Putin blames YouTube for slowing speeds in Russia
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 19, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 19, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Putin blames YouTube for slow speeds in Russia, urging Google to comply with Russian laws. Critics allege deliberate disruption, while Roskomnadzor denies blocking traffic.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday blamed Alphabet's YouTube for slowing speeds on the video hosting platform in Russia and said Google must comply with Russian law if it wants to continue operating in Russia.
Critics believe YouTube is being deliberately disrupted by the authorities to prevent Russians from viewing content there that is critical of Putin and his government.
Russia denies that, saying the issues are caused by Google's failure to upgrade equipment - a charge disputed by the company and technology experts.
Russian internet monitoring services have reported mass outages of the online video hosting service in the last few months, but communications regulator Roskomnadzor denies blocking YouTube traffic.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Mark Trevelyan/Guy Faulconbridge)
The main topic is Putin's accusation against YouTube for slowing speeds in Russia and the compliance issues with Google.
Russia claims that YouTube's slow speeds are due to Google's failure to upgrade equipment.
Critics believe that YouTube is being deliberately disrupted to prevent access to content critical of Putin.
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