Russian state bodies sent letters to US corporation Google with a warning about inadmissibility of interference in the electoral process. Officials did not like the fact that the company's video-hosting YouTube publishes calls for participation in unauthorized promotions. Messages were sent on behalf of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, Roskomnadzor and the Central Election Commission. According to Aleksei Zhafyarov, Deputy Head of the Department for Supervision over the Execution of Laws on Federal Security, the similar caution does not require any reaction from the company. "But this is a fairly serious measure, after which it is already necessary to bring to the responsibility established by law. All who encounter this are perfectly aware of this, so we expect that such a large and respected company will heed our warning, "the prosecutor of RIA Novosti quotes.. In Roskomnadzor, it was clarified that the propaganda videos posted on YouTube contained calls for violation of the current legislation. "By providing virtually unlimited opportunities from foreign Internet giants such as Google, a number of people interested in destabilizing the situation in Russia are making attempts to attract users to illegal activities on the Internet," said deputy departments Vadim Subbotin. At the same time, overseas companies did not respond to any message from the Russian authorities on the merits. The press service of the corporation confined itself to a standard unsubscription: "Google considers all reasonable appeals from state bodies, but does not comment on individual situations". The lack of reaction in Roskomnadzor is perceived not as in the prosecutor's office. "We believe that the absence of a proper reaction on their part will, in fact, be a direct interference in Russia's internal affairs," the deputy head of the service. Dissatisfied with the intrigues of the maligners from Silicon Valley and Smolenskaya Square. American information resources are "in millimeter" from the violation of Russia's electoral legislation, said Andrei Nesterenko, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

According to him, Moscow will inform Washington about this. A single voting day in Russia will be held on September 9. On this day, the heads of regions, municipalities will be elected, as well as elections of deputies of parliaments of various levels, including the State Duma. On the same date it is planned to hold an all-Russian protest against the optimization of pension legislation. The regional authorities refused to agree on the event, appeals for participation are also being distributed through YouTube.