Introduction
Various issues relating to information and data workflows in
Russia, such as access to content, liability of information market
stakeholders and some enforcement issues, are governed by Federal
law 27 July 2006 (N 149-FZ) on information, information
technologies and information protection (Information Law). In most
cases, the regulator under the Information Law is the Federal
Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecoms, Information
Technologies and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor). At present,
Roskomnadzor is actively monitoring compliance with the Information
Law, especially when its legal provisions overlap with IP
protection legislation. On 8 June 2020 the Russian president signed
into law the amendments to the Information Law aimed at fighting
the use of mobile apps as a platform to distribute pirated content
which infringe copyright and related rights. The amendments are
introduced by the Federal Law of 8 June 2020, 177-FZ "On
amending the
