Russian Communications Regulator Blocks Biggest Sites For Pirated Movies - Head

Ussia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor has blocked about 6,000 illegal websites sharing links to pirated movies in recent years, the watchdog's head Alexander Zharov said on Monday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th September, 2018) Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor has blocked about 6,000 illegal websites sharing links to pirated movies in recent years, the watchdog's head Alexander Zharov said on Monday.

"The Russian internet used to be a real piracy haven a few years ago ...

Now the situation has changed radically as 6,000 [piracy] websites were blocked, and 11,000 [websites] removed [illegal] content ... The largest piracy websites are now blocked," Zharov said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The law to tackle online piracy in Russia by cutting off access to websites found to be pirating movies, was introduced in August 2013.

The legislation was updated in May 2015 and expanded to cover websites sharing pirated music, books and software.