DISPATCHES FROM ORWELL’S EURASIA:
The Kremlin has ordered Apple and Microsoft to store and hand over Russian users’ data to security services
Roskomnadzor, Russia’s state censorship and communications watchdog, added Apple and Microsoft to the registry of information dissemination organizers.
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— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 28, 2026
“Under the law, they must store data on users’ actions and communications inside Russia for three years and provide it, including the content of messages, to Russian special services on request.”