s application, with the Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC) in particular citing the short amount of time to adjust in-house networks to the provisions of the law.
However, instead of postponing it, legislators brought forward the date of the data storage bill`s entry into force by a year. The decision followed consultations with representatives from the Internet industry.
Online resources that violate the new regulation will be put on the Russian telecommunications agency’s blacklist, which was originally conceived to track websites that promote extremism, suicide, drugs and child pornography.
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